Katsunori Kikuno - prefight interview - 18.Jul.2009
Katsunori Kikuno's prefight interview of "HEIWA DREAM.10 Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round"(Jul.20, Saitama Super Arena, Japan).
DEEP 37th Impact (8/17/08) Katsunori Kikuno vs. Barbaro44
DEEP 37th Impact, August 17th 2008 at Korauken Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Katsunori Kikuno (Alliance) Barbaro44 (Club Barbarian)
Katsunori Kikuno - Post-Fight interview - 20.Jul.2009
Katsunori Kikuno's post-fight interview of "HEIWA DREAM.10 Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round"(Jul.20, Saitama Super Arena, Japan).
Katsunori Kikuno vs Bu Kyung Jung
Deep 40th Impact
cnn's Asia Now Program- Bulgarian Sumo Wrestler, Kotoōshū Katsunori (琴欧洲勝紀, 3/3
Bulgarian Sumo Wrestler, Kotoōshū Katsunori is featured on cnn's Talk Asia Program which aired in Japan in 2006. Sumo is currently in the doldrums as a sport in Japan and many believe that until a homegrown Sumo wrestler becomes the Grand Champion, it will stay this way. At the time of this recording, Asashoryu was the one and only Grand Champion (you can have more than one Grand Champion in Sumo) hails from Mongolia. His flawless Japanese is a credit to first coming to Japan as a high school student. Hawaiians were the first non-Japanese Sumo wrestlers to achieve success in the world of Sumo. The first foreigner to enter the Sumo world was Jesse Kuhaulua known in the Sumo world as Takamiyama. Saleva'a Fuauli Atisano'e followed and was not welcomed as a Grand Champion due to traditionalist claiming he lacked dignity. He is better known as Konishiki. Chad Rowan was the first foreigner to win the Grand Championship, Yokozuna. Rowan, better known as Akebono, has a bronze statue of himself in his hometown in the Aloha State. Japanese tourist frequent this statue to this very day. Kotoōshū, the first European Sumo wrestler to achieve success gives Asashoryu a run for his money at the time of this recording. Kotoōshū discusses the adaptation of Sumo from Wrestling. He later is asked about his celebrity status and the lack of free time and not being able to go out into public due to his current status. The Japanese American interviewer comments that he is the "David Beckham" of
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