Kotomitsuki was found to have gambled on professional wrestlers . He becomes the first active ` ` ozeki '' to be fired , Kyodo News reports . A council of high - ranking professional wrestlers to decide on expulsion , Kyodo News reports . The scandal also has led to the arrest of a former sumo wrestler and the demotion of a stablemaster-coach of several wrestlers who also allegedly gambled on baseball . Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament to go on as usual this month .
Kotomitsuki was found to have gambled on professional wrestlers . He becomes the first active ` ` ozeki '' to be fired , Kyodo News reports . A council of high - ranking professional wrestlers to decide on expulsion , Kyodo News reports . Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament to go on as usual this month .