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Shohachi Ishii

1926 - 1980

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Shohachi Ishii (石井 庄八, Ishii Shōhachi; September 20, 1926 – January 4, 1980) was a Japanese freestyle wrestler who won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was the first Japanese gold medalist after World War II, the only Japanese gold medalist at the 1952 Olympics, and one of two Japanese medalists in wrestling at the 1952 Olympics, the other being flyweight Yushu Kitano, who won silver in freestyle. Ishii took up wrestling because there was no judo club around. He died of kidney cancer, aged 53. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shohachi Ishii is the 293rd most popular wrestler (down from 241st in 2019), the 1,709th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,627th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Shohachi Ishii ranks 293 out of 1,027. Before him are The Fabulous Moolah, Shaban Trstena, Lou Albano, Vítězslav Mácha, Yaşar Erkan, and Ivan Koloff. After him are Bianca Belair, Jim Duggan, Vickie Guerrero, Jon Heidenreich, Pelle Svensson, and Mitsuo Ikeda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Shohachi Ishii ranks 456. Before him are Zygmunt Chychła, Richard DeVos, Manorama, Katie Boyle, Zena Marshall, and Ralph Abernathy. After him are Maria Janion, John Gardner, Anthony Shaffer, Jimmy Heath, Rashidi Kawawa, and Elemér Szathmáry. Among people deceased in 1980, Shohachi Ishii ranks 272. Before him are Olivia Manning, John McEwen, Marc Connelly, Barbara Loden, Dorothy Stratten, and Clyfford Still. After him are Larry Williams, William Hood Simpson, Nikolay Bogolyubov, Bette Nesmith Graham, Lucy Morton, and William Gemmell Cochran.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shohachi Ishii ranks 1,709 out of 6,245. Before him are Kazuro Watanabe (1955), Kae Nishina (1972), Ringo Sheena (1978), Wataru Takagi (1966), Kohei Yamamoto (1986), and Haruki Uemura (1951). After him are Bunji Kimura (1944), Tomohisa Yamashita (1985), Koji Takano (1992), Daisuke Nitta (1980), Naomi Kawase (1969), and Hiroshi Nanami (1972).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Shohachi Ishii ranks 15. Before him are Shozo Sasahara (1929), Shinobu Sekine (1943), Katsutoshi Naito (1895), Jiichiro Date (1952), Asuka (1981), and Yuji Takada (1954). After him are Mitsuo Ikeda (1935), Kiyomi Kato (1948), Hitoshi Saito (1961), Hidehiko Yoshida (1969), Takanohana Kōji (1972), and Shinsuke Nakamura (1980).

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