Hakuho kept his eyes firmly on the prize and wrapped up the first week of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament with another high-octane performance against Takarafuji on Saturday.
His sights set on a 25th championship title, Hakuho put on a clinic in his first meeting with the winless No. 3 maegashira, comfortably retaining his share of the lead with a 7-0 record at the 15-day Tokyo basho.
The Mongolian yokozuna kept Takarafuji away from his belt and showed great technique to get behind the maegashira and send him spinning around and out of the dohyo.