Baruto Kaito
Estonian sumo wrestler and politician (born 1984)
Kaido Höövelson (born 5 November 1984), known professionally as Baruto Kaito (把瑠都 凱斗), is an Estonian politician and former professional sumo wrestler. He made his wrestling debut in May 2004 and in two years, reached the top division in May 2006. After suffering a number of injury problems in 2007 which delayed his progress, he reached the third-highest rank of sekiwake in November 2008, and was promoted to ōzeki rank after finishing the March 2010 tournament with a score of 14–1. He was a tournament runner-up four times before recording a top division championship in the 2012 January tournament. During his career Baruto also earned five special prizes for Fighting Spirit, one for Outstanding Performance and one for Technique. He lost his ōzeki rank after more injury problems at the end of 2012, and having fallen greatly in rank after withdrawing from the May 2013 tournament, he announced his retirement in September of that year at the age of 28.
After retirement from sumo, Höövelson has been involved in different business ventures, mixed martial arts, acting, and politics. In March 2019 he was elected to the Riigikogu.
Early life and sumo background
Höövelson was born in Väike-Maarja, but grew up in the nearby Rohu village in current Vinni Parish. His family owned a cattle farm and he became accustomed to hard physical labour as a child.
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