★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Wakasegawa Yoshimitsu
Makushita: Kirinishiki Toshiro
Sandanme: Oyutaka Masachika
Jonidan: Kokuryuyama Norihiro#
Jonokuchi: Wakatagawa
Day in review
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Kokuryuyama won the 3-way playoff against Nazenishiki and Iwanomoto to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 1
290 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Aomori
Yamagata
Osaka
Ehime
Fukushima
Kyoto
Kanagawa
Shizuoka
Gunma
Hyogo
Niigata
Tokyo
Aichi
Ibaraki
Saga
Kagoshima
Iwate
Gifu
Nagasaki
Tokushima
Mie
Chiba
Fukuoka
Tochigi
Miyagi
Yamaguchi
Hokkaido
Nara
Saitama
Hiroshima
Fukui
Nagano
Akita
Wakayama
Oita
Toyama
Kumamoto
Yamanashi
Shiga
ShimaneThe 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.
