Rookie sensation Onosato overpowers former sekiwake Meisei to keep his share of the lead and clinch a winning record at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
Mongolian iron man Tamawashi hands front-runner Asanoyama his first loss of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, creating a four-man logjam atop the leaderboard at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Former ozeki Asanoyama holds onto the outright lead with his seventh straight win, while lone yokozuna Terunofuji suffered his second loss, at the hands of rank-and-file opponent Shodai, at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
Promotion-seeking sekiwake Kotonowaka suffers his first loss of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at the hands of rank-and-file opponent Wakamotoharu, leaving unbeaten former ozeki Asanoyama with the outright lead.