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 I will introduce a moving story about  a young Ukrainian man who made his dream come true in Japan. He is a twenty- one - year-old Ukrainian young man. He has been playing sumo since he was a child. He had also been playing judo and wrestling until he was seventeen-year-old. He won a bronze medal for third place in the Junior World Sumo Championships. He was accepted into a national university in Ukraine, but Russia invaded Ukraine at that time. He decided to go to Japan to become a professional sumo wrestler because it was his dream. He consulted with a Japanese guy on social media whom he met at the Junior World Sumo Championships. The Japanese guy was the captain of  the sumo club at a Japanese university. The captain told him that he could stay with the captain's family and practice sumo in the sumo club at the Japanese university. He thanked the captain and went to Japan.  

After hard training at the university, he became a professional sumo wrestler in July  2023. He continued hard training after  becoming a professional sumo wrestler, and he won the Grand Sumo Tournament in November 2025. His victory was the second fastest in history. He thanked the captain and the university, his sumo master, and Japanese sumo fans. His achievement gives Ukrainian people courage and pride.