★ 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#
Day in review
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 · final standings
121 rikishi
3rd Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Aomori
Gunma
Fukuoka
Kyoto
Okinawa
Kagoshima
Ibaraki
Aichi
Akita
Osaka
Mie
Iwate
Shiga
Ehime
Gifu
Tokyo
Kanagawa
Hokkaido
Yamanashi
Oita
Wakayama
Chiba
Shizuoka
Hyogo
Tochigi
Ishikawa
Niigata
Kumamoto
Miyazaki
Saitama
Toyama
Okayama
Yamaguchi
Yamagata
Kochi
Tottori
Tokushima
NaraThe 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.
