Kitanonada Noboru

Kitanonada Noboru was a sumo wrestler from Hokkaido. He was born on 1 February 1923. He was 180 cm tall and weighed 120 kg. He made his professional debut in January 1940. His highest rank was sekiwake, the third-highest rank. In makuuchi, the top division, he recorded 368 wins and 388 losses over 52 tournaments. He earned 10 kinboshi (a "gold star": a maegashira's win over a yokozuna). He received the Outstanding Performance Prize (shukun-sho) 4 times. He received the Fighting Spirit Prize (kanto-sho) once. He received the Technique Prize (gino-sho) 5 times. His career record was 494 wins and 473 losses over 77 career tournaments. He retired in March 1962. He died on 8 January 2002 at the age of 78. His last stable as an active wrestler was Tatsunami stable.