Kotonishiki Noboru | |
Native Name: | 琴錦 登 |
Birth Name: | Noboru Fujimura |
Birth Date: | 7 March 1922 |
Birth Place: | Kanonji, Kagawa, Japan |
Height: | 177frac=2NaNfrac=2 |
Weight: | 1200NaN0 |
Heya: | Nishonoseki |
Record: | 258-256-23 |
Debut: | January 1938 |
Retireddate: | May 1955 |
Eldername: | Sadogatake |
Highestrank: | Komusubi |
Yushos: | 1 (Jonidan) |
Prizes: | 1 (Fighting Spirit) |
Goldstars: | 7 |
Update: | June 2020 |
Kotonishiki Noboru (March 7, 1922 – July 14, 1974, born Noboru Fujimura) was a sumo wrestler and coach from Kanonji, Kagawa, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. He was runner-up in the January 1949 tournament and earned seven gold stars for defeating yokozuna. After his retirement in 1955 he founded the Sadogatake stable and produced yokozuna Kotozakura among others. He ran the stable until his death in 1974.[1]