★ 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 5
308 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Saitama
Gifu
Kochi
Saga
Chiba
Ehime
Tokyo
Hyogo
Gunma
Fukuoka
Hiroshima
Kanagawa
Osaka
Hokkaido
Aichi
Mie
Miyazaki
Fukushima
Ibaraki
Okinawa
Kyoto
Miyagi
Kumamoto
Oita
Ishikawa
Yamaguchi
Kagoshima
Niigata
Nagasaki
Yamanashi
Tokushima
Shiga
Nagano
Shizuoka
Wakayama
Tochigi
Fukui
Nara
Aomori
Okayama
Akita
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.
