Sumo: Former ozeki Kotoshogiku retires

Sumo: Former ozeki Kotoshogiku retires

Undated file photo shows sumo wrestler Kotoshogiku. The Japan Sumo Association announced Nov. 15, 2020, that the 36-year-old former ozeki currently in the second-tier juryo division has officially retired from competition and will take on the role of a "toshiyori" elder under the name Hidenoyama at the Sadogatake stable.

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