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Kinsaku Noshirogata

Japanese sumo wrestler

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.

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

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