Yavhushyshyn now goes by the Japanese ring name of Aonishiki Arata and, at a news conference on Thursday, he chose to speak almost exclusively about his rise in the sport. Aonishiki, who is now part of the highly regimented world of sumo, talked mostly about his eating and training habits, learning Japanese, and being exposed to sumo as a 6-year-old in his home town of Vinnytsia in west central Ukraine. “My country is in a very difficult circumstance, however, I am a sumo wrestler so I would like to speak about sumo,” he said speaking Japanese, a language he has picked up rapidly.
Author: Stephen Wade
Published at: 2025-10-12 21:30:09
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