★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Sakaizawa Kenichi
Makushita: Tosayutaka Yuya
Sandanme: Sadanoumi Takashi
Jonidan: Kyokushuho Koki
Jonokuchi: Fujiarashi Yusuke
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Kyokushuho won the 3-way playoff against Wakahikari and Hakiai to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 9
250 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Hyogo
Osaka
Saitama
Fukushima
Hokkaido
Ehime
Shizuoka
Kagoshima
Tokyo
Niigata
Kanagawa
Okinawa
Aichi
Ibaraki
Fukuoka
Wakayama
Chiba
Miyagi
Nagasaki
Nagano
Iwate
Kagawa
Shimane
Gifu
Kochi
Miyazaki
Aomori
Kumamoto
Yamagata
Gunma
Shiga
Fukui
Kyoto
Yamanashi
Oita
Mie
Yamaguchi
Nara
Ishikawa
Hiroshima
TochigiThe 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.
