★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
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
Playoff
Tied at 11–4, Kaisei won the 4-way playoff against Toyohibiki, Tochinowaka and Takayasu to take the yūshō.
Jūryō · as of Day 9
28 rikishi
2nd Division - Professional Division
15 bouts per basho - salaried
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Chiba
Saitama
Aichi
Yamaguchi
Fukushima
Kumamoto
Ibaraki
Hiroshima
Aomori
Tokyo
Hokkaido
Kagoshima
Oita
Nagasaki
Kochi
OkinawaThe 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.
