| Yushu Kitano | |
| Birth Date: | 14 April 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| Death Date: | 27 February 2016 (aged 85) |
| Death Place: | Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan |
| Sport: | Freestyle wrestling |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
[1] was a Japanese freestyle wrestler. In his weight category of under 52 kg, he won silver medals at the 1952 Olympics, 1954 World Championships and 1954 Asian Games.[2] [3] In retirement he worked as a wrestling coach and in this capacity attended the 1960 Olympics. In 2016, he died of a heart attack, aged 85.[1]