Ozeki Takakeisho joined seven other wrestlers with one loss to lead the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament after three rank-and-filers lost their perfect records after five days on Thursday.
Demotion-threatened kadoban ozeki Takakeisho (4-1), who needs eight wins this month to stay at the sport's second-highest rank, withstood a late pull-down attempt from Abi (3-2) as he bulldozed the No. 2 maegashira out at Ryogoku Kokugikan in a push-out win.