★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Miyabiyama Tetsushi
Makushita: Wakatsutomu Hiroki
Sandanme: Tsurusaki Ryuma
Jonidan: Chiyonohana Hidetaka
Jonokuchi: Hirohata Eiji
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Chiyonohana won the 3-way playoff against Omusashi and Hayakaze to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 3
308 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Gunma
Tokyo
Saitama
Niigata
Osaka
Gifu
Kochi
Oita
Kagoshima
Saga
Chiba
Yamanashi
Fukuoka
Hyogo
Miyazaki
Fukushima
Miyagi
Ibaraki
Okinawa
Nagano
Hiroshima
Kumamoto
Aichi
Wakayama
Nagasaki
Ehime
Shiga
Kyoto
Kanagawa
Mie
Ishikawa
Shizuoka
Hokkaido
Akita
Yamaguchi
Tochigi
Fukui
Nara
Tokushima
Aomori
Okayama
Yamagata
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.
