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JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze, who gambled on baseball when he was a wrestler, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010, after the Japan Sumo Association decided to demote him to ''toshiyori'' in the sumo hierarchy and to keep him at the lowest rank on probation for five years. (Pool photo)

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JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze, who gambled on baseball when he was a wrestler, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010, after the Japan Sumo Association decided to demote him to ''toshiyori'' in the sumo hierarchy and to keep him at the lowest rank on probation for five years. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Sumo: Former ozeki Kotoshogiku retires

Undated file photo shows sumo wrestler Kotoshogiku. The Japan Sumo Association announced Nov. 15, 2020, that the 36-year-old former ozeki currently in the second-tier juryo division has officially retired from competition and will take on the role of a "toshiyori" elder under the name Hidenoyama at the Sadogatake stable.