★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Shotenro Taishi
Makushita: Kotokuni Akimasa
Sandanme: Keno Shota
Jonidan: Keitenkai Kosei
Jonokuchi: Wakasuruga Yoshitake
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Kei won the playoff against Torugawa to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 12
244 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Shizuoka
Kagoshima
Osaka
Kyoto
Chiba
Hiroshima
Kochi
Aichi
Tokyo
Nara
Hyogo
Nagano
Yamanashi
Ibaraki
Kanagawa
Tochigi
Yamagata
Fukuoka
Yamaguchi
Okinawa
Saitama
Nagasaki
Oita
Miyazaki
Kagawa
Aomori
Gifu
Shiga
Ehime
Shimane
Fukui
Wakayama
Gunma
Mie
Miyagi
Hokkaido
Ishikawa
Akita
Iwate
Niigata
Kumamoto
Fukushima
SagaThe 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.
