★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Tochinonada Taiichi
Makushita: Takanowaka Yuki
Sandanme: Shinmei Yoshinori
Jonidan: Maenowaka Noritaka
Jonokuchi: Kosenryu Kazuhiko#
Day in review
Makushita · as of Day 1
120 rikishi
3rd Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Kagoshima
Hyogo
Kagawa
Kyoto
Kochi
Gunma
Fukushima
Wakayama
Osaka
Iwate
Aichi
Hiroshima
Chiba
Yamagata
Ibaraki
Tokyo
Aomori
Nagasaki
Miyazaki
Saitama
Hokkaido
Akita
Yamaguchi
Shizuoka
Kumamoto
Tochigi
Saga
Fukuoka
Nara
Niigata
Ishikawa
Nagano
Mie
GifuThe 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.
