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 13›
· as of Day 13
74 rikishi
6th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
1
Sekizawa
· Kagamiyama-beya · TokyoTokyo
2
Kudo
· Kokonoe-beya · TokyoTokyo
3
Terao
· Izutsu-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
4
Satsukiryu
· Dewanoumi-beya · OsakaOsaka
5
Konishi
· Hanaregoma-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
6
Izunishiki
· Kagamiyama-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
7
Akiyama
· Kasugayama-beya · GifuGifu
8
Kiyomusashi
· Isegahama-beya · TokyoTokyo
9
Myokozan#
· Tatsunami-beya · TokyoTokyo
10
Miura
· Oshiogawa-beya · TokyoTokyo
11
Sugawara
· Kagamiyama-beya · AkitaAkita
12
Kurokawa
· Taiho-beya · TokyoTokyo
13
Uedayama
· Kasugano-beya · HyogoHyogo
14
Kishiro
· Nishonoseki-beya · OsakaOsaka
15
Wakashiho
· Nishonoseki-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
16
Kotoazuma
· Sadogatake-beya · TokyoTokyo
17
Sasaki
· Tokitsukaze-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
18
Yoshiyasu
· Ajigawa-beya · TokyoTokyo
19
Azusayumi
· Onaruto-beya · NaraNara
20
Hokuyu
· Onaruto-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
21
Sanosachi
· Kagamiyama-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
22
Matsumoto
· Futagoyama-beya · TokyoTokyo
23
Goo#
· Asahiyama-beya · NaraNara
24
Nakamata
· Nishonoseki-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
25
Aoki
· Miyagino-beya · YamagataYamagata
26
Minenosato
· Nishonoseki-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
27
Tochitajima
· Kasugano-beya · HyogoHyogo
28
Matsuura
· Takasago-beya · AichiAichi
29
Tsuchida
· Kokonoe-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
30
Kuniasahi
· Isegahama-beya · TokyoTokyo
31
Hirayama
· Futagoyama-beya · AomoriAomori
32
Kobayashi
· Takasago-beya · YamanashiYamanashi
33
Toyama
· Futagoyama-beya · YamaguchiYamaguchi
34
Noguchi
· Tokitsukaze-beya · NiigataNiigata
35
Tachiumi
· Tatsunami-beya · SaitamaSaitama
36
Ueda
· Kise-beya · OsakaOsaka
37
Takigawa
· Kumagatani-beya · OsakaOsaka
38
39
Kamitani
· Kumagatani-beya · OsakaOsaka
40
Hayashiyama
· Isegahama-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
41
Chitoseyama
· Isegahama-beya · YamagataYamagata
42
Wakaikuni
· Isegahama-beya · TokyoTokyo
43
Tokachiryu
· Hanaregoma-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
44
Kotonanshu
· Sadogatake-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
45
Sasahara
· Kasugano-beya · YamagataYamagata
46
Kotosoun
· Sadogatake-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
47
Samugawa#
· Hanakago-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
48
Tokuoyama
· Mihogaseki-beya · OsakaOsaka
49
Nakao
· Dewanoumi-beya · OsakaOsaka
50
Kotoizumi
· Sadogatake-beya · OsakaOsaka
51
Fujinohana
· Isenoumi-beya · ChibaChiba
52
Katonishiki
· Kasugano-beya · TokyoTokyo
53
Hoshiibuki
· Michinoku-beya · ShigaShiga
54
Nishinosato
· Dewanoumi-beya · WakayamaWakayama
55
Kunimidori
· Isegahama-beya · ChibaChiba
56
Ono
· Takasago-beya · OsakaOsaka
57
Wakanishiki
· Futagoyama-beya · AomoriAomori
58
Mitonishiki
· Kagamiyama-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
-
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
73
Hayashi
· Hanaregoma-beya · TokyoTokyo
74
Kawaue
· Miyagino-beya · OsakaOsaka
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.