★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Wakafutase Tadayuki
Makushita: Banryuyama Takaharu
Sandanme: Yokoyama Masahiro#
Jonidan: Osorezan Itsumu#
Jonokuchi: Yatsushironishiki
Makushita · as of Day 8
121 rikishi
3rd Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Hokkaido
Yamagata
Aichi
Shiga
Hyogo
Tokyo
Akita
Niigata
Miyazaki
Miyagi
Chiba
Kumamoto
Aomori
Fukuoka
Yamaguchi
Nagasaki
Mie
Shimane
Hiroshima
Nara
Yamanashi
Tochigi
Saitama
Osaka
Kagoshima
Iwate
Gifu
Saga
Ishikawa
Fukui
Kanagawa
Shizuoka
Kochi
Okayama
OitaThe 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.
