★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Daigaku Munemasa
Makushita: Yutakafuji Tsukasa
Sandanme: Kishinosato Kiichi#
Jonidan: Maedaiko Ichiro#
Jonokuchi: Kitaazuma Kiyoshi
Day in review
Sandanme · as of Day 1
200 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Aichi
Chiba
Saitama
Fukuoka
Aomori
Hyogo
Kagoshima
Kanagawa
Tokyo
Tochigi
Shizuoka
Miyagi
Miyazaki
Niigata
Nara
Osaka
Yamanashi
Hokkaido
Gifu
Hiroshima
Yamaguchi
Shiga
Gunma
Nagasaki
Ibaraki
Nagano
Yamagata
Wakayama
Akita
Toyama
Mie
Tokushima
Kyoto
Kumamoto
Fukushima
SagaThe 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.
