★ 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 6
368 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Ibaraki
Hiroshima
Kumamoto
Saitama
Tokyo
Osaka
Nagano
Tochigi
Kagoshima
Yamaguchi
Aichi
Hyogo
Miyazaki
Kanagawa
Shizuoka
Gifu
Hokkaido
Saga
Shimane
Nagasaki
Okayama
Gunma
Oita
Niigata
Fukuoka
Chiba
Yamagata
Aomori
Fukui
Kochi
Mie
Kyoto
Yamanashi
Okinawa
Tokushima
Nara
Iwate
Ehime
Shiga
Fukushima
Miyagi
Ishikawa
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.
