★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Kaisei Ichiro
Makushita: Myogiryu Yasunari
Sandanme: Aozora Daichi
Jonidan: Isshinryu Tasuke
Jonokuchi: Hokutokuni Hideaki
Day in review
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Aozora won the playoff against Wakakengo to take the yūshō.
Sandanme · as of Day 1
200 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Aichi
Miyagi
Osaka
Kanagawa
Kagoshima
Gifu
Kumamoto
Hiroshima
Saitama
Tochigi
Chiba
Shizuoka
Kochi
Wakayama
Oita
Tokyo
Aomori
Gunma
Fukuoka
Niigata
Hyogo
Nagasaki
Hokkaido
Ehime
Nagano
Ibaraki
Saga
Miyazaki
Mie
Fukui
Ishikawa
Fukushima
Shimane
Tokushima
Yamaguchi
Shiga
Yamanashi
Yamagata
KyotoThe 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.
