# Ōyutaka Masachika

Ōyutaka Masachika (born 29 March 1955 as Eiji Suzuki) is a former sumo wrestler from Horinouchi, Niigata, Japan. He made his professional debut in November 1973, and reached the top division in May 1982. His highest rank was komusubi. He retired in January 1987, and became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Arashio. He opened Arashio stable in 2002. His son fought for the stable under the shikona Chikarayama, retiring in January 2017. Arashio-oyakata reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 in March 2020, and was replaced as head coach of the stable by his most successful wrestler, maegashira Sōkokurai. Sōkokurai had been expelled from sumo in 2011 for alleged match-fixing, but Arashio always stood by his wrestler, and Sōkokurai was re-admitted to sumo in 2013 after winning a court case.

## Career record

Ōyutaka Masachika :
| Year | January Hatsu basho, Tokyo | March Haru basho, Osaka | May Natsu basho, Tokyo | July Nagoya basho, Nagoya | September Aki basho, Tokyo | November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka |
| 1973 | x | x | x | x | x | (Maezumo) |
| 1974 | West Jonokuchi #8 6–1 | West Jonidan #53 3–4 | East Jonidan #69 6–1 | West Jonidan #12 3–4 | East Jonidan #25 6–1 | West Sandanme #60 5–2 |
| 1975 | West Sandanme #32 4–3 | East Sandanme #18 3–4 | East Sandanme #31 4–3 | East Sandanme #19 4–3 | East Sandanme #6 3–4 | East Sandanme #17 1–6 |
| 1976 | East Sandanme #48 5–2 | West Sandanme #17 5–2 | East Makushita #51 3–4 | West Sandanme #1 5–2 | West Makushita #35 0–1–6 | West Sandanme #10 2–5 |
| 1977 | West Sandanme #33 3–4 | East Sandanme #47 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | West Jonidan #2 7–0–P Champion | West Sandanme #10 3–4 | West Sandanme #25 3–3–1 | East Sandanme #38 6–1 |
| 1978 | West Makushita #54 6–1–P | East Makushita #22 4–3 | East Makushita #17 2–5 | West Makushita #37 5–2 | West Makushita #22 3–4 | West Makushita #31 6–1 |
| 1979 | West Makushita #11 4–3 | East Makushita #7 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | East Makushita #37 3–4 | East Makushita #46 4–3 | East Makushita #35 4–3 | East Makushita #28 4–3 |
| 1980 | East Makushita #20 3–4 | West Makushita #28 5–2 | East Makushita #15 5–2 | East Makushita #7 4–3 | East Makushita #4 4–3 | West Makushita #1 4–3 |
| 1981 | East Jūryō #13 8–7 | West Jūryō #9 8–7 | East Jūryō #6 8–7 | East Jūryō #2 3–12 | West Jūryō #12 10–5 | West Jūryō #6 10–5 |
| 1982 | East Jūryō #1 6–9 | East Jūryō #5 12–3 Champion | West Maegashira #12 3–12 | East Jūryō #5 10–5 | West Maegashira #13 8–7 | East Maegashira #9 11–4 |
| 1983 | West Komusubi #1 5–10 | West Maegashira #3 5–10 | East Maegashira #7 6–9 | East Maegashira #10 9–6 | West Maegashira #3 5–10 | West Maegashira #8 8–7 |
| 1984 | East Maegashira #5 7–8 | East Maegashira #7 7–8 | West Maegashira #7 5–10 | West Maegashira #13 6–9 | East Jūryō #3 8–7 | East Jūryō #2 6–9 |
| 1985 | East Jūryō #8 6–9 | East Jūryō #11 9–6 | West Jūryō #6 3–12 | West Makushita #4 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | West Makushita #44 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | West Sandanme #24 7–0 Champion |
| 1986 | West Makushita #28 6–1 | East Makushita #10 5–2 | West Makushita #3 2–5 | West Makushita #16 2–5 | West Makushita #36 4–3 | West Makushita #26 4–3 |
| 1987 | East Makushita #21 Retired 0–0–7 | x | x | x | x | x |
| Record given as wins–losses–absences Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira |||||||