★ 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, Yoshioyama won the playoff against Ozawa to take the yūshō.
Sandanme · as of Day 2
208 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Gifu
Kyoto
Tokyo
Kanagawa
Hokkaido
Nagasaki
Aomori
Mie
Shizuoka
Osaka
Kagoshima
Fukuoka
Kochi
Akita
Saitama
Miyagi
Yamaguchi
Hiroshima
Chiba
Oita
Gunma
Ibaraki
Ishikawa
Kumamoto
Miyazaki
Aichi
Yamagata
Shimane
Tottori
Niigata
Wakayama
Nagano
Hyogo
Ehime
Tochigi
Saga
Fukui
Tokushima
Kagawa
Okayama
Iwate
Toyama
Shiga
YamanashiThe 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.
