Ouchiyama Heikichi

Ouchiyama Heikichi was a professional sumo wrestler from Ibaraki Prefecture whose highest rank was ozeki, the second-highest rank. Born on 19 June 1926, he made his professional debut in January 1944 under a different shikona, a ring name, and used the name Ouchiyama from May 1948. In makuuchi, the top division, he recorded 304 wins and 256 losses, receiving the Outstanding Performance Prize (shukun-sho), one of the three special prizes, for an outstanding performance, once and earning two kinboshi (a "gold star": a maegashira's win over a yokozuna). As an active wrestler his last stable was Tokitsukaze stable, and he retired in March 1959. On 1 November 1985 he died at the age of 59.