two years later, in September 1989. Retirement from sumo Ōshio remained in the sumo world as an elder of the Japan Sumo Association and set up Shikihide stable in May 1992. He did not produce a sekitori until 2012, when his top wrestler Senshō of Mongolia finally won promotion to jūryō in the January tournament after eleven years in sumo. The nineteen years and nine months Shikihide stable took to produce a sekitori is the longest by a newly established stable since World War II. (Senshō also took longer to reach the sekitori ranks than any other foreign recruit since WWII.) He stood down as the head of the stable in December 2012 as he was shortly to reach the mandatory retirement age of 65, and passed over control to the former maegashira Kitazakura. Unusually, Kitazakura belongs to a different ichimon, Dewanoumi, but there was a personal connection as Ōshio was a close friend of Kitazakura′s father. His son Koichi was born in 1984 and joined Shikihide stable in 1999, fighting under the name of Tamahikari. He reached a highest rank of sandanme 87 before retiring in 2011 after 12 years in sumo. Fighting style Ōshio's preferred grip on his opponent's mawashi was hidari-yotsu, a right hand outside, left hand inside position. His most commonly used kimarite at sekitori level was yori-kiri, a straightforward force out, which was used in around 30 percent of his victories. He also won frequently with oshi-dashi (push out), yori taoshi (force out and down) and uwatenage (overarm throw). Career record See also List of sumo record holders List of sumo tournament second division champions Glossary of sumo terms List of past sumo wrestlers List of komusubi References External links Ōshio's tournament results 1948 births Living people Japanese sumo wrestlers Sportspeople from Kitakyushu Sumo people from Fukuoka Prefecture Komusubi