★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Ikioi Shota
Makushita: Sensho Hideki
Sandanme: Jokoryu Takayuki
Jonidan: Wakayama Satoshi
Jonokuchi: Ikeru Kenta
Jonidan · as of Day 10
206 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Tokyo
Okinawa
Hiroshima
Kanagawa
Oita
Mie
Hyogo
Fukuoka
Gifu
Shizuoka
Osaka
Kagoshima
Miyazaki
Gunma
Chiba
Yamaguchi
Yamagata
Aichi
Nagasaki
Hokkaido
Ehime
Akita
Saga
Kumamoto
Saitama
Fukushima
Kagawa
Tochigi
Kochi
Miyagi
Nagano
Aomori
Ishikawa
Shiga
Ibaraki
Fukui
Wakayama
Shimane
Tokushima
Yamanashi
Kyoto
Niigata
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.
