Masamitsu Ichiguchi

Masamitsu Ichiguchi is the kind of figure who quietly earns your respect the more you sit with him. At 161 cm he was never the biggest guy in the room, but anyone who knows wrestling knows leverage and grit matter a whole lot more than height. He placed seventh at the 1960 Rome Olympics, won the 1962 world title, and then took Greco-Roman bantamweight gold at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics before teaching at Tokai University. There's something almost stubbornly dignified about an Osaka kid who just showed up, worked hard, and let the mat be his stage.

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Masamitsu Ichiguchi is a Japanese amateur wrestler born on January 12, 1940, in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. He attended Kansai University, where he developed his wrestling career. Standing 161 cm tall, he competed in amateur wrestling during the Showa era. He placed seventh at the 1960 Rome Olympics, won the 1962 world championship, and took the Greco-Roman bantamweight gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, later becoming a professor at Tokai University.

Name (English)

Masamitsu Ichiguchi

Name (Japanese)

市口政光

Reading

いちぐち まさみつ

Born

January 12, 1940 (age 86)

Origin

Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Height

161 cm

Occupation

Amateur wrestler

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

University

Kansai University

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82%E5%8F%A3%E6%94%BF%E5%85%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331026

Tags

• From Osaka Prefecture
• Amateur wrestler

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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