(CORRECTED) Sokokurai becomes 2nd Chinese sumo wrestler

(CORRECTED) Sokokurai becomes 2nd Chinese sumo wrestler

ONOJO, Japan - Chinese sumo wrestler Sokokurai smiles during a news conference at the Arashio stable in Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 2, 2009. After posting a 5-2 mark in the third-tier makushita division of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, the 25-year old became the second Chinese wrestler to fight in the second-tier juryo division, following Osaka-born Chinese national Kiyonohana in the 1970s. (Kyodo)

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