★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Wakanosato Shinobu
Makushita: Kitazakura Hidetoshi
Sandanme: Yanagi Joji
Jonidan: Chiyononada Yoshihisa
Jonokuchi: Hokutoyu Tomohito
Makushita · as of Day 11
120 rikishi
3rd Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Gunma
Chiba
Hiroshima
Tokyo
Hyogo
Ibaraki
Akita
Niigata
Hokkaido
Kumamoto
Aomori
Kochi
Wakayama
Gifu
Saga
Fukuoka
Aichi
Saitama
Kagawa
Iwate
Shizuoka
Tokushima
Tochigi
Kagoshima
Mie
Nagasaki
Osaka
Nara
Oita
Yamaguchi
Yamagata
Fukushima
Miyazaki
Kanagawa
Okayama
KyotoThe 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.
