★ 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
Sandanme · as of Day 13
198 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Okayama
Hokkaido
Shizuoka
Kagoshima
Tokyo
Kyoto
Ibaraki
Yamaguchi
Miyagi
Mie
Gifu
Iwate
Nagasaki
Aichi
Fukuoka
Osaka
Fukushima
Hyogo
Kochi
Niigata
Aomori
Toyama
Akita
Kumamoto
Yamanashi
Saitama
Oita
Shiga
Kanagawa
Chiba
Tokushima
Ehime
Fukui
Yamagata
Ishikawa
Saga
Shimane
Nagano
Kagawa
Tochigi
Gunma
MiyazakiThe 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.
