★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Oiteyama Hirokuni
Makushita: Wakabayama Tsuyoshi
Sandanme: Miyukihana Motoyasu
Jonidan: Wakanonada Sachio#
Jonokuchi: Tsunenoyama Hideo
Makushita · as of Day 5
194 rikishi
3rd Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Aichi
Akita
Tochigi
Nagasaki
Hyogo
Yamagata
Hokkaido
Saga
Kumamoto
Aomori
Ishikawa
Shizuoka
Chiba
Tokyo
Miyagi
Osaka
Yamaguchi
Fukushima
Kagawa
Mie
Gifu
Saitama
Kagoshima
Okayama
Kanagawa
Fukuoka
Ibaraki
Miyazaki
Gunma
Hiroshima
Iwate
Nagano
Ehime
Kyoto
Kochi
Niigata
Fukui
Yamanashi
Shimane
ShigaThe 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.
