Tochihikari Masayuki

Tochihikari Masayuki
栃光 正之
Personal information
BornArio Nakamura
(1933-08-29)29 August 1933
Kumamoto, Japan
Died28 March 1977(1977-03-28) (aged 43)
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight128 kg (282 lb)
Career
StableKasugano
Record577–431–11
DebutMay 1952
Highest rankŌzeki (July 1962)
RetiredJanuary 1966
Elder nameChiganoura
Championships1 (Jūryō)
1 (Makushita)
Special PrizesOutstanding Performance (3)
Fighting Spirit (2)
Gold Stars4
Yoshibayama (2)
Kagamisato
Asashio
* Up to date as of June 2020.

Tochihikari Masayuki (29 August 1933 – 28 March 1977) was a sumo wrestler from Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan who reached the second highest rank of ōzeki in 1962. He joined Kasugano stable in 1952 and reached the top makuuchi division in 1955. He never won a top division championship but was a tournament runner-up four times. He was promoted to ōzeki in May 1962 alongside his stablemate Tochinoumi. He fought as an ōzeki for 22 tournaments but lost the rank after recording three consecutive losing scores and immediately announced his retirement in January 1966. He became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Chiganoura. He was a judge of tournament bouts and was involved in both the incorrect decision to award a win to Toda that stopped Taiho's 45 bout winning streak in March 1969 and the famous decision in January 1972 to declare Kitanofuji the winner over Takanohana by kabai-te. He died of rectal cancer at the age of 43. His shikona of Tochihikari was subsequently used by a later wrestler from Kasugano stable, also known as Kaneshiro Kofuku.