Profile Info
- Gender Male
- Real Name Mitsuhiro Momota (百田 光浩) (born Kim Sin-rak (김신락))
- Ring Names
- Rikidōzan ( October 28, 1951 - December 15, 1963)
- Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
- Weight
- 243 lbs (110 kg)
- Born November 14, 1924
- Died December 15, 1963 (aged 39)
- Birth Place Hongwon County, Kankyō-nan Prefecture, Japanese Korea
- Billed From
- Nagasaki
- Nicknames The Father of Puroresu
Career History
- Roles
- Promoter ( January 1, 1953 - December 7, 1963)
- Wrestler ( October 28, 1951 - December 7, 1963)
- Companies / Promotions
Promotion from to Promotion 
June 17, 1952 August 27, 1958 - Face / Heel Turns
Alignment from to Face October 28, 1951 December 7, 1963 - Images
Dec 1954
- Finishers
- Overhead chop
- Piledriver
Titles & Accomplishments
- Hall of Fame
- WWE Hall of Fame - Year 2017, Legacy
- Titles Won
Japan Wrestling Association
- 1 All Asia Heavyweight Championship
- 4 All Asia Tag Team Championship - with Toyonobori
- 1 JWA All Japan Tag Team Championship - with Toyonobori
- 1 NWA International Heavyweight Championship
- 1 Japanese Heavyweight Championship
Mid-Pacific Promotions
- 3 NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship - 1 with Bobby Bruns, 1 with Azumafuji, 1 with Koukichi Endoh
NWA San Francisco
- 1 NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) - with Dennis Clary
- 1 NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) - with Koukichi Endoh
North American Wrestling Alliance / Worldwide Wrestling Association / NWA Hollywood Wrestling
- 1 WWA World Heavyweight Championship
- Other Accomplishments
- International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame induction (class of 2021)
- NWA Hall of Fame induction (class of 2011)
- Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum induction (class of 2006)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame induction (class of 1996)
- 5 JWA World Big League Wins (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963)
Relations
- Tag Teams & Stables
- Rikidozan and Toyonobori - Toyonobori ( May 22, 1959 - December 15, 1963)