Ōuchiyama Heikichi
Ouchiyama Heikichi (born Heikichi Ouchi, 19 June 1926 - 1 November 1985) was a sumo wrestler from Ibaraki Prefecture, 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 ozeki. He only managed to stay at ozeki for eight tournaments, as injury meant he had two 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 and was known as Shikoroyama and then Tatsutayama Oyakata.
He was well known for his extraordinary size: at 2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in) tall he was the tallest modern era ozeki until Akebono in 1992.
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