★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Oginishiki Yasutoshi
Makushita: Hokutomine Kazuo
Sandanme: Maenowaka Noritaka
Jonidan: Shikinohana Kenji
Jonokuchi: Takanofuji Yukihiro
Day in review
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Maenowaka won the playoff against Matenro to take the yūshō.
Sandanme · final standings
200 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Okayama
Yamagata
Fukuoka
Kagoshima
Shizuoka
Gifu
Tokyo
Osaka
Aomori
Saitama
Kagawa
Chiba
Oita
Hyogo
Shiga
Yamaguchi
Kanagawa
Gunma
Aichi
Ibaraki
Hokkaido
Kochi
Nagano
Kumamoto
Akita
Hiroshima
Mie
Iwate
Nagasaki
Nara
Wakayama
Fukushima
Yamanashi
Tochigi
Niigata
Tokushima
Ehime
Miyagi
Miyazaki
Saga
Fukui
Kyoto
OkinawaThe 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.
