★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Banryuyama Takaharu
Makushita: Ichinowatari Mitsuyoshi
Sandanme: Taiyo Toshiryu#
Jonidan: Konishiki Yasokichi
Jonokuchi: Tamanonami Toshiichi#
Playoff
Tied at 6–1, Ichinowatari won the 8-way playoff against Harunafuji, Tejima, Arai, Fujinoiwa, Maenoshin, Kototsubaki and Otamura to take the yūshō.
Makushita · as of Day 12
121 rikishi
3rd Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Fukuoka
Gunma
Aomori
Iwate
Kyoto
Ibaraki
Kagoshima
Okinawa
Tokyo
Aichi
Akita
Hokkaido
Osaka
Yamanashi
Mie
Shiga
Ehime
Tochigi
Gifu
Ishikawa
Kanagawa
Wakayama
Oita
Kumamoto
Miyazaki
Chiba
Shizuoka
Hyogo
Saitama
Okayama
Yamaguchi
Niigata
Kochi
Toyama
Tokushima
Yamagata
Nara
TottoriThe 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.
