Takanoyama Shuntarō (born 21 February 1983 as Pavel Bojar) is a former sumo wrestler from Prague, Czech Republic. He is the first man from the Czech Republic to join the professional sport in Japan. He reached the third highest makushita division in 2004, but due to his light weight he had difficulty in regularly beating his opponents, despite his skill. However, in May 2011 he finally earned promotion to the sekitori ranks. After becoming only the third newsekitori since 1958 to pass through jūryō division in just one tournament, he made his debut in the top makuuchi division in September 2011.
The art of fat Japanese wrestling has never appealed to me. However, I'm glad to see that a skinny Czech can kick the ass of the fattest Japanese.
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