Jaws dropped at Minato steady final Could when the 187-centimeter-tall Nicholas Tarasenko defined that he couldn’t settle for a beer at their end-of-tournament social gathering as a result of he was nonetheless simply 14 years outdated.
Quick ahead three months and the English schoolboy (now 15) is coaching recurrently on the identical steady in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, with an eye fixed towards becoming a member of the skilled ranks as soon as he completes obligatory schooling in summer season 2025.
As Tarasenko continues to be a toddler, nothing is but official, however a number of knowledgeable sources advised The Japan Occasions that {the teenager} will seemingly be accepted into ōzumo as quickly as he’s eligible.