Head-to-head · 15 bouts
Kitanonada Noboru and Wakanohana Kanji have met 15 times in recorded sumo. Wakanohana Kanji leads 13–2.
Kitanonada Noboru has won with: frontal crush out (1), frontal force out (1).
Wakanohana Kanji has won with: over arm throw (4), frontal force out (4), pulling over armthrow (3), rear push out (1).
| Tournament | Day | Winner | Technique | Ranks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1958 | Day 7 | Wakanohana Kanji | dashinage | Yokozuna 2 East vs Komusubi 1 West |
| May 1958 | Day 9 | Wakanohana Kanji | Over arm throw | Maegashira 1 West vs Yokozuna 1 West |
| July 1958 | Day 6 | Wakanohana Kanji | Over arm throw | Yokozuna 2 East vs Maegashira 4 East |
| November 1958 | Day 2 | Wakanohana Kanji | Over arm throw | Yokozuna 1 East vs Maegashira 1 East |
| January 1959 | Day 11 | Wakanohana Kanji | Over arm throw | Yokozuna 1 East vs Komusubi 1 West |
| March 1959 | Day 9 | Kitanonada Noboru | Frontal crush out | Yokozuna 1 East vs Maegashira 1 West |
| May 1959 | Day 11 | Wakanohana Kanji | Frontal force out | Yokozuna 2 East vs Maegashira 1 East |
| July 1959 | Day 4 | Wakanohana Kanji | Pulling over armthrow | Maegashira 5 East vs Yokozuna 1 West |
| September 1959 | Day 4 | Wakanohana Kanji | Frontal force out | Maegashira 6 East vs Yokozuna 1 West |
| March 1960 | Day 9 | Wakanohana Kanji | Pulling over armthrow | Yokozuna 2 East vs Maegashira 1 East |
| May 1960 | Day 10 | Kitanonada Noboru | Frontal force out | Yokozuna 1 East vs Komusubi 1 West |
| July 1960 | Day 12 | Wakanohana Kanji | Pulling over armthrow | Yokozuna 1 East vs Sekiwake 1 West |
| September 1960 | Day 10 | Wakanohana Kanji | Frontal force out | Yokozuna 1 East vs Komusubi 1 East |
| November 1960 | Day 4 | Wakanohana Kanji | Frontal force out | Yokozuna 1 East vs Maegashira 5 East |
| May 1961 | Day 6 | Wakanohana Kanji | Rear push out | Maegashira 4 West vs Yokozuna 1 West |
Every bout between the two that is in this database (March 1958 onwards). Technique names follow NHK WORLD-JAPAN.