★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Hoo Tomomichi
Makushita: Fujinosato Noboru
Sandanme: Yamashita Yasuhiro
Jonidan: Kiyonohana Seiryu#
Jonokuchi: Rikimaru
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Kiyonohana won the 3-way playoff against Shigemura and Rinnohana to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 2
284 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Shizuoka
Gunma
Oita
Aomori
Hokkaido
Osaka
Yamaguchi
Aichi
Ehime
Mie
Tochigi
Ibaraki
Fukuoka
Saitama
Tokyo
Okinawa
Yamanashi
Niigata
Kanagawa
Kagoshima
Yamagata
Kumamoto
Chiba
Saga
Nagasaki
Hyogo
Miyazaki
Miyagi
Tottori
Akita
Kyoto
Fukushima
Hiroshima
Wakayama
Okayama
Toyama
Gifu
Nara
Shimane
Nagano
Fukui
IwateThe 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.
