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SAKAI, Osaka -- A man who broke into a building here not realizing it was a sumo training camp facility was arrested after being pinned down by a 125-kilogram sumo wrestler, police said.
Police said the man, Konoshin Kawabata, 35, crept into the unlocked training camp facility of the Dewanoumi sumo stable at about 2:35 a.m. on Friday, and started rummaging about in a second-floor room at the rear of the building.
Soon afterwards, sumo wrestler Dewanosato spotted Kawabata and shouted, "Hey, thief, what are you doing?" The 125-kilogram, 183-centimeter-tall wrestler then apprehended Kawabata, pinning his hands behind his head.
Dewanosato, who had two wins and five losses in the March sumo tournament, was pleased with his efforts.
"I got a losing record (in the last tournament), but I've done something good today and I can look forward to the next tournament," he said.
When questioned over his actions, Kawabata said he didn't realize that the facility he broke into, located in Shounji Temple in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, was used by sumo wrestlers.
"I broke in with the intention of stealing things, but I didn't realize that it was a sumo training camp facility," he was quoted by police as saying.
In last year's summer sumo tournament, Dewanosato became the slowest wrestler to rise to the rank of Juryo, requiring 114 tournaments to do so. At the age of 35 years and 4 months, he was the oldest new Juryo wrestler. In his first Juryo tournament he suffered a losing record, and was dropped to the Maku$hita rank.
Police said the man, Konoshin Kawabata, 35, crept into the unlocked training camp facility of the Dewanoumi sumo stable at about 2:35 a.m. on Friday, and started rummaging about in a second-floor room at the rear of the building.
Soon afterwards, sumo wrestler Dewanosato spotted Kawabata and shouted, "Hey, thief, what are you doing?" The 125-kilogram, 183-centimeter-tall wrestler then apprehended Kawabata, pinning his hands behind his head.
Dewanosato, who had two wins and five losses in the March sumo tournament, was pleased with his efforts.
"I got a losing record (in the last tournament), but I've done something good today and I can look forward to the next tournament," he said.
When questioned over his actions, Kawabata said he didn't realize that the facility he broke into, located in Shounji Temple in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, was used by sumo wrestlers.
"I broke in with the intention of stealing things, but I didn't realize that it was a sumo training camp facility," he was quoted by police as saying.
In last year's summer sumo tournament, Dewanosato became the slowest wrestler to rise to the rank of Juryo, requiring 114 tournaments to do so. At the age of 35 years and 4 months, he was the oldest new Juryo wrestler. In his first Juryo tournament he suffered a losing record, and was dropped to the Maku$hita rank.
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