Baruto keeps smiling as he aims for sumo's ultimate prize

TOKYO, Japan - Estonian sumo wrestler Baruto, who was promoted to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki in March, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on April 28, 2010. Baruto, whose real name is Kaido Hoovelson and made his sumo debut in May 2004, is the second European ozeki following Bulgarian Kotooshu.

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