Former ozeki Kotooshu hangs up mawashi

OSAKA, Japan - Kotooshu, a 31-year-old Bulgarian-born sekiwake, whose real name is Karoyan Ando, wipes tears at a press conference at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka on March 20, 2014, after announcing his retirement. Kotooshu, the first European to ever win an Emperor's Cup and achieve sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki, said he has reached his physical limits and no longer possesses the energy to continue wrestling.

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