★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
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
Playoff
Tied at 6–1, Sensho won the 8-way playoff against Amuru, Chiyootori, Chokozan, Higonojo, Shosei, Takanoiwa and Okinofuji to take the yūshō.
Makushita · as of Day 12
120 rikishi
3rd Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Fukuoka
Kagoshima
Kumamoto
Ishikawa
Tokyo
Shimane
Aomori
Aichi
Ehime
Fukushima
Okayama
Kagawa
Kochi
Nagasaki
Iwate
Miyazaki
Osaka
Hiroshima
Hokkaido
Mie
Hyogo
Shizuoka
Yamanashi
Yamagata
Okinawa
Saitama
Akita
Miyagi
Kanagawa
Saga
Niigata
Ibaraki
Wakayama
Yamaguchi
Gunma
OitaThe 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.
