'''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/|publisher=[[The Japan Times]]|access-date=16 September 2013|date=11 September 2013}}</ref>
After retirement from sumo Baruto 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]].
