★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Yutakayama Hiromitsu
Makushita: Aobajo Yukio
Sandanme: Aobayama Hirotoshi
Jonidan: Tochinoyama Akio#
Jonokuchi: Tamanofuji Shigeru
Playoff
Tied at 6–1, Aobayama won the 9-way playoff against Saikai, Hachiya, Okogawa, Kasugahama, Oando, Tamaikari, Yokose and Kitamusashi# to take the yūshō.
Sandanme · as of Day 9
158 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Nagasaki
Hokkaido
Ibaraki
Saga
Ehime
Tochigi
Gifu
Akita
Kumamoto
Iwate
Niigata
Chiba
Kanagawa
Nagano
Tokyo
Miyagi
Shimane
Yamanashi
Shizuoka
Fukuoka
Kagoshima
Aomori
Toyama
Shiga
Osaka
Miyazaki
Fukushima
Yamaguchi
Oita
Aichi
Hiroshima
Hyogo
Fukui
Wakayama
Kochi
Tokushima
Kagawa
Mie
Gunma
SaitamaThe 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.
