Hakurozan Yūta
Hakurozan Yūta (born February 6, 1982, as Batraz Feliksovich Boradzov, ) is a former sumo wrestler. The highest rank he reached was '' maegashira'' 2. His older brother is also a former sumo wrestler under the name of Rohō of Ōtake stable. In September 2008, both were dismissed from professional sumo after testing positive for cannabis. Career Hakurozan began wrestling at the age of 14, winning the world junior championship aged 16. He started sumo at age 18, winning the Moscow over 100 kg championship. He came to Japan in February 2002 with his brother. They had intended to join the same stable, but sumo regulations limit the number of foreign wrestlers to one per stable, so Batraz joined Hatachiyama stable while Soslan entered Ōtake stable. As with his brother, his ''shikona'' contains the character 露, which can mean ''Russia''. Hatachiyama stable folded upon the death of its stablemaster, former '' ōzeki'' Hokutenyū, and Hakurozan joined the Kitanoumi stable. ...
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