Kisenosato entered professional sumo in 2002 while still in his mid-teens. A native of Ibaraki Prefecture to the northeast of Tokyo and only age 20, he is perhaps the most promising young Japanese rikishi in sumo today.
Kisenosato pauses during keiko at Naruto Beya in Matsudo-shi, Chiba.
MARK BUCKTON PHOTOEarlier this year he reached the rank of komusubi in the sport's senior most makunouchi division and is expected by many to go further, even as far as yokozuna.