Takamisakari retires

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2010 shows Takamisakakri before a bout at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. 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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