Grand champion Hakuho disposed of Tochinoshin in the blink of an eye in a dominating performance on the first day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday.
As sumo resumed its regular meet for the first time in six months following a match-fixing scandal that brought the national sport to its knees, Hakuho was in picture-perfect form in the day's finale at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Calmly pacing through his motions in the pre-bout ritual, Hakuho was glistening with sweat when it came time for the face-off against the Georgian komusubi.