★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
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
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Shikinohana won the 3-way playoff against Tamatsurugi and Saitoyama to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 6
308 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Tokyo
Fukuoka
Osaka
Hokkaido
Yamaguchi
Chiba
Kagoshima
Miyazaki
Hyogo
Fukushima
Kanagawa
Aichi
Miyagi
Saitama
Kumamoto
Ibaraki
Mie
Shizuoka
Akita
Fukui
Gunma
Iwate
Saga
Ehime
Oita
Aomori
Niigata
Nagano
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Okayama
Kyoto
Ishikawa
Wakayama
Kochi
Yamanashi
Nara
Yamagata
Okinawa
Toyama
Shimane
Gifu
Shiga
TochigiThe 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.
