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TOKYO, Japan - Yamamotoyama, the heaviest Japanese sumo wrestler, who weighs 258 kilograms, shows off a seat specially created by McDonald's Co. (Japan) Ltd. for sumo wrestlers in its Asakusabashi restaurant on Sept. 6, 2009. Yamamotoyama enjoyed eating a hamburger while sitting in the seat, saying, ''This is helpful.'' The 25-year-old wrester said he prefers McDonald's to the traditional vegetable and meat ''chanko'' soup for sumo wrestlers.

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