Hakuho celebrated his 28th birthday with a pummeling of Takayasu and Harumafuji waylaid Georgian Tochinoshin as the yokozuna pair picked up their second wins of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.

On the second anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Hakuho was in top form as he made short work of Takayasu with an iron-clad frontal force-out to improve to 2-0 at Bodymaker Colosseum.

Meanwhile Harumafuji (2-0), who won his third championship in four meets with a perfect 15-0 mark at the New Year basho in January, never gave Tochinoshin a prayer, ripping into his opponent at the initial charge and ramming him out into the ringside seats.