★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Yamaguchi Hisashi
Makushita: Hakuryuyama Norifumi
Sandanme: Genkaiho Kazuhisa
Jonidan: Takamisugi Takakatsu
Jonokuchi: Itai Keisuke
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Genkaiho won the playoff against Suigo to take the yūshō.
Sandanme · as of Day 3
180 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Hokkaido
Fukuoka
Osaka
Kanagawa
Yamanashi
Tokyo
Chiba
Okinawa
Iwate
Oita
Aichi
Ishikawa
Gunma
Akita
Kagoshima
Aomori
Mie
Kochi
Saga
Nara
Shiga
Ibaraki
Wakayama
Yamagata
Kumamoto
Tokushima
Miyazaki
Hiroshima
Kyoto
Tochigi
Saitama
Hyogo
Nagasaki
Ehime
Shizuoka
Miyagi
NiigataThe 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.
