★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Wakajishi Shigenori
Makushita: Asahifuji Seiya
Sandanme: Sanofuji Kiyohiko
Jonidan: Kotokongo Shinji#
Jonokuchi: Kiyomusashi Yoshimasa
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Kotokongo won the 3-way playoff against Dewanokuni and Kototohaku to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 8
289 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Miyazaki
Okayama
Hokkaido
Toyama
Aichi
Tochigi
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Niigata
Miyagi
Hyogo
Aomori
Ibaraki
Fukushima
Osaka
Mie
Kanagawa
Gifu
Yamagata
Saitama
Chiba
Kochi
Yamaguchi
Kumamoto
Oita
Shizuoka
Nara
Fukuoka
Yamanashi
Nagano
Ehime
Okinawa
Tottori
Gunma
Kagoshima
Kyoto
Saga
Wakayama
Iwate
Nagasaki
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.
