For the record, Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu has discarded the image of the boy with a sweet tooth. Though likened to the affable David Beckham of soccer, he is all about the business of trying to reach sumo's pinnacle rank.
Kotooshu, who reinvigorated sumo with his outstanding achievements in the ring in 2005 before being promoted to sumo's second-highest rank four months ago, said obtaining the ultimate prize is definitely within his grasp.
"I'd like to recover from injury (to my right knee) as soon as possible and hopefully make yokozuna through a lot of training," Kotooshu said at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on Tuesday.