High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wakanoh Toshinori (born July 8, 1988 as Soslan Aleksandrovich Gagloev in Alagir, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania in the Russian Federation) is a former sumo wrestler. His highest rank was maegashira 1. He became the first active wrestler to be dismissed from sumo, after being arrested for possession of cannabis in August 2008.He was a freestyle wrestler in Russia, but as his weight continued to increase past the 120 kg (260 lb) upper limit for competitions, he switched to sumo. Having known fellow Russian sumo wrestler Roh for many years, when he first arrived in Japan he stayed at Roh 's training stable, take-beya, for about six months to learn the basics. Due to the restrictions on foreigners, he could not join that stable, but its stablemaster Taih had connections to the former Wakanohana Kanji II, and he joined Magaki stable instead.