Kisenosato stayed on course in his promotion bid for yokozuna with a royal smackdown of Tokitenku on the second day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.
Yokozuna Hakuho, who has won the previous two tournaments with perfect 15-0 marks, extended his winning streak to 32 bouts, albeit in an oxygen-draining matchup against top-ranked maegashira Takayasu at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Kisenosato (2-0), aiming to become the first Japanese-born yokozuna since Takanohana retired in January 2003, wasted little sweat on Tokitenku (0-2), getting his right hand around the outside of the komusubi's mawashi before flinging him to the dohyo surface.