★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Oshio Kenji
Makushita: Kinoarashi Kazutoshi
Sandanme: Wakamasui Kazuhiro#
Jonidan: Kotohisamatsu Hiroaki#
Jonokuchi: Kotonojo Kiyoshi#
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Kotohisamatsu won the playoff against Hakuho to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 11
256 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Tokyo
Hokkaido
Fukuoka
Hiroshima
Kumamoto
Saitama
Aichi
Osaka
Akita
Miyazaki
Gunma
Chiba
Niigata
Hyogo
Kanagawa
Fukui
Mie
Ehime
Nara
Toyama
Kagoshima
Miyagi
Oita
Okinawa
Shizuoka
Gifu
Ibaraki
Tottori
Aomori
Kochi
Tochigi
Fukushima
Okayama
Yamagata
Yamanashi
Yamaguchi
Kyoto
Nagano
Wakayama
Iwate
ShigaThe 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.
