To date, four men from the country of Georgia have become sumo wrestlers in Japan.
One (Tochinoshin) has been an ozeki, two (Kokkai and Gagamaru) reached komusubi and the fourth (Tsukasaumi — the younger brother of Kokkai) left the professional ranks while still in the sandanme division.
Gagamaru has been overshadowed by Kokkai and Tochinoshin, the first and most successful Georgians respectively, but the big man from Tbilisi has carved out a fairly decent career of his own.
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