★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Toki Susumu
Makushita: Goeido Gotaro
Sandanme: Tochiozan Yuichiro
Jonidan: Shunba Sekito
Jonokuchi: Chiyonishiki Mitsunari
Day in review
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Kageyama won the playoff against Takahashi to take the yūshō.
Sandanme · as of Day 1
200 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Yamanashi
Fukuoka
Ibaraki
Yamaguchi
Kagoshima
Osaka
Tokyo
Kanagawa
Aichi
Iwate
Kochi
Hokkaido
Okinawa
Mie
Tokushima
Miyazaki
Miyagi
Gunma
Chiba
Fukushima
Fukui
Kyoto
Saitama
Saga
Oita
Shizuoka
Gifu
Tochigi
Aomori
Ehime
Nagasaki
Hyogo
Niigata
Shimane
Kumamoto
Nagano
Hiroshima
Nara
Yamagata
Kagawa
Ishikawa
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.
