★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Kanenohana Takeo
Makushita: Sanbeyama Masao
Sandanme: Yoshioyama Osamu
Jonidan: Nosaka Minoru#
Jonokuchi: Kaiketsu Masateru
Jonokuchi · as of Day 12
50 rikishi
6th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Yamaguchi
Niigata
Tokushima
Chiba
Akita
Gifu
Iwate
Osaka
Saga
Yamagata
Tokyo
Hyogo
Miyagi
Shiga
Miyazaki
Ishikawa
Hokkaido
Tochigi
Kochi
Kyoto
Oita
Toyama
Nagasaki
Aichi
Ehime
Aomori
Kagoshima
Saitama
Fukuoka
Kumamoto
Fukushima
Nagano
KagawaThe 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.
