Meet Kyuta: the 10-year-old, 85-kilo sumo in training


By Kim, Kyung, Hoon, JackTarrant
  • World
  • Tuesday, 19 Jan 2021

Kyuta Kumagai, 10, does a plank during a one-on-one training session which his father organized at the Buddhist temple Joshin-ji in Tokyo, Japan, September 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

TOKYO,(Reuters) - 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.

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