★ 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
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Chiyononada won the playoff against Wakatenro to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 9
354 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Hokkaido
Osaka
Fukuoka
Yamaguchi
Ehime
Saitama
Fukushima
Shizuoka
Aichi
Ibaraki
Fukui
Chiba
Yamanashi
Nagasaki
Iwate
Kumamoto
Tokyo
Gunma
Kagoshima
Okinawa
Shiga
Kagawa
Nagano
Hyogo
Gifu
Miyazaki
Kyoto
Kochi
Mie
Miyagi
Kanagawa
Aomori
Tokushima
Hiroshima
Niigata
Akita
Oita
Nara
Yamagata
Ishikawa
Saga
Okayama
Tochigi
WakayamaThe 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.
