After graduating from the Tokyo Law School (predecessor to the current Chuo University), he worked in the Government-General of Taiwan before moving with his brother Shohachiro to open a martial arts dojo in Yūki, Ibaraki in 1898.

Mossel had previously defeated two black belt judokas, advantaged by not wearing a gi jacket, but Noguchi easily threw him thrice, after which he pinned and choked him out with kata-gatame.

[3][4] In 1915, he traveled to San Francisco, United States, where he encountered catch wrestler Ad Santel in the ring on 30 November, in a match was hosted under the local rule of the best of three rounds.

In the first round, Santel scored a takedown and pinned Noguchi, and although the Japanese attempted to work from the bottom, the stronger German ultimately shut him off and choked him out for the win.

Among his chief disciples were Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu exponent Mitsuru Sato, aikidoka Seito Tanaka and future judo 9º dan Harutsugi Kurosu.