CONCLUDED

Aki Basho
1998

Ryōgoku Kokugikan · 13-27 Sept · Tokyo

Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.

· lower divisions
‹Day 13›
· as of Day 13
99 rikishi
6th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
1
Chiyonohana
· Kokonoe-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
2
Omusashi
· Musashigawa-beya · TokyoTokyo
3
Maenoshima
· Takadagawa-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
4
Kainowaka
· Oshima-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
5
Asawashi
· Wakamatsu-beya · NaganoNagano
6
Kawahara
· Takanohana-beya · YamaguchiYamaguchi
7
Kosugi
· Naruto-beya · SaitamaSaitama
8
Yamaya
· Kasugano-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
9
Kawashima
· Oshiogawa-beya · NagasakiNagasaki
10
Teuriumi
· Futagoyama-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
11
Maseki
· Nakamura-beya · AichiAichi
12
Oba
· Kokonoe-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
13
Yokoyama
· Azumazeki-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
14
Yoshinoumi
· Dewanoumi-beya · AichiAichi
15
Maenohana
· Takadagawa-beya · ShimaneShimane
16
Kirinobori
· Michinoku-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
17
Tsunenoumi
· Dewanoumi-beya · OkayamaOkayama
18
Ogoshi
· Tokitsukaze-beya · OsakaOsaka
19
Igarashi
· Kise-beya · AkitaAkita
20
Waku
· Oguruma-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
21
Saitoyama
· Oshiogawa-beya · FukuiFukui
22
Nishisegawa
· Kiriyama-beya · HyogoHyogo
23
Kaitanaka
· Tomozuna-beya · OsakaOsaka
24
Kuwahara
· Izutsu-beya · SaitamaSaitama
25
Akafuji
· Ajigawa-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
26
Onoryu
· Onomatsu-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
27
Komanosho
· Hanaregoma-beya · HyogoHyogo
28
Satoyama
· Mihogaseki-beya · TokyoTokyo
29
Kaimon
· Hanaregoma-beya · YamaguchiYamaguchi
30
Tochinofuku
· Kasugano-beya · WakayamaWakayama
31
Horikawa
· Futagoyama-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
32
Sanuki
· Yamahibiki-beya · TokyoTokyo
33
Onakamura
· Nakamura-beya · AichiAichi
34
Masunoumi
· Dewanoumi-beya · OsakaOsaka
35
Araiyama
· Shibatayama-beya · OsakaOsaka
36
Onoyama
· Onomatsu-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
37
Anju
· Isegahama-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
38
Onohikari
· Onomatsu-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
39
Noguchi
· Naruto-beya · SaitamaSaitama
40
Azumiume
· Ajigawa-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
41
Kaisho
· Hanaregoma-beya · YamaguchiYamaguchi
42
Maita
· Hakkaku-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
43
Usui
· Kasugano-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
44
Mutetsu
· Michinoku-beya · AichiAichi
45
Teramoto
· Izutsu-beya · OsakaOsaka
46
Kotosasaki
· Sadogatake-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
47
Sako
· Hanakago-beya · AichiAichi
48
Kotonoshin
· Sadogatake-beya · IwateIwate
49
Matsumurayama
· Kasugano-beya · TokyoTokyo
50
Kainofuji
· Kasugayama-beya · YamanashiYamanashi
51
Ezaki
· Takanohana-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
52
Hamabe
· Oshiogawa-beya · TokyoTokyo
53
Kaishimizu
· Tomozuna-beya · MiyagiMiyagi
54
Amanoumi
· Dewanoumi-beya · HyogoHyogo
55
Onuma
· Nakamura-beya · ChibaChiba
56
Ueyama
· Michinoku-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
57
Obayama
· Shikihide-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
58
Kikuchi
· Michinoku-beya · ChibaChiba
59
Yokogi
· Otake-beya · HyogoHyogo
60
Toma
· Shikihide-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
61
Kitafubuki
· Oshiogawa-beya · AomoriAomori
62
Yamakoshi
· Oguruma-beya · FukuiFukui
63
Aonokuni
· Ajigawa-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
64
Kasachikara
· Nishonoseki-beya · AichiAichi
65
Haguroshima
· Takekuma-beya · TokyoTokyo
66
Komizo
· Nishonoseki-beya · ChibaChiba
67
Uchigoshiki
· Minezaki-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
68
Maehara
· Tamanoi-beya · HyogoHyogo
69
Watatani
· Hanakago-beya · YamaguchiYamaguchi
70
Shimosako
· Michinoku-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
71
72
Midoriryu
· Onomatsu-beya · MiyagiMiyagi
73
Asahikaze
· Oguruma-beya · EhimeEhime
74
Nomura
· Michinoku-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
75
Sawamukai
· Tokitsukaze-beya · ChibaChiba
76
Suita
· Kitanoumi-beya · HyogoHyogo
77
Hirohata
· Naruto-beya · OsakaOsaka
78
Kaiseiryu
· Tomozuna-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
79
Kamobayashi
· Ajigawa-beya · OsakaOsaka
80
Hongo
· Kagamiyama-beya · KyotoKyoto
81
82
Kozu
· Futagoyama-beya · SaitamaSaitama
83
Otayama
· Azumazeki-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
84
Ozaki
· Musashigawa-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
85
Fukushima
· Nakamura-beya · AichiAichi
-
Kuboyama
· Mihogaseki-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
-
Kotokimura
· Sadogatake-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
-
Okawa
· Michinoku-beya · WakayamaWakayama
-
Kotoimura
· Sadogatake-beya · MieMie
-
Ueno
· Futagoyama-beya · AichiAichi
-
Tsuruuchida
· Izutsu-beya · TokyoTokyo
-
Uchida
· Izutsu-beya · TokyoTokyo
-
Akinobori
· Ajigawa-beya · AomoriAomori
-
Rikisegawa
· Kiriyama-beya · ChibaChiba
-
Matsumoto
· Mihogaseki-beya · HyogoHyogo
-
Asatenzan
· Wakamatsu-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
97
Hoshikaze
· Oguruma-beya · AomoriAomori
98
Kotoabiru
· Sadogatake-beya · NagasakiNagasaki
99
Nagayama
· Michinoku-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
The venue
Hosts Hatsu, Natsu, Aki
Tokyo
Ryōgoku Kokugikan両国国技館
Tōkyō-to · capacity 11,098
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Ryōgoku is sumo's historical heart - the surrounding Sumida-ku neighbourhood has been home to stables, retired rikishi, and chankonabe restaurants for over a century. The current Kokugikan opened in 1985, hosts three of the six annual bashos, and houses the (free) Sumo Museum on the ground floor. The roof of the arena is modelled on a Shintō shrine.

Near the arena
Local specialties
  • Chankonabe↗ちゃんこ鍋 - The calorie-dense stew rikishi live on - many former-rikishi-run restaurants in Ryōgoku serve it.
  • Monjayaki↗もんじゃ焼き - Tokyo's loose, savoury cousin to okonomiyaki. Best on Tsukishima Island, two stops south.
  • Edomae sushi↗江戸前寿司 - Tokyo-style sushi, originated in the bay. Toyosu and Tsukiji markets are nearby.
Getting there: JR Sōbu line to Ryōgoku Station - the Kokugikan is directly across the road from the west exit.