Yokozuna Kisenosato and his junior Tagonoura stablemate, sekiwake Takayasu, secured their seventh wins on Saturday for a share of the lead in the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.

Kisenosato faced up-and-coming komusubi Mitakeumi (3-4), who was the first to drive forward to get the newly promoted yokozuna against the straw bales.

But Kisenosato never lost his calm and killed his opponent's momentum to immediately launch a counter, bulldozing Mitakeumi all the way to the other end of the ring and out to make it 4-0 in their head-to-head career record.