★ 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
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Sakata won the 3-way playoff against Obata and Shuho to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 10
368 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Saitama
Osaka
Yamaguchi
Kumamoto
Kanagawa
Tokyo
Shimane
Fukuoka
Aichi
Ibaraki
Yamagata
Kagoshima
Gunma
Tochigi
Hokkaido
Shizuoka
Hyogo
Gifu
Niigata
Kyoto
Chiba
Saga
Nara
Iwate
Nagasaki
Oita
Aomori
Nagano
Hiroshima
Miyazaki
Fukui
Yamanashi
Okinawa
Mie
Tokushima
Okayama
Shiga
Kochi
Miyagi
Ishikawa
Fukushima
Ehime
Wakayama
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.
