Ōuchiyama Heikichi

Ōuchiyama Heikichi
大内山 平吉
Personal information
Born	Heikichi Ōuchi (1926-06-19)June 19, 1926 Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan
Died
Height
Weight	153 kg (337 lb)
Career
Stable	Tokitsukaze
Record	347-278-53
Debut	January 1944
Highest rank	Ōzeki (May 1955)
Retired	March 1959
Championships	1 (Makushita)
Special Prizes	Outstanding Performance (1)
Gold Stars	2 (Chiyonoyama, Tochinishiki)
* Up to date as of October 2008.

Ōuchiyama Heikichi (born Heikichi Ōuchi, 19 June 1926 - 1 November 1985) was a sumo wrestler from Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan.

He joined Tokitsukaze stable in 1944 and reached the top makuuchi division in 1949. After finishing as runner-up to Chiyonoyama with a 13-2 record in March 1955 (Chiyonoyama defeated him in a playoff) he was promoted to sumo's second highest rank of ōzeki. He only managed to stay at ōzeki for eight tournaments, as injury meant he had three consecutive make-koshi or losing scores which saw him demoted from the rank. He fought in the maegashira ranks until his retirement in 1959. He became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association, working as a coach at his old stable. He was known as Shikoroyama Oyakata until 1961 and then Tatsutayama Oyakata until his death in 1985.

He was well known for his extraordinary size: at tall he was the tallest modern era ōzeki until Akebono in 1992.

Pre-modern career record

• Through most of the 1940s only two tournaments were held a year, and in 1946 only one was held. The New year tournament began and the Spring tournament returned to Osaka in 1953.

Ōuchiyama Heikichi

-	Spring Haru basho, Tokyo	Summer Natsu basho, Tokyo	Autumn Aki basho, Tokyo
1944	(Maezumo)	East Jonokuchi #4 3–2	East Jonidan #37 4–1
1945	Not held	East Sandanme #26 4–1	East Makushita #23 3–2
1946	Not held	Not held	East Makushita #15 3–4
1947	Not held	West Makushita #23 5–0 Champion	East Jūryō #13 7–4
1948	Not held	East Jūryō #5 7–4	West Jūryō #1 7–4
1949	East Maegashira #17 9–4	West Maegashira #9 9–6	East Maegashira #5 6–9
1950	West Maegashira #7 9–6	West Maegashira #5 8–7	West Maegashira #2 5–10
1951	East Maegashira #5 10–5	West Komusubi #1 10–5	East Sekiwake #1 9–6
1952	West Sekiwake #1 6–9	West Maegashira #1 11–4 ★	East Sekiwake #2 4–11
-	New Year Hatsu basho, Tokyo	Spring Haru basho, Osaka	Summer Natsu basho, Tokyo	Autumn Aki basho, Tokyo
1953	West Maegashira #1 Sat out due to injury 0–0–15	East Maegashira #9 Sat out due to injury 0–0–15	West Maegashira #17 12–3	East Maegashira #9 9–6
1954	West Maegashira #3 9–6	West Komusubi #1 10–5	West Sekiwake #1 9–4–2	East Sekiwake #1 9–6
1955	West Sekiwake #1 11–4	East Sekiwake #1 13–2 O	East Ōzeki #1 9–6	East Ōzeki #1 11–4
1956	East Ōzeki #1 6–9	West Ōzeki #1 10–5	West Ōzeki #1 10–5	West Ōzeki #1 7–8
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s); P=Playoff(s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

Modern career record

• Since the addition of the Kyushu tournament in 1957 and the Nagoya tournament in 1958, the yearly schedule has remained unchanged.

Year in sumo	January Hatsu basho, Tokyo	March Haru basho, Osaka	May Natsu basho, Tokyo	July Nagoya basho, Nagoya	September Aki basho, Tokyo	November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1957	East Ōzeki #2 2–3–10	East Sekiwake #2 5–10	East Maegashira #1 7–8 ★	Not held	West Maegashira #2 6–9	East Maegashira #4 2–6–7
1958	East Maegashira #14 12–3	West Maegashira #2 6–9	West Maegashira #4 4–11	West Maegashira #8 8–7	West Maegashira #6 8–7	West Maegashira #3 2–9–4
1959	West Maegashira #13 4–11	West Maegashira #19 Retired 7–8
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s); P=Playoff(s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also

• Glossary of sumo terms
• List of past sumo wrestlers

External links

• Career record