★ 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
Day in review
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Meijokuni won the playoff against Fukifudo to take the yūshō.
Sandanme · final standings
200 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Aichi
Aomori
Fukuoka
Niigata
Miyazaki
Tokyo
Yamaguchi
Ibaraki
Nara
Hokkaido
Tochigi
Shizuoka
Hiroshima
Hyogo
Saitama
Yamanashi
Yamagata
Kagoshima
Kanagawa
Shiga
Chiba
Osaka
Gunma
Saga
Akita
Miyagi
Kumamoto
Gifu
Fukui
Nagano
Nagasaki
Kyoto
Kagawa
Shimane
Mie
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.
