★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Kokkai Futoshi
Makushita: Daimanazuru Kenji
Sandanme: Wakakoyu Masaya
Jonidan: Fukutsukasa Norihito
Jonokuchi: Sokokurai Eikichi
Day in review
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Yakigaya won the playoff against Koshinoryu to take the yūshō.
Sandanme · as of Day 1
200 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Tokyo
Osaka
Miyazaki
Kanagawa
Chiba
Yamaguchi
Tochigi
Okinawa
Saitama
Aomori
Aichi
Kumamoto
Fukuoka
Gunma
Mie
Ibaraki
Hyogo
Nagasaki
Tokushima
Miyagi
Shiga
Fukui
Kagoshima
Hokkaido
Nara
Shizuoka
Kyoto
Saga
Gifu
Iwate
Fukushima
Nagano
Okayama
Yamanashi
Kochi
Ehime
Niigata
YamagataThe 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.
