★ 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#
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Maenowaka won the 3-way playoff against Wakaryusei and Mukai to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 2
364 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Fukuoka
Kanagawa
Kumamoto
Osaka
Tokyo
Yamanashi
Aichi
Ibaraki
Hyogo
Miyagi
Niigata
Hokkaido
Aomori
Chiba
Saitama
Yamaguchi
Oita
Tochigi
Nagano
Kagoshima
Fukushima
Miyazaki
Okayama
Gifu
Saga
Kyoto
Hiroshima
Shizuoka
Yamagata
Ehime
Nara
Shiga
Mie
Kochi
Gunma
Wakayama
Nagasaki
Okinawa
Ishikawa
Fukui
Tokushima
Iwate
ShimaneThe 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.
