★ 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
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Kokuryuyama won the 3-way playoff against Nazenishiki and Iwanomoto to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 3
290 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Yamagata
Osaka
Hyogo
Fukushima
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Niigata
Shizuoka
Kagoshima
Saitama
Aichi
Ibaraki
Tokushima
Mie
Fukuoka
Aomori
Gifu
Oita
Nagasaki
Yamaguchi
Gunma
Kumamoto
Nara
Hokkaido
Kanagawa
Kyoto
Saga
Iwate
Fukui
Wakayama
Chiba
Tochigi
Ehime
Yamanashi
Shiga
Akita
Nagano
Miyagi
Toyama
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.
