★ 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
Jonidan · as of Day 9
230 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Hyogo
Fukushima
Nagasaki
Fukuoka
Tokyo
Kanagawa
Kumamoto
Aichi
Iwate
Oita
Hokkaido
Ibaraki
Shimane
Aomori
Yamaguchi
Fukui
Osaka
Hiroshima
Nagano
Shiga
Saitama
Kagoshima
Miyagi
Ishikawa
Mie
Wakayama
Miyazaki
Niigata
Toyama
Shizuoka
Kochi
Okayama
Chiba
Kyoto
Gifu
Nara
Yamagata
OkinawaThe 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.
