Promotion-chasing ozeki Kisenosato rebounded from his loss the previous day, tossing down Myogiryu for his first win at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.
On the celebration of Coming of Age Day, Kisenosato had yet to find his sea legs, but he was good enough to send Myogiryu sprawling to the dohyo surface with a beltless arm throw at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
The ozeki, who lost to little-man Toyonoshima on Sunday, has been given the roughly proposed mandate of winning the 15-day tournament with no fewer than 13 wins to have any hope of promotion to sumo's highest rank of yokozuna.