Great Kojika

Japanese professional wrestler

グレート小鹿

Born

28 April 1942, Hakodate

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

sumo, professional wrestling

Occupation

rikishi, professional wrestler

Shinya Koshika (小鹿 信也, Koshika Shinya; born April 28, 1942), known by his ring name Great Kojika (グレート小鹿, Gurēto Kojika), is a Japanese professional wrestler. He co-founded the promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). Kojika is the oldest active Japanese wrestler as well as the one with the longest career, having debuted in 1963. He is also the oldest active wrestler in the world.

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q11300811 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.