Yokozuna Harumafuji remained in front on the fifth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday, with only No. 10 maegashira Kitataiki able to match his perfect 5-0 record.

The Mongolian yokozuna made short work of winless maegashira Toyohibiki. Rival yokozuna Hakuho remained one win off the pace with a 4-1 record.

Harumafuji absorbed a low charge at the faceoff and grabbed a left-handed belt hold on the back of Toyohibiki's mawashi. By that time, however, the outcome of the bout was not in doubt with the hulking maegashira having lost his balance and gravity in the process of taking its course.