★ 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, Kotobeppu won the playoff against Kamikiiwa to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 3
268 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Tochigi
Kagoshima
Tokyo
Hyogo
Niigata
Fukuoka
Hokkaido
Miyazaki
Mie
Chiba
Aichi
Tokushima
Oita
Shimane
Okayama
Nara
Gunma
Fukui
Shizuoka
Saga
Yamagata
Ehime
Shiga
Kanagawa
Osaka
Aomori
Ibaraki
Toyama
Kumamoto
Yamaguchi
Saitama
Gifu
Okinawa
Iwate
Kyoto
Miyagi
Nagano
Wakayama
Nagasaki
Akita
Hiroshima
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.
