Bulgarian yogurt is no longer the country's most well-known export to Japan.
That honor belongs to Kotooshu, who beat Mongolian Ama on Saturday to claim the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament title with a 13-1 record and enter the history books as the first European to win an Emperor's Cup.
The Bulgarian ozeki, whose real name is Kaloyan Mahlyanov, was a ball of nerves in falling to a first lost against Aminishiki with a chance to take home the spoils a day earlier, but made no mistakes against his diminutive sekiwake opponent on the 14th day.