CONCLUDED

Aki Basho
1979

Ryōgoku Kokugikan · 9-23 Sept · Tokyo

Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.

· lower divisions
‹Day 10›
· as of Day 10
74 rikishi
6th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
1
Sekizawa
· Kagamiyama-beya · TokyoTokyo
2
Satsukiryu
· Dewanoumi-beya · OsakaOsaka
3
Kiyomusashi
· Isegahama-beya · TokyoTokyo
4
Konishi
· Hanaregoma-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
5
Miura
· Oshiogawa-beya · TokyoTokyo
6
Sugawara
· Kagamiyama-beya · AkitaAkita
7
Izunishiki
· Kagamiyama-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
8
Kudo
· Kokonoe-beya · TokyoTokyo
9
Kurokawa
· Taiho-beya · TokyoTokyo
10
Azusayumi
· Onaruto-beya · NaraNara
11
Terao
· Izutsu-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
12
Nakamata
· Nishonoseki-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
13
Sanosachi
· Kagamiyama-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
14
Akiyama
· Kasugayama-beya · GifuGifu
15
Minenosato
· Nishonoseki-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
16
Myokozan#
· Tatsunami-beya · TokyoTokyo
17
Tochitajima
· Kasugano-beya · HyogoHyogo
18
Matsuura
· Takasago-beya · AichiAichi
19
Tsuchida
· Kokonoe-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
20
Hirayama
· Futagoyama-beya · AomoriAomori
21
Goo#
· Asahiyama-beya · NaraNara
22
Kobayashi
· Takasago-beya · YamanashiYamanashi
23
Uedayama
· Kasugano-beya · HyogoHyogo
24
Kishiro
· Nishonoseki-beya · OsakaOsaka
25
Wakashiho
· Nishonoseki-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
26
Kotoazuma
· Sadogatake-beya · TokyoTokyo
27
Sasaki
· Tokitsukaze-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
28
Yoshiyasu
· Ajigawa-beya · TokyoTokyo
29
Kamitani
· Kumagatani-beya · OsakaOsaka
30
Hayashiyama
· Isegahama-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
31
Hokuyu
· Onaruto-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
32
Aoki
· Miyagino-beya · YamagataYamagata
33
Tokachiryu
· Hanaregoma-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
34
Kotonanshu
· Sadogatake-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
35
Tachiumi
· Tatsunami-beya · SaitamaSaitama
36
Kotosoun
· Sadogatake-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
37
Matsumoto
· Futagoyama-beya · TokyoTokyo
38
Samugawa#
· Hanakago-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
39
Kuniasahi
· Isegahama-beya · TokyoTokyo
40
Ueda
· Kise-beya · OsakaOsaka
41
Chitoseyama
· Isegahama-beya · YamagataYamagata
42
Nakao
· Dewanoumi-beya · OsakaOsaka
43
Kotoizumi
· Sadogatake-beya · OsakaOsaka
44
Toyama
· Futagoyama-beya · YamaguchiYamaguchi
45
Takigawa
· Kumagatani-beya · OsakaOsaka
46
Katonishiki
· Kasugano-beya · TokyoTokyo
47
Noguchi
· Tokitsukaze-beya · NiigataNiigata
48
49
Wakaikuni
· Isegahama-beya · TokyoTokyo
50
Sasahara
· Kasugano-beya · YamagataYamagata
51
Nishinosato
· Dewanoumi-beya · WakayamaWakayama
52
Kunimidori
· Isegahama-beya · ChibaChiba
53
Tokuoyama
· Mihogaseki-beya · OsakaOsaka
54
Fujinohana
· Isenoumi-beya · ChibaChiba
55
Hoshiibuki
· Michinoku-beya · ShigaShiga
56
Wakanishiki
· Futagoyama-beya · AomoriAomori
-
Tamatsurugi
· Kataonami-beya · TokushimaTokushima
-
Tokaiakira#
· Mihogaseki-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
-
Shibata
· Tatsunami-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
-
Miyoshi
· Kasugano-beya · FukushimaFukushima
-
Kashima
· Futagoyama-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
-
Kotogatani
· Sadogatake-beya · IshikawaIshikawa
-
Okinoryu
· Takasago-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
-
Kotoraiden
· Sadogatake-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
-
Yoshino
· Kasugano-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
-
Kotonoumi
· Sadogatake-beya · OkinawaOkinawa
-
Uenoda#
· Kasugayama-beya · TokyoTokyo
-
Hibikinada
· Mihogaseki-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
-
Amago
· Tatsutagawa-beya · AichiAichi
-
Kotonoyama
· Sadogatake-beya · TokyoTokyo
71
Hayashi
· Hanaregoma-beya · TokyoTokyo
72
Kawaue
· Miyagino-beya · OsakaOsaka
73
Ono
· Takasago-beya · OsakaOsaka
74
Mitonishiki
· Kagamiyama-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
The venue
Hosts Hatsu, Natsu, Aki
Tokyo
Ryōgoku Kokugikan両国国技館
Tōkyō-to · capacity 11,098
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Ryōgoku is sumo's historical heart - the surrounding Sumida-ku neighbourhood has been home to stables, retired rikishi, and chankonabe restaurants for over a century. The current Kokugikan opened in 1985, hosts three of the six annual bashos, and houses the (free) Sumo Museum on the ground floor. The roof of the arena is modelled on a Shintō shrine.

Near the arena
Local specialties
  • Chankonabe↗ちゃんこ鍋 - The calorie-dense stew rikishi live on - many former-rikishi-run restaurants in Ryōgoku serve it.
  • Monjayaki↗もんじゃ焼き - Tokyo's loose, savoury cousin to okonomiyaki. Best on Tsukishima Island, two stops south.
  • Edomae sushi↗江戸前寿司 - Tokyo-style sushi, originated in the bay. Toyosu and Tsukiji markets are nearby.
Getting there: JR Sōbu line to Ryōgoku Station - the Kokugikan is directly across the road from the west exit.