★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Wakanoyama Hiroshi
Makushita: Tochiazuma Daisuke
Sandanme: Takanosho Masashi
Jonidan: Higotsukasa Shintaro
Jonokuchi: Kuniazuma Ryu
Day in review
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Sakata won the 3-way playoff against Obata and Shuho to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 1
368 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Kanagawa
Hiroshima
Hokkaido
Kumamoto
Yamaguchi
Aomori
Gunma
Osaka
Tokyo
Kagoshima
Tochigi
Fukuoka
Niigata
Aichi
Hyogo
Gifu
Oita
Saitama
Kyoto
Ishikawa
Ibaraki
Chiba
Mie
Tokushima
Saga
Nara
Okayama
Yamanashi
Shiga
Nagano
Shizuoka
Miyazaki
Shimane
Kochi
Miyagi
Iwate
Okinawa
Fukui
Fukushima
Nagasaki
Ehime
Wakayama
Tottori
YamagataThe 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.
