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{{Short description|Estonian sumo wrestler and politician}}
{{Infobox sumo wrestler
|image = Baruto 2011 Sep.JPG
|caption = Baruto in 2011
|native_name = 把瑠都 凱斗
|native_name_lang = ja
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|height = {{height|meters=1.99}}
|weight = {{convert|183|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
|heya = [[Mihogaseki stable|Mihogaseki]] <small>(05.2004→ – 07.2006)</small><br>[[Onoe stable|Onoe]] <small>(08.2006 – 09.2013)</small>
|rank =
|record = 431-213-102
|debut = May 2004
|retireddate = September 2013
|highestrank = Ōzeki (May, 2010)
|yushos = 1 (Makuuchi)<br/> 3 (Jūryō)<br/>1 (Makushita)<br/>1 (Jonidan)<br/>1 (Jonokuchi)
|prizes = Fighting Spirit (5)<br/> Outstanding Performance (1) <br/> Technique (1)
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'''Kaido Höövelson''' (known professionally as '''Baruto Kaito''' ({{lang|ja|把瑠都 凱斗}},; born 5 November 1984 as '''Kaido Höövelson''') is an [[Estonia]]n [[politician]] and former professional [[sumo]] [[wrestler]].<ref name=meiebaruto>{{cite web|url=http://www.meiebaruto.ee/baruto.html|publisher=Meiebaruto.ee|title=Baruto|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805071809/http://www.meiebaruto.ee/baruto.html|archive-date=2011-08-05}}</ref> Making his debut in May 2004, he reached the [[makuuchi|top division]] after just two years in sumo in May 2006. After suffering a number of injury problems in 2007 which delayed his progress, he reached the third-highest rank of ''[[sekiwake]]'' in November 2008, and was promoted to ''[[Makuuchi#Ōzeki|ōzeki]]'' rank after finishing the March 2010 tournament with a score of 14–1.<ref name=flawless>{{cite web|url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/sports/news/20100329p2g00m0sp002000c.html|title=Sumo: Hakuho wins Osaka basho with flawless record|date=29 March 2010|publisher=Mainichi Daily News|access-date=29 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218203020/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/sports/news/20100329p2g00m0sp002000c.html|archive-date=18 February 2013}} </ref> He was a tournament runner-up four times before recording a top division championship in the 2012 January tournament. During his career Baruto also earned five [[sansho (sumo)|special prizes]] for Fighting Spirit, one for Outstanding Performance and one for Technique. He lost his ''ōzeki'' rank after more injury problems at the end of 2012, and having fallen greatly in rank after withdrawing from the May 2013 tournament, he announced his retirement in September of that year at the age of 28.<ref name="Intai">{{cite web|title=Baruto retires from sumo at age 28|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/09/11/sumo/baruto-retires-from-sumo-at-age-28/#.UjZGyj-BUxF|publisher=[[The Japan Times]]|access-date=16 September 2013|date=11 September 2013}}</ref>
 
After retirement from sumo BarutoHöövelson has been involved in different business ventures, [[mixed martial arts]], acting, and politics. In March 2019 he [[2019 Estonian parliamentary election|was elected]] to the [[Riigikogu]].
 
==Early life and sumo background==
Höövelson was born in [[Väike-Maarja]], but grew up in the nearby [[Rohu, Estonia|Rohu]] village in current [[LaekvereVinni Parish]].<ref name=meiebaruto/> His family owned a cattle farm and he became accustomed to hard physical labour as a child.<ref name="beautiful"/> His father died when Höövelson was sixteen years old and he worked as a nightclub [[Bouncer (doorman)|bouncer]] to earn a living.<ref>{{cite news|author=Willacy, Mark|title=Sumo Confidential|url=http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2009/s2593553.htm|date=2009-06-09|access-date=2012-10-04|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019105305/http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2009/s2593553.htm|archive-date=2011-10-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
[[File:Baruto 08 Sep.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Baruto outside a September 2008 tournament.]]
He played [[basketball]] as a teenager and also won a national [[judo]] championship in Estonia.<ref name=sumofan>{{cite web|author=Buckton, Mark |title=SFM Interview: Baruto |publisherwork=Sumo Fan Magazine |url=http://www.sumofanmag.com/content/Issue_7/Interview.htm |date=June 2006 |access-date=29 May 2008 |archive-date=31 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531140723/http://www.sumofanmag.com/content/Issue_7/Interview.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
He was introduced to amateur sumo when he was a little boy. Throughthrough his judo coach Riho Rannikmaa, and an official from the [[Kagoshima Prefecture]] Sumo Association, Kazuo Kurazono, encouraged him to join the professional sport.<ref name=sumofan/> Due to the restrictions on foreigners entering sumo, the only [[heya (sumo)|stable]] with a place available was [[Mihogaseki stable|Mihogaseki]].<ref name=sumofan/> He came to Japan with a friend from Estonia, Ott Juurikas, who entered [[Irumagawa stable]] and fought under the name of Kitaoji but quit after only one tournament.<ref name="gunning1112">{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/11/12/sumo/baruto-overcame-obstacles-become-ozeki/#.Xcq2nuSWymQ|title=Baruto overcame obstacles to become ozeki|date=12 November 2019|work=The Japan Times|access-date=12 November 2019}}</ref> Höövelson was given the ''[[shikona]]'' or fighting name of Baruto, a reference to the Japanese name of the [[Baltic seaSea]], and made his professional debut in May 2004. He moved very quickly up the rankings, reaching the ''[[jūryō]]'' division after only 8eight tournaments (tied for the third-fastest rise to ''[[sekitori]]'' status since 1958 when the current six-tournament-a-year format was adopted) and compiling a record of 41–8 on the way.
 
Baruto won the ''jūryō'' division March 2006 ''[[honbasho]]'' tournament with a perfect 15–0 result. This was only the fourth time ever that a ''jūryō'' wrestler has won the championship with such a record. He was the first to achieve this since [[Kitanofuji Katsuaki|Kitanofuji]], who ultimately reached the top ''[[yokozuna (sumo)|yokozuna]]'' rank, in 1963.<ref name="promoted">{{cite web|url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/sports/news/20100331p2g00m0sp009000c.html |title=Sumo: Estonian wrestler Baruto promoted to ōzeki |date=31 March 2010 |publisherwork=Mainichi Daily News |access-date=31 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403223700/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/sports/news/20100331p2g00m0sp009000c.html |archive-date=3 April 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As a result of this performance he was promoted to ''[[makuuchi]]'', the highest division, for the first time in his career in May 2006. It is likely that Baruto could have achieved a more rapid rise to the top division, were it not for him suffering from [[appendicitis]] in November 2005, the resulting absence from the tournament sending him back down to the third-highest ''[[makushita]]'' division temporarily. Despite this, his rise to the top division in two years is equal to the second-fastest ever.
 
==Top division career==
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In September 2007, despite being clearly still troubled by his knee, he took his third ''jūryō'' division championship with a 13–2 record. This was enough to earn promotion back to the top division for November. He was in contention for the championship until the final days of the tournament when he was defeated by ''[[Makuuchi#Ōzeki|ōzeki]]'' [[Chiyotaikai Ryuji|Chiyotaikai]] and ''[[komusubi]]'' [[Harumafuji Kōhei|Ama]]. He finished with an 11–4 record and was awarded his second Fighting Spirit Prize.
 
[[File:Sumo May09 Baruto.jpg|thumb|right|Baruto in May 2009.]]
In the January [[2008 in sumo|2008]] tournament Baruto produced a 7–8 score, the first time in his career that he has completed a tournament and finished with more losses than wins. He performed much better in March, finishing as joint runner-up with 12 wins and being awarded another Fighting Spirit Prize. In the May 2008 tournament he was unable to defeat any of the top rankers and could only manage five wins. In the July 2008 tournament, Baruto finished with a 10–5 score, assuring a ''komusubi'' debut in September.
 
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On the seventh day of the January 2010 tournament he finally managed to defeat a ''yokozuna'', [[Hakuhō]], by ''sukuinage'', or beltless arm throw, his first win over a ''yokozuna'' in nineteen attempts. This earned him his first Outstanding Performance award, and he finished on 12–3. He became only the third wrestler to compile 33 wins over three tournaments in a ''[[san'yaku]]'' rank and not be promoted to ''ōzeki'', following [[Kotogahama]] in 1957 and [[Miyabiyama]] (twice) in 2006. At the March tournament in [[Osaka]] it was indicated by Sumo Association official [[Kaiki Nobuhide|Tomozuna Oyakata]] that he would need to win at least 13 bouts and be in contention for the ''[[yūshō]]'' to earn ''ōzeki'' promotion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sport.postimees.ee/?id=237857 |title=Baruto vajab ozekiks tõusmiseks vähemalt 13 võitu |date=16 March 2010 |publisher=[[Postimees]] |language=et |access-date=21 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322201928/http://sport.postimees.ee/?id=237857 |archive-date=22 March 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Baruto was nursing an injury to his left thumb throughout the ''basho'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ss20100315b1.html |title=Hakuho off to flying start in Osaka |date=15 March 2010 |work=[[The Japan Times]] |access-date=21 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323192128/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ss20100315b1.html |archive-date=23 March 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which he picked up in a training session with [[Aran Hakutora|Aran]]. However, he produced his best score in the top division to date of 14–1, and lost only to Hakuhō on Day 11. He was in contention for the championship until the final bout of the tournament, which Hakuhō won over [[Harumafuji]] to complete an undefeated 15–0 performance. Baruto was rewarded with special prizes for Fighting Spirit and Technique, the first time since [[Kotomitsuki]] in July 2007 that one wrestler has received two prizes in the same tournament.<ref name=flawless/>
 
Baruto's promotion was officially confirmed by the Sumo Association on March 31. Speaking to reporters at his Onoe stable, he said, "I want to be cheerful and be an ''ōzeki'' that can live up to the expectations of the fans." He also made clear his determination to win the ''yūshō'', as "unless I win a championship I can't move up to ''yokozuna.''."<ref name=promoted/> However, for a significant period he was not able to challenge for the championship as an ''ōzeki'', his best score never being higher than 11–4. This changed in January 2012, when after he recorded 13 straight wins and his nearest challenger ''yokozuna'' Hakuhō suffered three losses in four bouts, he took the championship with two days left to spare.<ref name=newyear>{{cite news|last=Hueston |first=Dave |title=Baruto wins New Year basho |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ss20120121b1.html |work=Japan Times |access-date=26 January 2012 |date=21 January 2012 |archive-date=24 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124113158/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ss20120121b1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> This made him the ninth foreigner, and the second from Europe after Kotoōshū, to win a top division championship.<ref name=newyear/> He finished on 14–1, denied a perfect record by Hakuhō on the final day.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sumo: Hakuho denies Baruto perfect record on final day of New Year sumo |url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/sports/news/20120123p2g00m0sp084000c.html |publisher=[[Mainichi Daily News]] |archive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/64z5wv4CI?url=web/20120126060703/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/sports/news/20120123p2g00m0sp084000c.html |archive-date=26 January 2012 |date=23 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was told he had to win the next tournament or be in contention until the final day to earn a shot at ''yokozuna'' promotion, but Baruto told reporters the day after celebrating his victory, "If I can wrestle at the spring basho like I did at the New Year meet, results will follow. Once you win one tournament, you want to win a second, a third, a 10th and a 30th."<ref>{{cite web |title=Sumo: Baruto basking in victory after night of celebration |url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/sports/news/20120123p2g00m0sp126000c.html |publisher=Mainichi Daily News |archive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/64zAnmyj4?url=web/20120126060040/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/sports/news/20120123p2g00m0sp126000c.html |archive-date=26 January 2012 |date=23 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the Osaka tournament in March he stood at 9–1 after ten days, but lost four of his last five matches to finish on a disappointing 10–5, putting any hopes for ''yokozuna'' promotion back to square one. Baruto had been suffering from a fever during the tournament and said afterwards that talk of ''yokozuna'' was just "journalistic chatter ... that wasn't my goal in this tournament."<ref>{{cite web|title=Baruto Has Sights Set on Yokozuna Title After Disappointing Tournament |date=27 March 2012 |url=http://news.err.ee/sports/6d3479b1-9f67-4459-a52b-617fa59e4644 |publisher=ERR News |access-date=28 March 2012 |archive-date=28 March 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328152737/http://news.err.ee/sports/6d3479b1-9f67-4459-a52b-617fa59e4644 }}</ref>
 
===Loss of rank===
 
Baruto was ''kadoban'', or in danger of demotion from ''ōzeki'', after he pulled out of the Aki basho in September 2012 on the 4th day after injuring the big toe on his right foot before the tournament.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/sports/sumo/AJ201209120085 |title=SUMO/ Hakuho, Harumafuji remain impressive on Day 4 |date=12 September 2012 |publisher=Asahi Shimbun |access-date=17 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101222127/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/sports/sumo/AJ201209120085 |archive-date=1 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Needing at least eight wins to preserve his rank in the Kyushu tournament in November, he instead had to withdraw once again on Day 3 after injuring a thigh muscle, and was demoted back to ''sekiwake''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/sports/sumo/AJ201211130103 |title=SUMO/ Hakuho stays one win ahead of Harumafuji on Day 3 |date=13 November 2012 |publisher=Asahi Shimbun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419125330/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/sports/sumo/AJ201211130103 |archive-date=19 April 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=17 November 2012 }}</ref> Needing ten wins in the January 2013 tournament, he lost his chance of an immediate return to ''ōzeki'' on Day 13 when he fell to his sixth defeat.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/sports/sumo/AJ201301250089 |title=Harumafuji claims perfect record |date=25 January 2013 |publisher=Asahi Shimbun |access-date=30 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129044014/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/sports/sumo/AJ201301250089 |archive-date=29 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He would have had to win 32 or 33 bouts in three consecutive tournaments in ''makuuchi'' to earn promotion to ''ōzeki'' again.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.err.ee/sports/70ace436-7c50-4f03-ae81-62a78f4cdf71 |title=Baruto Loses, Ozeki Hopes Crushed |date=25 January 2013 |publisher=Estonian Public Broadcasting |access-date=1 February 2013 |archive-date=27 January 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127140400/http://news.err.ee/sports/70ace436-7c50-4f03-ae81-62a78f4cdf71 }}</ref> Because he sat out the summer tournament 2013 due to injury, he was demoted to the ''jūryō'' division in September 2013 and chose to retire on September the 11th11.<ref name="Intai"/>
 
==Fighting style==
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==After sumo==
[[File:Kaido Höövelson at the Opinion Festival 2022 in Paide, Estonia.jpg|thumb|Höövelson at the [[Arvamusfestival]] in [[Paide]] in 2022]]
After retirement Baruto became involved in several different business ventures, involving holiday accommodation, cattle breeding, vehicle repair and maintenance, beverage sale, and tourism.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.aripaev.ee/uudised/2015/03/08/baruto-seitse-ari |title=Baruto seitse äri |first=Mari|last=Mets |publisher=[[Äripäev]] |date=8 March 2015 |access-date=19 August 2018|langlanguage=et}}</ref>
 
In October 2015 he announced that he would become a [[mixed martial arts]] fighter, joining the [[Rizin Fighting Federation]].<ref name="mma">{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2015/10/22/more-sports/ex-ozeki-baruto-awaits-mixed-martial-arts-debut/#.VrJoJWf2aM8|title=Ex-ozeki Baruto awaits mixed martial arts debut|date=22 October 2015|publisher=Japan Times|access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref> He told a press conference that he had lost {{convert|25|kg|lb st|abbr=on}} in weight and that he wanted to be ″the"the strongest fighter in the world.″"<ref name="mma"/> On December 31, 2015, he had his first match, defeating [[Peter Aerts]] at the [[Saitama Super Arena]]. On September 25, 2016, he defeated,won by a unanimous decision, against 45-year-old veteran [[Kazuyuki Fujita]], who announced his retirement afterwards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fightland.vice.com/blog/quick-results-rizin-world-grand-prix-2016-opening-round|title=Quick Results: Rizin World Grand-Prix 2016, Opening Round|last=Hughes|first=Jake|date=25 September 2016|publisher=Fightland|access-date=26 September 28, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928052834/http://fightland.vice.com/blog/quick-results-rizin-world-grand-prix-2016-opening-round|archive-date=2016-09-28}}</ref> After four fights, Baruto had three wins against one loss, the single loss being against [[Mirko Filipović]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WQiZXrEDnU|title=Baruto (Estonia) vs Mirko CRO COP Filipovic (Croatia)|website=[[YouTube]] |date=31 December 2016|access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref> and said that he "wanted to fix sumo's reputation in the MMA world" after the lack of success of some other ex-sumo professionals who switched to MMA.<ref name="chonmage">{{cite web|url=http://metropolisjapan.com/from-chonmage-to-chokeholds/|title=From Chonmage to Chokeholds|last=Strusiewicz|first=Cezary|date=4 July 2017|publisher=Metropolis Japan|access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref> He is also involved in several charities, including [[ADHD]] awareness.<ref name="chonmage"/>
 
In December 2017, [[NHK]], the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, announced that it would air a three-episode series based on author [[Gengoroh Tagame]]'s [[manga]] series ''[[My Brother's Husband]]''. The series tells the story of a man named Yaichi, who is struggling to deal with the death of his [[Homosexuality in Japan|gay]] twin brother, Ryoji. Yaichi and his young daughter Kana's lives become disrupted when they meet Ryoji's Canadian husband, Mike Flanagan. Actor [[Ryuta Sato]] was cast to play Yaichi and Baruto Kaito was cast for the role of Mike Flanagan. The series premiered in March 2018 on NHK's BS Premium.<ref name="Pink News">{{cite web|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/12/06/japans-national-broadcaster-orders-tv-show-about-gay-couple/ |title=Japan's national broadcaster orders TV show about gay couple|date=6 December 2017|publisherwork=Pink News|access-date=6 December 2016}}</ref>
 
Baruto has also taken part in amateur sumo competitions, winning the open weight category at the Estonian national championships in 2018, and he iswas planning to compete in the [[European Sumo Championships]] in [[Tallinn]] in April 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/02/06/sumo/european-sumo-overcomes-schism-build-popularity/#.XIFXQ-SWymR|title=European sumo overcomes schism to build popularity|last=Gunning|first=John|date=6 February 2019|publisherwork=The Japan Times|access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
 
==Political career==
On September 7, 2018, Höövelson announced that he had joined the [[Estonian Center Party]] and had applied for the [[2019 Estonian parliamentary election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.err.ee/859508/former-professional-sumo-wrestler-kaido-hoovelson-joins-centre-party|title=Former professional sumo wrestler Kaido Höövelson joins Centre Party |last=Cavegn|first=Dario|date=7 September 2018|publisher=ERR News|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref> He ran for election in [[Harju County|Harju]] and [[Rapla County|Rapla]] counties, and received 642 votes. Höövelson was elected to the [[Riigikogu]] after candidate Vladimir Arhipov declined his seat. One of his goals as an MP iswas to promote economic relations between Estonia and Japan. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.err.ee/916775/maardu-mayor-passes-riigikogu-seat-on-to-baruto|title=Maardu mayor passes Riigikogu seat on to Baruto|last=Vahtla|first=Aili|date=5 March 2019|publisher=ERR News|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190404_26/|title=Ex-sumo wrestler Baruto becomes Estonian lawmaker|date=4 April 2019|publisher=NHK World - Japan|access-date=9 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404102626/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190404_26/|archive-date=4 April 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Running for a different constituency in the 2023 elections, he was defeated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOCB061RS0W3A300C2000000/|title=エストニア、対ロシア強硬の首相与党が圧勝　議会選|date=6 March 2023|work=Nikkei.com|language=Japanese|access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
[[File:Valgetähe 3. klassi teenetemärgi üleandmine Barutole.jpg|thumb|In 2012 Estonian president [[Toomas Hendrik Ilves]] awarded the [[Order of the White Star]] to Baruto.]] While in Japan Baruto's interests away from the ''[[dohyō]]'' included [[coin collecting]] and [[pachinko]].<ref name="gunning1112"/>
 
In February 2009, BarutoHöövelson married Elena Tregubova, a 26-year-old Russian from [[Vladivostok]]. They had met four years earlier. The couple was married in Japan.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baruto abiellus!|trans-title=Baruto married!|url=http://sport.postimees.ee/85220/baruto-abiellus/|date=20 February 2009|publisher=[[Postimees]]|language=et}}</ref> In January 2017, a son was born in their family.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://maaleht.delfi.ee/news/maaleht/uudised/palju-onne-kaido-hoovelsoni-ehk-baruto-perre-sundis-poeg?id=76942414 |title=Palju õnne! Kaido Höövelsoni ehk Baruto perre sündis poeg |publisher=[[Maaleht]] |date=10 January 2017 |access-date=20 August 2018|langlanguage=et}}</ref>
 
Höövelson is fluent in [[Estonian language|Estonian]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]] and [[Japanese language|Japanese]].<ref>{{cite news |title=5カ国語操る元力士、いまは国会議員 「把瑠都」に聞いた、小国のいいところ：朝日新聞GLOBE＋ |url=https://globe.asahi.com/article/14700715 |work=朝日新聞GLOBE＋ |date=2022-08-26 |language=ja-JP}}</ref>
Baruto received the [[Order of the White Star]], 3rd Class in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Barutole omistati Valgetähe III klassi orden|trans-title=Baruto is awarded the Order of the White Star Class III|url=http://sport.err.ee/varia/5c50b5e1-f1e5-4afb-8900-1fd607a637aa|date=1 Feb 2012|agency=[[Eesti Rahvusringhääling]]|language=et}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Baruto saab presidendilt Valgetähe ordeni|trans-title=Baruto is the President of the Order of the White Star|url=http://sport.postimees.ee/723936/baruto-saab-presidendilt-valgetahe-ordeni/|newspaper=[[Postimees]]|date=1 Feb 2012|language=et}}</ref>▼
 
▲BarutoHöövelson received the [[Order of the White Star]], 3rd Class in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Barutole omistati Valgetähe III klassi orden|trans-title=Baruto is awarded the Order of the White Star Class III|url=http://sport.err.ee/varia/5c50b5e1-f1e5-4afb-8900-1fd607a637aa|date=1 Feb 2012|agency=[[Eesti Rahvusringhääling]]|language=et}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Baruto saab presidendilt Valgetähe ordeni|trans-title=Baruto is the President of the Order of the White Star|url=http://sport.postimees.ee/723936/baruto-saab-presidendilt-valgetahe-ordeni/|newspaper=[[Postimees]]|date=1 Feb 2012|language=et}}</ref>
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==Career record==
{{Sumo record box start|Baruto Kaito<ref>{{cite web|title=Baruto Kaito Rikishi Information|publisher=Sumo Reference|url=http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi.aspx?shikona=baruto&heya=-1&shusshin=-1&b=-1&high=-1&hd=-1&entry=-1&intai=-1&sort=1 | access-date=2013-01-27}}</ref>}}
{{sumoSumo record year start link|2004}}▼
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{{bashoBasho|MAEZUMOUjk|40|e|7|0<br>Champion}}
{{bashoBasho|JKjo|4030|e|7|0|PPP<br>Champion}}
{{bashoBasho|JOsa|3033|ew|75|0|PPP<br>Champion2}}
{{basho|SA|33|w|5|2Sumo record year end}}
{{sumoSumo record year endstart link|2005}}
{{Basho|sa|6|e|6|1}}
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{{basho|SAma|632|ew|65|12}}
{{bashoBasho|MAma|3222|we|56|21}}
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{{bashoBasho|MAj|614|w|512|23}}
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{{bashoBasho|jma|113|ew|156|01|PPP<br>Champion}}▼
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{{bashoBasho|maj|311|we|615|1|PPP0<br>Champion}}
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| [[Mirko Cro Cop]]
| TKO (knee to the body)
| [[2016_in_Rizin_Fighting_Federation2016 in Rizin Fighting Federation#Rizin_4_World_GrandRizin 4 World Grand-Prix_2016Prix 2016:_Final_Round Final Round|Rizin World Grand-Prix 2016: Final Round]]
| {{dts|2016|December|31}}
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 93:00
| [[Saitama, Japan(city)|Saitama]], Japan
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==See also==
* [[List of sumo tournament secondtop division champions|List of sumo tournament secondtop-division champions]]▼
{{Commons category|Baruto Kaito}}▼
* [[List of sumo tournament top division champions|List of sumo tournament toprunners-division championsup]]
* [[List of sumo tournament topsecond division runnerschampions|List of sumo tournament second-updivision champions]]
* [[Glossary of sumo terms]]
▲*[[List of sumo tournament second division champions|List of sumo tournament second-division champions]]
* [[GlossaryList of non-Japanese sumo termswrestlers]]
* [[List of non-Japanesepast sumo wrestlers]]
* [[List of past sumo wrestlersōzeki]]
* Anette Busch (1882–1969)<ref name="Anette_Busch_Female_Sumo_Wrestler">15. September 2014, [http://www.historyoffighting.com/the-blog/anette-busch-female-sumo-wrestler Anette Busch - Female Sumo Wrestler], historyoffighting.com</ref><ref name="16_OCT_2009_OHTULEHT_ANNA_BUSCH">16. October 2009, 00:00, Jaak Valdre, [https://sport.ohtuleht.ee/350798/enne-barutot-hullutas-jaapanlasi-eesti-naine Enne Barutot hullutas jaapanlasi Eesti naine!], ohtuleht.ee</ref>▼
*[[List of ōzeki]]
▲*Anette Busch (1882–1969)<ref name="Anette_Busch_Female_Sumo_Wrestler">15. September 2014, [http://www.historyoffighting.com/the-blog/anette-busch-female-sumo-wrestler Anette Busch - Female Sumo Wrestler], historyoffighting.com</ref><ref name="16_OCT_2009_OHTULEHT_ANNA_BUSCH">16. October 2009, 00:00, Jaak Valdre, [https://sport.ohtuleht.ee/350798/enne-barutot-hullutas-jaapanlasi-eesti-naine Enne Barutot hullutas jaapanlasi Eesti naine!], ohtuleht.ee</ref>
 
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
 
==External links==
▲{{Commons category|Baruto Kaito}}
* {{Goo Sumo|A=|2731}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080531140723/http://www.sumofanmag.com/content/Issue_7/Interview.htm Interview with Baruto]
* [http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi.aspx?shikona=baruto Sumo statistics on Baruto]
 
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