★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Shunketsu Yuji
Makushita: Shirononami Nobuhiro
Sandanme: Homasho Noriyuki
Jonidan: Notozakura Kazuya
Jonokuchi: Takanofuji Yukihiro
Jonidan · as of Day 12
240 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Shizuoka
Osaka
Ishikawa
Mie
Fukuoka
Saitama
Tokyo
Miyagi
Aomori
Kochi
Yamaguchi
Hyogo
Kumamoto
Kanagawa
Kagoshima
Aichi
Chiba
Gifu
Niigata
Okinawa
Miyazaki
Hokkaido
Kyoto
Okayama
Iwate
Nagano
Oita
Tochigi
Ibaraki
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Shimane
Fukui
Fukushima
Wakayama
Yamanashi
Nara
Saga
Toyama
Yamagata
ShigaThe 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.
