Ozeki Hakuho toppled Dejima to rebound from a first-day loss while yokuzuna Asashoryu stayed perfect with a demolition of Tamanoshima on the second day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.

News photoOzeki HakuhoO, left, grapples with maegashira No. 3 Dejima on the second day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Monday. KYODO PHOTO

Hakuho, who is gunning for yokozuna promotion with a strong showing of 13 or more wins this time out, shrugged off his defeat to Kisenosato from the first day by tossing aside former ozeki Dejima like a rag doll while backpedaling after the face-off at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. Dejima slipped to his second defeat.