Takanoyama Shuntarō

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 new ''sekitori'' since 1958 to pass through ''jūryō'' division in just one tournament, he made his debut in the top ''makuuchi'' division in September 2011. He retired on 24 July 2014. Provided by Wikipedia