Kotooshu receives Bulgaria's top honor

SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgaria-born sumo wrestler Kotooshu (R) is given the medal of the Stara Planina Order First Class, the country's highest government award, by President Georgi Parvanov at the presidential office in Sofia on July 28. The wrestler, whose real name is Kaloyan Mahlyanov, holds the second-highest rank in Japanese sumo of ozeki.

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