28-year-old sumo wrestler dies after contracting coronavirus soranews24.com

He was 28, making him both the youngest confirmed corona-related death in Japan and the first such death of a person in their 20s in the country.
Born Kiyotaka Suetake, he began his sumo career in March of 2007 and fought his way up to the sandanme level with a 147-189 record.
Sandanme is the second highest level of wrestlers still considered in training but nearing the rank of respected athletes in the sport.
After a long battle, lasting nearly a month and a half, Shobushi finally succumbed to the effects of the disease.
Former yokuzuna and current Japan Sumo Association chairman Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi paid respect to Shobushi’s passing, telling media: “Like the fighter he was, he tenaciously fought against the illness until the very end.