a simple yori-kiri or force out, compared with an average of around 28 percent for all wrestlers. Family In 2005, Kyokutenhō obtained Japanese citizenship with the support of his stablemaster, ex ōzeki Asahikuni. His legal name is now Masaru Ōta (太田 勝 Ōta Masaru). He is married to a Japanese woman and his first child, a girl, was born in September 2008. Kyokutenhō's brother Luvsandorj (Лувсандорж), nine years his junior, also became a sumo wrestler in 2000 under the name Fudoyama. They were the first pair of foreign brothers to join professional sumo. Fudoyama was unable to join Kyokutenhō's stable due to the one foreigner per heya limit, so he joined Takashima stable instead. However, he never climbed higher than the third makushita division and retired in January 2008. Kyokutenhō is the brother-in-law of the former maegashira'' Shōtenrō (later Kasugayama Oyakata). Career record See also Glossary of sumo terms List of sumo record holders List of non-Japanese sumo wrestlers List of past sumo wrestlers List of sumo elders List of sumo tournament top division champions List of sekiwake List of sumo tournament top division runners-up References External links 1974 births Living people Japanese people of Mongolian descent Japanese sumo wrestlers Mongolian emigrants to Japan Mongolian sumo wrestlers Naturalized citizens of Japan Sportspeople from Ulaanbaatar Sekiwake