CONCLUDED

Aki Basho
2001

Ryōgoku Kokugikan · 9-23 Sept · Tokyo

Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.

· lower divisions
‹Day 10›
Playoff

Tied at 6–1, Daishochi won the 6-way playoff against Sensho, Tagonowaka, Daibo, Yamane and Ikeda to take the yūshō.

· as of Day 10
87 rikishi
6th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
1
Kotonoshin
· Sadogatake-beya · IwateIwate
2
Yamane
· Oshiogawa-beya · TokyoTokyo
3
Ikeda
· Tamanoi-beya · TokyoTokyo
4
Kaisho
· Hanaregoma-beya · YamaguchiYamaguchi
5
Sensho
· Shikihide-beya · 🇲🇳Mongolia
6
Watanabeyama
· Oshiogawa-beya · FukuiFukui
7
Tagonowaka
· Tagonoura-beya · OsakaOsaka
8
Daibo
· Takashima-beya · AichiAichi
9
Daitensho
· Takashima-beya · 🇲🇳Mongolia
10
Fukumoto
· Onomatsu-beya · ChibaChiba
11
Hayatejima
· Oitekaze-beya · AichiAichi
12
Hayatefuji
· Oitekaze-beya · AichiAichi
13
Fujiwara
· Musashigawa-beya · ShigaShiga
14
Hayatejo
· Oitekaze-beya · AichiAichi
15
Daishochi
· Shibatayama-beya · 🇲🇳Mongolia
16
Hokutotsukasa
· Hakkaku-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
17
Miyajima
· Nakamura-beya · SaitamaSaitama
18
19
Kawahara
· Takanohana-beya · YamaguchiYamaguchi
20
Horie
· Kokonoe-beya · SaitamaSaitama
21
Kyokuyo
· Oshima-beya · MieMie
22
Muraoka
· Hanakago-beya · YamaguchiYamaguchi
23
Kasachikara
· Nishonoseki-beya · AichiAichi
24
Daishoriki
· Oitekaze-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
25
Nishio
· Oshima-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
26
Araki
· Kitanoumi-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
27
Uchiyama
· Michinoku-beya · AichiAichi
28
Asayamada
· Takasago-beya · KochiKochi
29
Kijima
· Michinoku-beya · SaitamaSaitama
30
Kaishuma
· Tomozuna-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
31
Abe
· Magaki-beya · MiyagiMiyagi
32
Jin
· Kasugano-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
33
Wakafujita
· Magaki-beya · AomoriAomori
34
Hamazaki
· Oshiogawa-beya · OitaOita
35
Kuranofuji
· Dewanoumi-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
36
Fujitayama
· Azumazeki-beya · AichiAichi
37
Shikinokawa
· Shikihide-beya · TokyoTokyo
38
Takanoya
· Naruto-beya · FukuiFukui
39
Takakimura
· Azumazeki-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
40
Kuninofuji
· Minato-beya · 🇰🇷Korea
41
Miikezan
· Matsugane-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
42
Fukutenko
· Hatachiyama-beya · KyotoKyoto
43
Daiogi
· Asahiyama-beya · TokyoTokyo
44
Kaisenzan
· Tomozuna-beya · ChibaChiba
45
Masuya
· Kokonoe-beya · IwateIwate
46
Tochitani
· Michinoku-beya · OsakaOsaka
47
Oginofuji
· Minato-beya · OitaOita
48
Tamagoriki
· Kataonami-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
49
Matsunoumi
· Onomatsu-beya · HyogoHyogo
50
Nishihara
· Musashigawa-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
51
Nakagawayama
· Fujishima-beya · KyotoKyoto
52
Minegishi
· Nakamura-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
53
Fukukasuga
· Kasugayama-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
54
Hidanosato
· Takashima-beya · GifuGifu
55
Kyokuhozan
· Oshima-beya · NaganoNagano
56
Tochiyuzan
· Kasugano-beya · AichiAichi
57
Kamada
· Nakamura-beya · OkinawaOkinawa
58
Wakaito
· Magaki-beya · AomoriAomori
59
Tenyunami
· Tatsunami-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
60
Tomiyama
· Kitanoumi-beya · WakayamaWakayama
61
Harada
· Michinoku-beya · HyogoHyogo
62
Kakutoriki
· Izutsu-beya · SaitamaSaitama
63
Hama
· Izutsu-beya · HyogoHyogo
64
Asakimizuka
· Takasago-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
65
Tsuji
· Isenoumi-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
66
Takasufuji
· Minato-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
67
Kohakuzan
· Isegahama-beya · ChibaChiba
68
Oishikawa
· Shibatayama-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
-
Wakatetsu
· Hanakago-beya · YamaguchiYamaguchi
-
Anju
· Isegahama-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
-
Takatanaka
· Naruto-beya · TokyoTokyo
-
Ishida
· Nakamura-beya · AichiAichi
-
Okadayama
· Dewanoumi-beya · NagasakiNagasaki
-
Azumiyama
· Ajigawa-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
-
Kototakada
· Sadogatake-beya · GifuGifu
-
Sakurajima
· Michinoku-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
-
Otokoyama
· Oshiogawa-beya · KyotoKyoto
-
Murakawa
· Magaki-beya · OsakaOsaka
-
Kato
· Kasugano-beya · WakayamaWakayama
-
Kirinobori
· Michinoku-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
-
Wakatanaka
· Magaki-beya · KyotoKyoto
-
Igarashi
· Ajigawa-beya · GunmaGunma
83
Asairyu
· Ajigawa-beya · MiyagiMiyagi
84
Goki
· Nishonoseki-beya · TokyoTokyo
85
Kawai
· Hatachiyama-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
86
Kitatsuyoshi
· Nishonoseki-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
87
Fukunaga
· Mihogaseki-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
The venue
Hosts Hatsu, Natsu, Aki
Tokyo
Ryōgoku Kokugikan両国国技館
Tōkyō-to · capacity 11,098
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Ryōgoku is sumo's historical heart - the surrounding Sumida-ku neighbourhood has been home to stables, retired rikishi, and chankonabe restaurants for over a century. The current Kokugikan opened in 1985, hosts three of the six annual bashos, and houses the (free) Sumo Museum on the ground floor. The roof of the arena is modelled on a Shintō shrine.

Near the arena
Local specialties
  • Chankonabe↗ちゃんこ鍋 - The calorie-dense stew rikishi live on - many former-rikishi-run restaurants in Ryōgoku serve it.
  • Monjayaki↗もんじゃ焼き - Tokyo's loose, savoury cousin to okonomiyaki. Best on Tsukishima Island, two stops south.
  • Edomae sushi↗江戸前寿司 - Tokyo-style sushi, originated in the bay. Toyosu and Tsukiji markets are nearby.
Getting there: JR Sōbu line to Ryōgoku Station - the Kokugikan is directly across the road from the west exit.