★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Kinkaiyama Ryu
Makushita: Shunketsu Yuji
Sandanme: Dewanofuji Tomoaki
Jonidan: Daikiyama Osamu
Jonokuchi: Bosonami Seiichi
Sandanme · as of Day 9
200 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Osaka
Aomori
Saitama
Saga
Nagasaki
Tokyo
Hyogo
Gifu
Kanagawa
Kumamoto
Niigata
Kyoto
Gunma
Miyagi
Aichi
Shizuoka
Yamaguchi
Kagoshima
Ibaraki
Kochi
Fukui
Fukuoka
Miyazaki
Okinawa
Hokkaido
Nara
Ishikawa
Chiba
Ehime
Wakayama
Nagano
Yamagata
Fukushima
Tochigi
Oita
Mie
Iwate
Shiga
HiroshimaThe 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.
