★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Hoo Tomomichi
Makushita: Tsunenoyama Katsumasa
Sandanme: Iyonoumi
Jonidan: Akinomine Yoshinobu
Jonokuchi: Musashibo Benkei
Sandanme · as of Day 11
200 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Osaka
Hiroshima
Yamanashi
Kanagawa
Okinawa
Chiba
Tokyo
Hokkaido
Shizuoka
Kagoshima
Ehime
Tochigi
Aichi
Fukuoka
Miyazaki
Niigata
Nagano
Tokushima
Oita
Yamagata
Nara
Ibaraki
Gifu
Fukushima
Yamaguchi
Saitama
Aomori
Shimane
Hyogo
Miyagi
Toyama
Mie
Gunma
Saga
Iwate
Fukui
Wakayama
Kyoto
Kumamoto
Shiga
Kochi
Nagasaki
AkitaThe 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.
