★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Tosanoumi Toshio
Makushita: Gokenzan Hiroyuki
Sandanme: Wakayashima Taisei
Jonidan: Haguronada Daisuke
Jonokuchi: Narahikari Mikio
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Haguronada won the 3-way playoff against Shimamusashi and Tamanohana to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 3
370 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Fukuoka
Ehime
Niigata
Nagano
Yamaguchi
Kagoshima
Hiroshima
Osaka
Hyogo
Ibaraki
Kumamoto
Nara
Tokyo
Hokkaido
Aomori
Nagasaki
Aichi
Gifu
Iwate
Okayama
Shizuoka
Chiba
Yamagata
Mie
Kanagawa
Miyazaki
Akita
Oita
Tochigi
Miyagi
Gunma
Saitama
Ishikawa
Saga
Yamanashi
Kyoto
Fukui
Kochi
Tokushima
Shiga
Shimane
Fukushima
Okinawa
Kagawa
TottoriThe 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.
