Hakuho outlasted fellow Mongolian yokozuna Kakuryu in the final bout of regulation to extend his all-time record of career titles to 35 on Sunday at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

Hakuho (14-1) had spurned the chance to win a seventh consecutive title when he fell in a final-day defeat to another yokozuna, Harumafuji, at the last tournament in May, but there was to be no repeat of that slip-up at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.

Needing a win to force a playoff, Kakuryu had Hakuho up against the bales but Hakuho came back to counter and lifted his opponent over the ridge to secure the championship.