★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Terunoumi Masato
Makushita: Tatsuhikari Kumagoro
Sandanme: Meijokuni Toshimizu
Jonidan: Kotobeppu Yohei
Jonokuchi: Nakatani Keiichi
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Meijokuni won the playoff against Fukifudo to take the yūshō.
Sandanme · as of Day 14
200 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Aomori
Aichi
Niigata
Yamaguchi
Ibaraki
Hokkaido
Tokyo
Fukuoka
Miyazaki
Saitama
Nara
Chiba
Shizuoka
Hiroshima
Hyogo
Yamanashi
Kagoshima
Shiga
Yamagata
Tochigi
Kanagawa
Nagano
Osaka
Gunma
Akita
Kumamoto
Fukui
Nagasaki
Miyagi
Saga
Gifu
Kagawa
Mie
Kyoto
Shimane
Ehime
Iwate
Fukushima
KochiThe 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.
