Takamisakari gets confession of love

TOKYO, Japan - Popular sumo wrestler Takamisakari visits a nursing home for the elderly in Tokyo on June 14, 2011. One of the residents, 71-year-old Yoshiko Ishikawa, introduced herself as ''Takamisakari's girlfriend'' when she met him, and asked the wrestler if it is OK for her to ''continue having feelings'' for him. The 35-year-old wrestler, who is not married, nodded.

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