{{Short description|Japanese sumo wrestler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox sumo wrestler | image = | native_name = 大豊 昌央 | name = Ōyutaka Masachika | birth_name = Eiji Suzuki | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1955|03|29}} | birth_place = Horinouchi, Niigata, Japan | height = {{height|meters=1.85}} | weight = {{convert|156|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | heya = Tokitsukaze | rank = | record = 382-345-42 | debut = November, 1973 | highestrank = Komusubi (January, 1983) | retireddate = January, 1987 | eldername = Arashio | yushos = 1 (Jūryō)<br/>1 (Sandanme)<br/>1 (Jonidan) | prizes = | goldstars = | update = August 2012 }}
'''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.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Oyakata (Coaches) | publisher=Nihon Sumo Kyokai | url=http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataKyokaiMember/oyakata | date= | accessdate=2016-08-17}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sumo.or.jp/IrohaKyokaiInformation/detail?id=357|title=協会からのお知らせ|date=26 March 2020|work=Nihon Sumo Kyokai|language=Japanese|accessdate=1 April 2020}}</ref> 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.
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==See also== *Glossary of sumo terms *List of past sumo wrestlers *List of sumo elders *List of sumo tournament second division champions *List of komusubi
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