CONCLUDED

Hatsu Basho
2003

Ryōgoku Kokugikan · 12-26 Jan · Tokyo

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

· lower divisions
‹Day 15›
· final standings
68 rikishi
6th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
1
Kotooshu
· Sadogatake-beya · 🇧🇬Bulgaria
2
Teruyama
· Shikihide-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
3
Hoshikaze
· Oguruma-beya · 🇲🇳Mongolia
4
Hagurokuni
· Takekuma-beya · TokyoTokyo
5
Kasugaryu
· Tomozuna-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
6
Kaisenzan
· Tomozuna-beya · ChibaChiba
7
Manabe
· Kise-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
8
Uchiyama
· Michinoku-beya · AichiAichi
9
Dewahikari
· Dewanoumi-beya · 🇲🇳Mongolia
10
Kawase
· Nakamura-beya · AichiAichi
11
Shirozuka
· Takanohana-beya · TokyoTokyo
12
Daitenyu
· Yamahibiki-beya · OsakaOsaka
13
Sekinoyama
· Takanohana-beya · YamaguchiYamaguchi
14
Miura
· Kasugano-beya · ChibaChiba
15
Takakimura
· Azumazeki-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
16
Hisatsukasa
· Irumagawa-beya · OkinawaOkinawa
17
Kotsukasa
· Irumagawa-beya · AichiAichi
18
Hamada
· Nishonoseki-beya · AichiAichi
19
Kasachikara
· Nishonoseki-beya · AichiAichi
20
Nakatani
· Hakkaku-beya · TokyoTokyo
21
Kojimaumi
· Dewanoumi-beya · OkayamaOkayama
22
Kakutoriki
· Izutsu-beya · SaitamaSaitama
23
Jin
· Kasugano-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
24
Hokutonada
· Hakkaku-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
25
Kotoyamamoto
· Sadogatake-beya · FukuiFukui
26
Arawashi
· Minezaki-beya · 🇲🇳Mongolia
27
Osada
· Nakamura-beya · HyogoHyogo
28
Akiasahi
· Oshima-beya · HiroshimaHiroshima
29
Iwata
· Azumazeki-beya · AichiAichi
30
Suzuki
· Isenoumi-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
31
Umenokawa
· Nishikido-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
32
Tochitaiga
· Kasugano-beya · NaganoNagano
33
Kasugasato
· Oitekaze-beya · AichiAichi
34
Daiogi
· Asahiyama-beya · TokyoTokyo
35
Daihagiyama
· Isegahama-beya · NaraNara
36
Okanohana
· Dewanoumi-beya · NagasakiNagasaki
37
Kohakuzan
· Isegahama-beya · ChibaChiba
38
Daishiyama
· Sakaigawa-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
39
Beppu
· Takashima-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
40
Tani
· Hakkaku-beya · OsakaOsaka
41
Oishikawa
· Shibatayama-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
42
Wakatake
· Oitekaze-beya · AichiAichi
43
Fukukasuga
· Kasugayama-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
44
Kitatsuyoshi
· Nishonoseki-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
45
Adachi
· Nishonoseki-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
46
Daiikeda
· Asahiyama-beya · SaitamaSaitama
47
Shikinokawa
· Shikihide-beya · TokyoTokyo
48
Fukuda
· Isegahama-beya · OsakaOsaka
49
Kotokaneko
· Sadogatake-beya · ChibaChiba
50
Tamashinzan
· Kataonami-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
51
Kubotayama
· Azumazeki-beya · GifuGifu
52
Misugimori
· Magaki-beya · OkinawaOkinawa
53
Wakaizumi
· Magaki-beya · OsakaOsaka
54
Itsunoshima
· Sakaigawa-beya · AichiAichi
55
Kasugahana
· Kasugayama-beya · AichiAichi
56
Koseki
· Takanohana-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
-
Fujiwara
· Musashigawa-beya · ShigaShiga
-
Kaneko
· Ajigawa-beya · GunmaGunma
-
Tagonowaka
· Tagonoura-beya · OsakaOsaka
-
Miyagawa
· Arashio-beya · NiigataNiigata
-
Fukuhara
· Kasugano-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
-
Wakakairiki
· Hanakago-beya · YamaguchiYamaguchi
-
Kaisho
· Hanaregoma-beya · YamaguchiYamaguchi
-
Asayamada
· Takasago-beya · KochiKochi
-
Asaebisawa
· Takasago-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
66
Tamura
· Kokonoe-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
67
Kagamifuji
· Kagamiyama-beya · U.S.A.
68
Anju
· Isegahama-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.