Tags: Sumo Wrestler, Wrestler.
Kaihō Ryōji (born April 17 1973 as Ryōji Kumagaya) is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. An amateur champion at Nihon University he entered professional sumo in 1996. He was one of the lightest sekitori wrestlers in recent years. He won two special prizes for Technique. He retired from active competition in 2010 and became a coach but in April 2011 he was asked to resign from the Japan Sumo Association after being found guilty of match-fixing.
