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Meet Kyuta Kumagai, the 10-Year-Old World Champion Sumo Wrestler
Meet Kyuta Kumagai, a 187-pound sumo wrestler and the world champion in the under-10 category.
Talent from a young age: When Kumagai was still in kindergarten, his father Taisuke who is a former amateur sumo wrestler noticed his son’s potential and entered him in a tournament.
“There is a talent for sumo and he has that talent,” Kumagai’s father told Reuters. “He won the tournament. I thought he may have something special.”
After Kumagai won the tournament, his father moved their family to Tokyo’s Fukagawa area, known for producing sumo wrestlers.
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Meet Tokyo s 10-year-old Kyuta, the 85-kilo Sumo Wrestler in Training
Kyuta Kumagai, 10, lifts dumbbells during a one-on-one training session which his father organized at the Buddhist temple Joshin-ji in Tokyo, Japan.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Kyuta Kumagai was crowned the under-10 world champion, beating out competition from as far afield as the United Kingdom and Ukraine.
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Among the young sumo wrestlers lifting weights in the ring, 10-year-old Kyuta Kumagai stands out.
At 85 kilograms (187 lb), Kyuta is twice the size of the other children his age and is so dominant that he wrestles, and beats, boys five or six years older. Last year, he was crowned the under-10 world champion, beating out competition from as far afield as the United Kingdom and Ukraine.
Kyuta Kumagai, 10, trains six days a week.
Among the young sumo wrestlers lifting weights in the ring, 10-year-old Kyuta Kumagai stands out.
At 85 kilograms (187 lb), Kyuta is twice the size of the other children his age and is so dominant that he wrestles, and beats, boys five or six years older.
Last year, he was crowned the under-10 world champion, beating out competition from as far afield as the United Kingdom and Ukraine.
His training regime, devised by his father Taisuke, is relentless.
He trains six days a week, either at his local sumo club or lifting weights. He also swims and practices track and field to build up the flexibility and explosive quickness needed for sumo wrestling.
TOKYO - Among the young sumo wrestlers lifting weights in the ring, 10-year-old Kyuta Kumagai stands out. At 85 kilograms (187 lb), Kyuta is twice the size of the other children his age and is so dominant that he wrestles, and beats, boys five or six years older. Last year, he was crowned the under-10 world champion, beating out competition.
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