Our friend Baruto has won the Honbasho in Tokyo!
That makes Baruto enter the club of very few the non-japanese Sumo champions.
He became the ninth foreign-born wrestler and second from Europe after Bulgarian Kotooshu to win a championship.
“I don’t have that much to say but I am excited,” said Baruto, who made his debut at sumo’s No. 2 rank at the 2010 summer meet. “The championship had been a dream of mine until now. I have made a strong effort at this meet and there was a lot of pressure in the title race. I tried not to focus on the title and just give my all.”
Read the whole news piece on The Japan Times.
