★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Kitanofuji Katsuaki
Makushita: Mikiyama Teruo
Sandanme: Komatsunishiki
Jonidan: Nakanohana Kaneo#
Jonokuchi: Aonoyama
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Nakanohana won the playoff against Shimamura to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 14
211 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Ibaraki
Toyama
Hokkaido
Kochi
Nagasaki
Chiba
Aichi
Hyogo
Akita
Fukuoka
Nagano
Tokyo
Aomori
Yamagata
Kumamoto
Saga
Kagawa
Niigata
Yamaguchi
Oita
Saitama
Gifu
Hiroshima
Mie
Gunma
Osaka
Shizuoka
Tottori
Ehime
Ishikawa
Iwate
Miyagi
Kagoshima
Wakayama
Kyoto
Yamanashi
Okayama
TochigiThe venue
Hosts Kyūshū
The largest city on Kyūshū, the southernmost of Japan's main islands. Closer to Seoul than to Tokyo, with a markedly different feel - warmer, more casual, exceptional street food. The Kokusai Center sits on the Hakata Bay waterfront, ten minutes from the central Hakata station.
Near the arena
- Hakata Station↗ - Itself a destination - JR Hakata City complex has the best department-store food halls.
- Canal City Hakata↗ - Massive entertainment-and-shopping complex along an artificial canal.
- Ōhori Park↗ - Former castle moat, now a beautiful walking-and-jogging loop.
- Dazaifu Tenmangū↗ - Shrine to Sugawara no Michizane, deity of learning. 30 minutes by train.
- Nakasu yatai↗ - Open-air food stalls along the Naka River - quintessential Fukuoka after-dark experience.
Local specialties
- Hakata ramen↗博多ラーメン - World-famous tonkotsu - the rich, milky pork-bone broth from this very city.
- Motsunabe↗もつ鍋 - Offal hotpot with cabbage and garlic chives. Hearty winter food.
- Mentaiko↗明太子 - Spicy marinated cod roe. Locals put it on everything.
- Hakata gyoza↗博多餃子 - Smaller and crispier than Tokyo or Chinese versions - eaten by the dozen.
Getting there: 10-minute walk from Gofukumachi Station, or 15 minutes from Hakata Station.
