NAGOYA, Japan, (UPI) - Yokozuna (grand champion) Asashio Monday defeated young komusubi Taiho with a powerful arm throw for his eighth victory on the eighth day of the 15-day sumo tournament here.
    Twenty-year-old Taiho, glamor boy of the first tournament in January, was expected to give Asashio a keen battle but proved to be no match for the grand champion.
    Three other wrestlers in the "makuuchi" or top division kept pace with Asashio with 8-1 records.
They were:
- Yokozuna Wakanohana, who easily forced put third ranking maegashira Ohikari after checking Ohikari's attack at his throat.
- Komusubi Kitabayama, who downed sixth ranking maegashira Oginohana in a hard fought bout.
- Thirty-five-year-old, 10th ranking maegashira Tokitsuyama, who drove 11th ranking maegashira Kaizan out of the ring.
    Twenty-six-year-old, first ranking maegashira Tochihikari upset ozeki (champion) Wakahaguro by outpushing him and then pulling him off balance onto the sand. It was Tochihikari's second win against seven losses.
    Results of Monday's bouts: .

Winner		Loser
Tsunenishiki	3-6	Izuminada	3-6
Oikawa	7-2	Yoshinomine	4-5
Wakasugiyama	5-4	Kanenohana	3-6
Matsunobori	5-4	Aonosato	5-4
Tokitsuyama	8-1	Kaizan	4-5
Futatsuryu	5-4	Kairyuyama	6-3
Kiyonomori	3-6	Fukudayama	3-6
Udagawa	3-6	Wakanokuni	4-5
Iwakaze	7-2	Naruyama	6-3
Shionishiki	4-5	Oiteyama	2-7
Tamanoumi	1-8	Wakamaeda	3-6
Fujinishiki	3-6	Wakanoumi	4-5
Fusanishiki	3-6	Wakachichibu	4-5
Tsurugamine	4-5	Tamahibiki	2-7
Kitabayama	8-1	Oginohana	4-5
Kashiwado	6-3	Kitanonada	5-4
Dewanishiki	5-4	Wakamisugi	5-4
Kotogahama	7-2	Annenyama	6-3
Tochihikari	2-7	Wakahaguro	5-4
Asashio	8-1	Taiho	6-3
Wakanohana	8-1	Ohikari	1-8