Kotoshogiku's chance at a playoff against Hakuho was probably a long shot — at least the yokozuna made it appear that way when he captured his 20th career title with a 13th win against ozeki Harumafuji on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday.

In front of a packed house at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Kotoshogiku, who has secured his promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki with an outstanding performance here, needed to beat Baruto in his last bout but the Estonian ozeki was determined to show the sekiwake who was boss this day.

Baruto (10-5) got a quick jump for a left-handed grip on the back of his opponent's mawashi and tossed Kotoshogiku over the edge to a third defeat with an emphatic right-handed overarm throw when the sekiwake tried to charge forward.