{{short description|Japanese freestyle wrestler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name=Yushu Kitano |image=Yushu Kitano 1952.jpg | image_size = |caption=Kitano (center) at the 1952 Olympics |birth_date=14 April 1930 |birth_place=Osaka Prefecture, Japan |death_date= 27 February 2016 (aged 85) |death_place= Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan | height = | weight = |sport=Freestyle wrestling |coach= |club= |alma_mater= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }} {{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalSilver| 1952 Helsinki | 52 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver| 1954 Tokyo | 52 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1954 Manila | 52 kg}} }}
{{Nihongo|'''Yushu Kitano'''|北野 祐秀|Kitano Yūshū|14 April 1930<ref name="sref"/> – 27 February 2016}}<ref name="Obituary">{{Cite news|url=http://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2016040101175&g=obt|title=北野祐秀氏死去（五輪レスリング銀メダリスト）|date=1 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420161358/http://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2016040101175&g=obt|archive-date=20 April 2016|agency=Jiji Press|language=ja|trans-title=Kitano Yūshū dies (Silver medalist for Olympic wrestling)}}</ref> was a Japanese freestyle wrestler. In his weight category of under 52 kg, he won silver medals at the 1952 Olympics, 1954 World Championships and 1954 Asian Games.<ref name="sref">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/yushu-kitano-1.html|title=Yushu Kitano|publisher=Sports Reference|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623005324/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/yushu-kitano-1.html|archive-date=23 June 2018|access-date=10 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=BFFA69922F4845B19D32DFCF62A98447|title=Kitano, Yushu (JPN)|publisher=Leipzig University|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806202647/https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=BFFA69922F4845B19D32DFCF62A98447|archive-date=6 August 2016}}</ref> In retirement he worked as a wrestling coach and in this capacity attended the 1960 Olympics. In 2016, he died of a heart attack, aged 85.<ref name="Obituary"/>
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