Kinsaku Noshirogata

Japanese sumo wrestler

能代潟錦作

Born

5 April 1895, Akita Prefecture

Died

8 June 1973

Citizenship

Japan, Empire of Japan

Sport

sumo

Occupation

rikishi

Noshirogata Kinsaku (Japanese: 能代潟 錦作; born Iwamatsu Ishida (石田 岩松), April 5, 1895 – June 8, 1973) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Yamamoto (now Mitane), Akita Prefecture. Known as a tenacious wrestler, he reached the makuuchi division in May 1921 and is the first wrestler from Akita Prefecture to have reached the rank of ōzeki before Terukuni in 1942 and Kiyokuni in 1969. He retired in May, 1936 and died in June, 1973.

External links

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• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q11611897 (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.