Donning a new gold mawashi, there was no mistaking who was king of the raised-ring.
With his 14th Emperor's Cup already in the bag, yokozuna Hakuho overpowered ozeki Kotooshu to keep his undefeated streak alive on the 14th day of action at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday.
In the day's final at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Kotooshu got a hand inside for a belt grip after the faceoff and had aspirations of pulling off the upset and handing Hakuho his first defeat of the basho, shiny new belt and all.