★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Kasugao Katsumasa
Makushita: Dewanofuji Tomoaki
Sandanme: Wakanojo Munehiko
Jonidan: Tokitenku Yoshiaki
Jonokuchi: Tamatsubaki Kengo
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Tokitenku won the playoff against Munakata to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 7
224 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Gifu
Miyazaki
Osaka
Shizuoka
Hokkaido
Fukuoka
Kagoshima
Aichi
Mie
Hyogo
Aomori
Kanagawa
Tokyo
Nagano
Kumamoto
Okayama
Niigata
Wakayama
Yamaguchi
Fukui
Iwate
Saitama
Ibaraki
Okinawa
Kyoto
Chiba
Hiroshima
Ehime
Ishikawa
Yamagata
Oita
Miyagi
Shimane
Nara
Shiga
Saga
Kochi
Gunma
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.
