Ozeki Takakeisho recovered from his second loss at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament with a victory on Monday, Day 9, and stayed among a group of six wrestlers vying for the title.
After relinquishing the sole lead a day earlier, Takakeisho fended off shoves from No. 5 maegashira Kiribayama (6-3) in the penultimate bout at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan and spun the rank-and-filer around before chasing him off the raised ring.
In the day's final bout, Asanoyama (6-3) nearly fell victim to No. 4 Tochinoshin (4-5), who had slapped down Takakeisho to his second defeat.