★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Oikari Tsuyoshi
Makushita: Daimanazuru Kenji
Sandanme: Kirinofuji Hiroaki
Jonidan: Kokkai Futoshi
Jonokuchi: Jiguruma Tomonari
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Kokkai won the playoff against Matsumidori to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 10
240 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Oita
Okinawa
Fukuoka
Ishikawa
Osaka
Kagoshima
Tokyo
Fukushima
Hokkaido
Hyogo
Miyagi
Ibaraki
Aichi
Niigata
Iwate
Saitama
Hiroshima
Shizuoka
Nagasaki
Gunma
Shimane
Wakayama
Kumamoto
Kanagawa
Yamaguchi
Miyazaki
Mie
Okayama
Kyoto
Chiba
Aomori
Fukui
Tochigi
Nagano
Nara
Toyama
Yamagata
Saga
Shiga
Yamanashi
AkitaThe 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.
