★ 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
Makushita · as of Day 9
120 rikishi
3rd Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Aomori
Okayama
Tokyo
Osaka
Yamaguchi
Kagoshima
Hyogo
Kochi
Saitama
Fukuoka
Wakayama
Niigata
Ibaraki
Shizuoka
Nagasaki
Iwate
Kumamoto
Hokkaido
Aichi
Gunma
Nagano
Akita
Ishikawa
Chiba
Shiga
Miyazaki
Gifu
Fukui
Miyagi
Ehime
FukushimaThe 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.
