★ 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, Wakanojo won the playoff against Yamamoto to take the yūshō.
Sandanme · as of Day 9
200 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Hyogo
Okinawa
Shizuoka
Saitama
Aichi
Nara
Ibaraki
Kagoshima
Tokyo
Hokkaido
Yamagata
Osaka
Aomori
Chiba
Niigata
Fukuoka
Ehime
Kochi
Oita
Nagasaki
Kumamoto
Miyazaki
Miyagi
Kanagawa
Yamaguchi
Shiga
Fukushima
Kyoto
Gifu
Mie
Gunma
Nagano
Fukui
Iwate
YamanashiThe 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.
