Unbeaten Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho remains the sole leader as the first week of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament wrapped up on Saturday.

The yokozuna twice looked to be heading for his first loss of the tournament as winless No. 2 maegashira Okinoumi put up a brave fight in the day's penultimate bout at Fukuoka Kokusai Center.

But Hakuho came through right at the death and turned the tables on Okinoumi to squash him at the ring's edge with a rare yaguranage inner thigh throw technique.