Kisenosato suffered his second loss of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, bloodied by injury-plagued yokozuna Harumafuji on Thursday to fall to 10-2 as yokozuna Hakuho took over the lead.
A day after Hakuho put the brakes on ozeki Kisenosato's runaway lead in the 15-day event at Edion Arena Osaka, he did the same for ozeki Goeido's championship bid.
The yokozuna plowed into his man from the get-go, while Goeido (10-2) looked totally unprepared for the fury that awaited. The ozeki put both arms in front of him in a vain effort to slow the Mongolian master, but was rocked upward and driven back to the straw. As he had the day before against Kisenosato, Hakuho wasted no motion in a straight-forward power display and improved to 11-1.