Ōkido Moriemon

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大木戸森右衛門
Ōkido Moriemon
Personal information
Birth name	Mitsuzo Uchida
Date of birth	November 2, 1878(1878-11-02)
Place of birth	Hyogo, Japan
Date of death	November 7, 1930 (aged 52)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	125 kg (280 lb)
Career*
Heya	Minato
Record	143-20-22-10draws (Makuuchi)
Debut	September 1899
Highest rank	Yokozuna (December 1912)
Retired	May 1914
Yusho	10 (Osaka sumo)
Gold stars	2
* Career information is correct as of November 2007.

Ōkido Moriemon (大木戸森右衛門, November 2, 1878 - November 7, 1930) was a sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 23rd Yokozuna. He was second yokozuna to be recognised from Osaka sumo, and the only yokozuna who spent his whole active career in Osaka.

In January 1910, he was promoted to yokozuna by Osaka Sumo Association, without agreements of Tokyo sumo and the house of Yoshida Tsukasa. The house of Yoshida Tsukasa became very angry and Osaka Sumo Association apologized to the house. He was awarded a yokozuna licence officially in December 1912.