Yokozuna Hakuho took the sole lead at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday, improving to 6-0, while the three other wrestlers who started the day at 5-0 fell one by one.
Before a full house at Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Hakuho maintained his career domination of Toyonoshima (3-3), defeating the No. 3 maegashira for the 30th time in 32 career bouts. Toyonoshima tried to stand up to the Mongolian master's initial charge, but Hakuho latched onto the back of his belt with both hands and forced him out.
Yokozuna Harumafuji improved to 5-1 by snapping a five-match losing streak against giant-killing komusubi Yoshikaze (3-3). Yoshikaze started the tournament by defeating yokozuna Kakuryu and followed that with the ozeki scalp of Kisenosato.