Kaloyan Mahlyanov Bio: Wife, Kids, Age, Height, Net Worth, Sumo, Career, Religion

Kaloyan Mahlyanov, known professionally as Kotoōshū Katsunori, a pioneering Bulgarian-Japanese former sumo wrestler and stablemaster, became the first European to reach ozeki rank and win a top-division championship in 2008. Now heading Naruto stable, he continues to influence sumo as one of the few foreign-born elders in the Japan Sumo Association.

Profile

• Full Name: Kaloyan Stefanov Mahlyanov
• Stage Name: Kotoōshū Katsunori
• Born: February 19, 1983
• Age: 43 years old
• Birthplace: Dzhulyunitsa, Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria
• Nationality: Bulgarian-Japanese
• Occupation: Former Sumo Wrestler, Stablemaster
• Height: 203 cm
• Religion: Orthodox Christianity
• Ethnicity: Bulgarian
• Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Mahlyanov
• Siblings: Unknown
• Spouse: Asako Ando
• Children: Kiril and Maria
• Relationship: Married
• Net Worth: $5,000,000 to $10,000,000

Early Life And Education

Kaloyan Mahlyanov was born on February 19, 1983, in the rural village of Dzhulyunitsa, Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria, during the communist era. He was raised by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mahlyanov, in a modest family where his father coached local wrestling. Details about siblings remain private.

Of Bulgarian ethnicity and Orthodox Christian faith, he began freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling young, becoming a European junior champion by age 14, with Olympic aspirations until weight limits redirected him. He briefly attended the National Sports Academy in Bulgaria before moving to Japan at 19 to pursue sumo professionally.

Career

Mahlyanov debuted in professional sumo in November 2002 under the shikona Kotoōshū, rapidly rising to the top makuuchi division by 2004. He achieved ozeki rank in 2005 as the first European and won the Emperor’s Cup in May 2008, defeating two yokozuna.

Holding ozeki for 47 tournaments, one of the longest tenures, he retired in 2014 after gaining Japanese citizenship, becoming elder Naruto. In 2017, he founded Naruto stable, the first European-born owner, training wrestlers with innovative methods from his dual cultural background.

Social Media

Kaloyan Mahlyanov does not have a social media account.

Personal Life

Standing 203 cm tall, Kaloyan Mahlyanov married Asako Ando in 2010, taking her surname upon naturalization as Karoyan Ando. The couple has two children: son Kiril and daughter Maria, raising them privately in Japan.

He values family deeply, having sent earnings home early in his career, and balances his stablemaster duties with a quiet life focused on sumo legacy.

Net Worth

Kaloyan Mahlyanov‘s estimated net worth ranges from $5 million to $10 million, accumulated through tournament prizes, endorsements during his active years, and ongoing income as a stablemaster in Japan’s professional sumo system.