CONCLUDED

Natsu Basho
2002

Ryōgoku Kokugikan · 12-26 May · Tokyo

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

· lower divisions
‹Day 15›
· final standings
101 rikishi
6th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
1
Katayama
· Onomatsu-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
2
Seifu
· Oitekaze-beya · AichiAichi
3
Hagiwara
· Tagonoura-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
4
Ota
· Isenoumi-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
5
Ai
· Ajigawa-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
6
Kyokushozan
· Oshima-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
7
Kirizakura
· Michinoku-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
8
Kojimaumi
· Dewanoumi-beya · OkayamaOkayama
9
Wakamiura
· Matsugane-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
10
Fukutenyu
· Hatachiyama-beya · KyotoKyoto
11
Minegishi
· Nakamura-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
12
Tamanoaki
· Kataonami-beya · KochiKochi
13
Sasaki
· Naruto-beya · AomoriAomori
14
Yoshimura
· Tagonoura-beya · AichiAichi
15
Hokkairyu
· Kitanoumi-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
16
Manabe
· Kise-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
17
Nionoumi
· Yamahibiki-beya · ShigaShiga
18
Hasada
· Nishonoseki-beya · AichiAichi
19
Murayama
· Tamanoi-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
20
Matsushita
· Kiriyama-beya · NaraNara
21
Horie
· Kokonoe-beya · SaitamaSaitama
22
Takakimura
· Azumazeki-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
23
Kokubushu
· Isenoumi-beya · SaitamaSaitama
24
Kakushoma
· Izutsu-beya · HyogoHyogo
25
Kyokuhozan
· Oshima-beya · NaganoNagano
26
Matsunoumi
· Onomatsu-beya · HyogoHyogo
27
Araki
· Kitanoumi-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
28
Kaisenzan
· Tomozuna-beya · ChibaChiba
29
Miyamaru
· Kitanoumi-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
30
Tsumagari
· Tatsunami-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
31
Hamazaki
· Oshiogawa-beya · OitaOita
32
Kaitanaka
· Tomozuna-beya · OsakaOsaka
33
Taniguchi
· Nishonoseki-beya · EhimeEhime
34
Shimada
· Yamahibiki-beya · HyogoHyogo
35
Kawamura
· Musashigawa-beya · EhimeEhime
36
Ozakura
· Tagonoura-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
37
Kiryuzan
· Oshiogawa-beya · KyotoKyoto
38
Kunori
· Oitekaze-beya · AichiAichi
39
Sawada
· Kokonoe-beya · MieMie
40
Shirozuka
· Takanohana-beya · TokyoTokyo
41
Konofuji
· Minato-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
42
Tsuruozaki
· Izutsu-beya · EhimeEhime
43
Kaishinho
· Tomozuna-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
44
Hinataze
· Kitanoumi-beya · TokyoTokyo
45
Toshu
· Tamanoi-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
46
Daibo
· Takashima-beya · AichiAichi
47
Kasugaryu
· Tomozuna-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
48
Jin
· Kasugano-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
49
Shinanogawa
· Musashigawa-beya · NaganoNagano
50
Uchiyama
· Michinoku-beya · AichiAichi
51
Takaoyama
· Fujishima-beya · KyotoKyoto
52
Shikinokawa
· Shikihide-beya · TokyoTokyo
53
Hisatsukasa
· Irumagawa-beya · OkinawaOkinawa
54
Tochiyuzan
· Kasugano-beya · AichiAichi
55
Okadayama
· Dewanoumi-beya · NagasakiNagasaki
56
Fujiwara
· Musashigawa-beya · ShigaShiga
57
Hamada
· Nishonoseki-beya · AichiAichi
58
Nakatani
· Hakkaku-beya · TokyoTokyo
59
Arakawa
· Hakkaku-beya · TokyoTokyo
60
Kotokuronuma
· Sadogatake-beya · YamagataYamagata
61
Tamura
· Kokonoe-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
62
Doi
· Shibatayama-beya · MieMie
63
Daihagiyama
· Isegahama-beya · NaraNara
64
Aoefuji
· Minato-beya · AomoriAomori
65
Fukuda
· Isegahama-beya · OsakaOsaka
66
Hitomi
· Musashigawa-beya · KyotoKyoto
67
Daiikeda
· Asahiyama-beya · SaitamaSaitama
68
Okabayashi
· Oguruma-beya · MieMie
69
Kawai
· Hatachiyama-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
70
Akiasahi
· Oshima-beya · HiroshimaHiroshima
71
Fukukasuga
· Kasugayama-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
72
Asakimizuka
· Takasago-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
73
Dangan
· Nakadachi-beya · TokyoTokyo
74
Kawata
· Naruto-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
75
Koseki
· Takanohana-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
76
Miura
· Kasugano-beya · ChibaChiba
77
Kotohosomi
· Sadogatake-beya · FukuiFukui
78
Suzuki
· Isenoumi-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
79
Kotokaneko
· Sadogatake-beya · ChibaChiba
80
81
Kijima
· Michinoku-beya · SaitamaSaitama
82
Chichii
· Magaki-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
83
Iwata
· Azumazeki-beya · AichiAichi
84
Itsunoshima
· Sakaigawa-beya · AichiAichi
85
Kasugahana
· Kasugayama-beya · AichiAichi
86
Kamada
· Nakamura-beya · OkinawaOkinawa
87
Daishiyama
· Sakaigawa-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
88
Asaebisawa
· Takasago-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
-
Kimuragawa
· Isenoumi-beya · GunmaGunma
-
Bontensho
· Magaki-beya · 🇲🇳Mongolia
-
Hisanoume
· Tagonoura-beya · ChibaChiba
-
Tochiyuki
· Kasugano-beya · WakayamaWakayama
-
Kotonoshima
· Sadogatake-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
-
Asahikawa
· Oshima-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
-
Yagi
· Kokonoe-beya · HyogoHyogo
-
Azuma
· Ajigawa-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
-
-
Shiose
· Kasugayama-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
-
Wakaaso
· Hanakago-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
100
Kohakuzan
· Isegahama-beya · ChibaChiba
101
Terashi
· Ajigawa-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
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.