OSAKA -- Kaio bulldozed his way to a pace-setting 9-0 record Monday, keeping his bid for a second Emperor's Cup on track by mugging fellow ozeki Dejima at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
Hot on Kaio's heels, however, yokozuna Takanohana and ozeki Musoyama both won to join rank-and-filer Tamanoshima at 8-1 moving into the business end of the 15-day tourney at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium.
Dejima (5-4) proved no roadblock to the Kaio juggernaut as the Tomozuna stable wrestler clattered in hard at the faceoff and quickly deposited his smaller opponent onto the ringside cushions with a throw borrowed from the World Wrestling Federation.