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Baruto Kaito (把瑠都 凱斗, born 5 November 1984 as Kaido Höövelson) is a former professional sumo wrestler from Estonia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Meiebaruto.ee )〕 Making his debut in May 2004, he was one of only two Estonians ever to join the sport in Japan. He reached the top division after just two years in sumo in May 2006. After suffering a number of injury problems in 2007 which delayed his progress, he reached the third highest rank of ''sekiwake'' in November 2008, and was promoted to ''ōzeki'' rank after finishing the March 2010 tournament with a score of 14–1.〔 〕 He was a tournament runner-up four times before recording a top division championship in the 2012 January tournament. During his career Baruto also earned five special prizes for Fighting Spirit, one for Outstanding Performance and one for Technique. He lost his ''ōzeki'' rank after more injury problems at the end of 2012, and having fallen greatly in rank after withdrawing from the May 2013 tournament, he announced his retirement in September of that year at the age of 28. ==Early life and sumo background== Höövelson was born in Väike-Maarja, but grew up in the nearby Rohu village in current Laekvere Parish.〔 His family owned a cattle farm and he became accustomed to hard physical labour as a child.〔 His father died when Höövelson was sixteen years old and he worked as a nightclub bouncer to earn a living. He played basketball as a teenager and also won a national judo championship in Estonia. He was introduced to amateur sumo when he was a little boy. Through his judo coach Riho Rannikmaa, and an official from the Kagoshima Prefecture Sumo Association, Kazuo Kurazono, encouraged him to join the professional sport.〔 Due to the restrictions on foreigners entering sumo, the only stable with a place available was Mihogaseki.〔 He was given the ''shikona'' or fighting name of Baruto, a reference to the Japanese name of the Baltic sea, and made his professional debut in May 2004. He moved very quickly up the rankings, reaching the ''jūryō'' division after only 8 tournaments (tied for the third fastest rise to ''sekitori'' status since 1958 when the current 6 tournament a year format was adopted) and compiling a record of 41–8 on the way. Baruto won the ''jūryō'' division March 2006 ''honbasho'' tournament with a perfect 15–0 result. This was only the fourth time ever that a ''jūryō'' wrestler has won the championship with such a record. He was the first to achieve this since Kitanofuji, who ultimately reached the top ''yokozuna'' rank, in 1963. As a result of this performance he was promoted to ''makuuchi'', the highest division, for the first time in his career in May 2006. It is likely that Baruto could have achieved a more rapid rise to the top division, were it not for him suffering from appendicitis in November 2005, the resulting absence from the tournament sending him back down to the third highest ''makushita'' division temporarily. Despite this, his rise to the top division in two years is equal to the second fastest ever. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baruto Kaito」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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