Kotoōshū Katsunori
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| Personal data | |
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| real name | Kaloyan Stefanov Machlyanov |
| Born | February 19, 1983 |
| place of birth | Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria |
| size | 2.02 m |
| Weight | 156 kg |
| Career | |
| Heya | Sadogatake |
| Career record | 537–337–60 466–322–60 (Makuuchi) |
| debut | November 2002 |
| Highest rank | Ōzeki (January 2006) |
| Tournament victories | 1 each in Makuuchi, Jūryō, Makushita and Jonokuchi |
| resignation | March 2014 |
Kotoōshū Katsunori ( Japanese 琴 欧洲 勝 紀 , actually Bulgarian Калоян Стефанов Махлянов / Kalojan Stefanow Machljanow ; born February 19, 1983 in Veliko Tarnowo , Bulgaria ) is a former sumo wrestler .
Kotoōshū began his sumō career in 2002, reached the Jūryō division in just nine tournaments and rose to the Makuuchi division by September 2004 . In March of the following year he was promoted to Komusubi . After that, his winning streak broke and he had to step back into the maegashira ranks after a 4-11 make-koshi . However, he was able to collect himself again and fought from September 2005 as a Sekiwake . After the November 2005 tournament, he was named Ōzeki. The required number of 19 tournaments since the start in the lowest division, the Jonokuchi , is the fastest rise of a sumotori to date.
Kotoōshū's body length is 2.03 m. On the one hand, he is just as tall as the former yokozuna Akebono , but at "only" about 160 kg, he weighs below average for a sumo wrestler of his size. In combat, he mainly relies on throwing techniques ( nage ), in which he has an advantage due to his long arms.
Kotoōshū was the only wrestler who was able to defeat the then dominant yokozuna Asashōryū twice in his particularly successful year 2005. In the September 2005 tournament, however, he lost the tournament victory to him, although he had been tied until the end. In November of that year he returned the favor by giving the yokozuna his only defeat. After this tournament he was promoted to Ōzeki . He was the first European and the fifth foreigner to succeed.
As Ōzeki, Kotoōshū could not consistently convince. He has finished his tournaments five times with a negative win record; In addition, a double-digit balance sheet is expected from a rikishi of his rank. After all, he won the Natsu Basho in May 2008 with a record of 14-1 in the Makuuchi division. This makes Kotoōshū the first European to win a basho.
In September 2006 he changed his Shikona from 琴 欧 州 to 琴 欧洲 with the same pronunciation .
After two weak tournaments, Kotoōshū was demoted to the rank of Sekiwake at the 2014 Hatsu Basho. With a win record of at least 10-5 he could have returned to his old rank as ozeki, but he could not reach that final score despite a kachi-koshi. The spring tournament of 2014 began again for Kotoōshū with a series of defeats. On March 20, he finally announced his resignation at a press conference. It is expected that it will remain in the sumo world as a kotoōshū oyakata.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kotoōshū Katsunori |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 琴 欧洲 勝 紀 (Japanese); Mahlyanov, Kaloyan Stefanov |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian sumo wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Veliko Tarnovo , Bulgaria |