Masamitsu Ichiguchi

Masamitsu Ichiguchi is the kind of figure who quietly earns your respect the more you sit with him. Born in Osaka in 1940 — deep Showa era, Capricorn, year of the Dragon — he devoted his youth to amateur wrestling at Kansai University at a time when that meant no sponsorships, no spotlight, just mat burns and discipline. 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. The amateur world leaves behind almost no paper trail, and I'll be honest, the hard details on his career are sparse. What I find genuinely moving about that is the implication: he competed for the love of the sport, not the record books. There's something almost stubbornly dignified about an Osaka kid who just showed up, worked hard, and let the mat be his stage.

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. Detailed career records and activity period remain unknown.

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)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon (辰)

Origin

Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Height

161 cm

Occupation

Amateur wrestler

University

Kansai University

Motto

Private

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

Tags

• From Osaka Prefecture
• Amateur wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.