Takamisakari retires

Takamisakari retires

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2007 shows Takamisakakri celebrating after winning a bout at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan hall. The former komusubi Takamisakari, whose pre-bout goofball antics and gutsy performances made him one of sumo's best-loved wrestlers, called time on his wrestling career on Jan. 27, 2013.

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