# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rikidozan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:31:14.054Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rikidozan"
name: "Rikidōzan"
slug: "rikidozan"
description: "Mitsuhiro Momota, better known by the ring name Rikidōzan (力道山), was a Korean-Japanese professional wrestler and sumo wrestler. He was known as the father of professional wrestling in Japan, nicknamed \"The Father of Puroresu\" (日本プロレス界の父), and is considered one of the most influential people in professional wrestling history."
tagline: "Zainichi Korean professional wrestler (1924-1963)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rikid%C5%8Dzan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1924-11-14"
deathDate: "1963-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.37
  momentum:             1.150687459629049
  historical:           19.23840533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1670674/"
    handle:    "nm1670674"
sources:
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    title: "力道山"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ريكيدوزان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rikidōzan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan"
    title: "Rikidōzan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikidozan"
    title: "Rikidozan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan"
    title: "Rikidōzan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan"
    title: "Rikidōzan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikid%C3%B3zan"
    title: "Rikidózan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%AB%D5%A4%D5%B8%D5%B1%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Ռիկիդոձան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan"
    title: "Rikidōzan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan"
    title: "Rikidōzan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "力道山"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%AD%EB%8F%84%EC%82%B0"
    title: "역도산"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan"
    title: "Rikidōzan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan"
    title: "Rikidōzan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan"
    title: "Rikidōzan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Рикидодзан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan"
    title: "Rikidōzan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87"
    title: "ริกิโดซัง"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan"
    title: "Rikidōzan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "力道山"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484173"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1631256"
    title: "Rikidōzan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump