Musashimaru is 8-3.
Tied for with Takanonami are yokozunas (grand champions) Akebono, or Chad Rowan from Hawaii, and Takanohana.
Akebono charged sekiwake (junior champion) Kaio and thrust down him with a single blow.
Konishiki (5-6), or Salevaa Atisanoe from Hawaii, fought off No. 9 maegashira Asanowaka's initial feint of sidestepping to the left, grabbed his foe's belt and bulldozed him out.