Baruto

"Baruto!" they scream, as Estonian-born wrestler Baruto Kaito strides by, the faintest of smiles playing at the corners of his mouth.

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After only 19 months in Japan, the 6-foot-6, 360-pound Baruto -- which means Baltic in Japanese -- is soaring in the rankings.

Blond sumo wrestlers Steve Sailer 2005

TOKYO -- Flesh struck flesh with a thunderous smack, and rolls of fat and muscle rippled down the alabaster-skinned frame of the blond sumo Baruto see picture, a rising star in Japan's national sport.

Blond sumo wrestlers Steve Sailer 2005

After only 19 months in Japan, the 6-foot-6, 360-pound Baruto -- which means Baltic in Japanese -- is soaring in the rankings.

Archive 2005-10-30 Steve Sailer 2005

"I came to Japan to be a sumo champion," said Baruto, 20, the professional name of Kaido Hoovelson.

Archive 2005-10-30 Steve Sailer 2005

"I came to Japan to be a sumo champion," said Baruto, 20, the professional name of Kaido Hoovelson.

Blond sumo wrestlers Steve Sailer 2005

TOKYO -- Flesh struck flesh with a thunderous smack, and rolls of fat and muscle rippled down the alabaster-skinned frame of the blond sumo Baruto see picture, a rising star in Japan's national sport.

Archive 2005-10-30 Steve Sailer 2005

Baruto, of Empedrado, and of the heights of Buenavista, on the road to

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The finest flavoured pine-apples are those of Baruto, of Empedrado, and of the heights of Buenavista, on the road to Victoria.

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If he can defeat Estonian ozeki Baruto on Sunday, Hakuho will become the only man since the incorporation of the six-tournament system in 1958 to win three straight basho with perfect

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