Rikidozan's birth name is Kim Sin-Nak.

Rikidozan was born on November 14, 1924, in South Hamgyong, North Korea.

Rikidozan died on December 15, 1963, in Tokyo, Japan of Peritonitis from stabbing.

"Pro Wrestling" on Nippon Television in Japan. "Pro Wrestling" debuted in February of 1954 headlined by Rikidozan & Masahiko Kimura challenging Mike & Ben Sharpe for the NWA World Tag Team Championships. Nippon TV execs have canceled the show at the end of the season in March 2009.

The cast of Yagate aozora - 1955 includes: Bin Amatsu as Okuma Rikidozan as himself Gen Funabashi as Shuntaro Fujimura Akihide Ito as Akita Keiju Kobayashi as Tstsuo Iwatani Tomoko Matsushima as Tomoko Michiko Megumi as Yokodera Chieko Naniwa as Yasu Keiji Oki as Ishii Sadako Sawamura as Koto, mother Yoko Shimizuya as Hisako Yamada Mayumi Shirohato as Kaoru Sudo Hiroshi Tachikawa Gen Tanabe as Nagashima