★ 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
Sandanme · as of Day 9
200 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Fukuoka
Osaka
Kumamoto
Fukui
Mie
Miyazaki
Aichi
Kagoshima
Tokyo
Gifu
Tokushima
Iwate
Ehime
Shizuoka
Saitama
Aomori
Kanagawa
Hokkaido
Kochi
Ishikawa
Kyoto
Chiba
Oita
Ibaraki
Yamaguchi
Shimane
Fukushima
Yamanashi
Saga
Tochigi
Hyogo
Gunma
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Niigata
Nara
Shiga
MiyagiThe 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.
