★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Wakanokuni Takeo
Makushita: Daisetsu Mineto
Sandanme: Matsukaya# Mitsuyasu
Jonidan: Kakureizan Toshiaki
Jonokuchi: Shigenosato# Shigenori
Day in review
Makushita · as of Day 1
119 rikishi
3rd Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Iwate
Osaka
Gifu
Aomori
Hokkaido
Kumamoto
Yamagata
Niigata
Mie
Aichi
Chiba
Fukuoka
Nagano
Nagasaki
Yamaguchi
Kagoshima
Tokyo
Miyazaki
Ibaraki
Miyagi
Nara
Shimane
Akita
Okinawa
Gunma
Ehime
Saga
Ishikawa
Fukushima
Hiroshima
ShizuokaThe 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.
