★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Tokibayama Toshio
Makushita: Kirinji Kazuharu
Sandanme: Iwashita Eiichi
Jonidan: Saisu Minoru
Jonokuchi: Ayanoumi
Playoff
Tied at 6–1, Saisu won the 12-way playoff against Edonohana, Wakui, Hokutoyama, Fukunishiki, Kawai, Kitajima, Aoikuni, Izawayama, Nakamurayama, Godaisan and Miyake to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 2
208 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Kyoto
Aichi
Kagoshima
Tokyo
Hokkaido
Oita
Tochigi
Osaka
Miyazaki
Aomori
Kanagawa
Niigata
Tokushima
Akita
Okinawa
Fukuoka
Yamagata
Miyagi
Ibaraki
Hyogo
Mie
Saga
Fukushima
Gifu
Ehime
Yamanashi
Nara
Kumamoto
Shiga
Kochi
Gunma
Fukui
Nagasaki
Yamaguchi
Toyama
Ishikawa
Hiroshima
Chiba
Iwate
Saitama
TottoriThe 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.
