Ōkido Moriemon was a sumo

Sumo

is a competitive full-contact sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally...

 wrestler. He was the sport's 23rd Yokozuna. He was second yokozuna to be recognised from Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

 sumo, and the only yokozuna who spent his whole active career in Osaka.

Career

Okido made a debut in Osaka sumo in September 1899. Between January 1908 and May 1909, he recorded 28 consecutive wins without any draw or hold. The Osaka Sumo Association attempted to promote him to yokozuna, but they hated Tokyo sumo's Hitachiyama, who had friendship with Okido.

In January 1910, he was promoted to yokozuna by the Osaka Sumo Association, without agreements of Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 sumo and the house of Yoshida Tsukasa. The house of Yoshida Tsukasa became very angry and the Osaka Sumo Association apologized to the house. He was awarded a yokozuna licence officially in December 1912.

However, he suffered from cerebral hemorrhage and retired from an active sumo wrestler in January 1914.

Record in Osaka sumo

*Championships from Osaka sumo were unofficial

*There was no fusensho system until March 1927

• All top division wrestlers were usually absent on the 10th day until January 1910 and on the first day between May 1910 and January 1913 in Osaka.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 120%"
|-
!
!January
!May
|-
|1903
|West maegashira #6 (6-3)
|West maegashira #1 (6-2-1)
|-
|1904
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Komusubi (8-0-1draw)
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Sekiwake (8-0-1-1hold)
|-
|1905
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Ōzeki (9-0-1)
|West Ōzeki (6-1-1-2draw)*
|-
|1906
|bgcolor=#66FF00|Wast Ōzeki (9-0-1)*
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Ōzeki (8-1-1)
|-
|1907
|East Ōzeki (3-1-4-2holds)
|East Ōzeki (7-0-2-1hold)*
|-
|1908
|East Ōzeki (7-2-1)
|bgcolor=#66FF00|East Ōzeki (9-0-1)*
|-
|1909
|bgcolor=#66FF00|East Ōzeki (9-0-1)
|bgcolor=#66FF00|East Ōzeki (9-0-1)
|-
|1910
|East Yokozuna (6-2-1-1draw)
|bgcolor=#66FF00|East Yokozuna (8-1-1)*
|-
|1911
|bgcolor=#66FF00|East Yokozuna (7-1-1-1draw)*
|East Yokozuna (6-2-2)**
|-
|1912
|East Yokozuna (7-1-1-1draw)
|no tournament held
|-
|1913
|East Yokozuna (5-3-2)
|bgcolor=gray|Sat out
|-
|1914
|bgcolor=gray|Retired
!x
|-

• tournament actually held one month later than listed.
  

**tournament actually held in October.

• The wrestler's East/West designation, rank, and win/loss record are listed for each tournament.
• A third figure in win-loss records represents matches sat-out during the tournament

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| Green Box=Tournament Championship
|}

See also

• Glossary of sumo terms
  Glossary of sumo terms
  The following words are terms used in sumo wrestling in Japan. azukari : Hold. A kind of draw. After a mono-ii, the gyōji or the shimpan "holds" the result if it was too close to call...
  
  
• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of yokozuna