★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
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, Keno won the playoff against Toshinyama to take the yūshō.
Sandanme · as of Day 9
200 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Tokyo
Osaka
Kumamoto
Chiba
Kagawa
Kochi
Nagasaki
Kagoshima
Yamagata
Miyazaki
Ishikawa
Kyoto
Fukuoka
Aichi
Gunma
Shimane
Hyogo
Wakayama
Tochigi
Ibaraki
Yamaguchi
Saitama
Fukui
Nagano
Shiga
Mie
Hiroshima
Shizuoka
Gifu
Hokkaido
Kanagawa
Saga
Miyagi
Niigata
Iwate
Oita
Tokushima
Fukushima
Aomori
Ehime
YamanashiThe 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.
