★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Kitataiki Akeyoshi
Makushita: Masuraumi Kota
Sandanme: Takanoiwa Yoshimori
Jonidan: Aoiyama Kosuke
Jonokuchi: Tanzo Takahiro
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Aoiyama won the playoff against Kazafuzan to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 4
240 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Nagano
Ishikawa
Fukuoka
Yamanashi
Gifu
Nagasaki
Kagoshima
Hokkaido
Aichi
Shiga
Kanagawa
Saitama
Niigata
Tokyo
Yamagata
Hyogo
Miyagi
Kyoto
Gunma
Ehime
Kumamoto
Osaka
Chiba
Ibaraki
Saga
Hiroshima
Oita
Kochi
Shizuoka
Mie
Miyazaki
Fukushima
Tochigi
Nara
Okinawa
Aomori
Fukui
Akita
Yamaguchi
Wakayama
Kagawa
IwateThe 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.
