Lone yokozuna Terunofuji continued his recovery from an opening-day loss by winning his third bout in a row on Wednesday, the fourth day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.
Terunofuji, who started his bid for an eighth Emperor's Cup with an upset loss to komusubi Abi, improved to 3-1 by securing a powerful tottari arm-bar throw victory over No. 2 maegashira Kotonowaka (2-2) in the day's final bout at the 7,448-capacity Dolphins Arena.
Meanwhile, ozeki Shodai (1-3), one of two wrestlers who need at least eight wins to avoid demotion from the sport's second-highest rank, scored his first win after a long back and forth battle against komusubi Hoshoryu (1-3).