★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
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
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Sanbeyama won the playoff against Wakakuma to take the yūshō.
Makushita · as of Day 2
197 rikishi
3rd Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Aichi
Hokkaido
Shimane
Akita
Yamagata
Aomori
Kumamoto
Mie
Chiba
Saitama
Saga
Gifu
Tokyo
Osaka
Nagano
Fukuoka
Miyazaki
Niigata
Okinawa
Ibaraki
Fukushima
Nagasaki
Kyoto
Hyogo
Miyagi
Shizuoka
Kagoshima
Ishikawa
Yamanashi
Ehime
Kochi
Fukui
Okayama
Gunma
Oita
Tottori
Iwate
Kagawa
Wakayama
Yamaguchi
Kanagawa
NaraThe 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.
