Kisenosato suffered a third and fatal loss at the hands of Goeido in his yokozuna bid, leaving the Naruto ozeki a discouraged wreck as the first week of action wrapped up at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday.
With everything on the line, Kisenosato did the unthinkable by crumbling in front of a sold-out crowd at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, leaving his promotion bid in tatters with no hope of reaching the 13 wins necessary to reach sumo's summit this time out.
Meanwhile, yokozuna Hakuho was once again the man of steel, pulverizing Chiyotairyu in the day's finale to stay undefeated at 7-0. Rival yokozuna Harumafuji, ozeki Kotooshu and rank-and-filer Kaisei trail at 6-1.