CONCLUDED

Aki Basho
2012

Ryōgoku Kokugikan · 9-23 Sept · Tokyo

Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.

· lower divisions
‹Day 15›
· final standings
41 rikishi
6th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
1
Sotenryu
· Shikoroyama-beya · AichiAichi
2
Kasugasato
· Oitekaze-beya · AichiAichi
3
Sasano
· Shikoroyama-beya · SaitamaSaitama
4
Ichifuji
· Isegahama-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
5
6
Higohikari
· Kise-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
7
8
Kotoomura
· Sadogatake-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
9
Nakano
· Hakkaku-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
10
Haruminato
· Minato-beya · GunmaGunma
11
12
Sadanohana
· Sakaigawa-beya · TokyoTokyo
13
Kasachikara
· Nishonoseki-beya · AichiAichi
14
Kozakura
· Tatsunami-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
15
Takahashi
· Kokonoe-beya · AkitaAkita
16
Wakatoohashi
· Shikihide-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
17
Fukukasuga
· Kasugayama-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
18
Chibahibiki
· Shikihide-beya · ChibaChiba
19
Daishohama
· Oitekaze-beya · HyogoHyogo
20
Azumayama
· Tamanoi-beya · FukushimaFukushima
21
Komatsu
· Kise-beya · AichiAichi
22
Miyakojima
· Shibatayama-beya · OsakaOsaka
23
Mihamaumi
· Tamanoi-beya · ChibaChiba
24
Dewadaiki
· Dewanoumi-beya · NiigataNiigata
25
Moriurara
· Otake-beya · ChibaChiba
26
Kotouruga
· Sadogatake-beya · NaganoNagano
27
Shikinokawa
· Shikihide-beya · TokyoTokyo
28
Sadaisamu
· Sakaigawa-beya · SaitamaSaitama
29
Teraoryu
· Shikoroyama-beya · OsakaOsaka
30
Yamada
· Oguruma-beya · ChibaChiba
31
Rikiyushi
· Minezaki-beya · OsakaOsaka
-
Daihishu
· Naruto-beya · NagasakiNagasaki
-
Asatsurugi
· Takasago-beya · SaitamaSaitama
-
Hamaobu
· Onoe-beya · AichiAichi
-
Tochifudo
· Kasugano-beya · SaitamaSaitama
-
Hara
· Tagonoura-beya · SaitamaSaitama
-
Takaisamu
· Takanohana-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
-
Arishima
· Michinoku-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
-
Miyazawa
· Minato-beya · NiigataNiigata
-
Okawara
· Azumazeki-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
41
Okino
· Hakkaku-beya · HiroshimaHiroshima
The venue
Hosts Hatsu, Natsu, Aki
Tokyo
Ryōgoku Kokugikan両国国技館
Tōkyō-to · capacity 11,098
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Ryōgoku is sumo's historical heart - the surrounding Sumida-ku neighbourhood has been home to stables, retired rikishi, and chankonabe restaurants for over a century. The current Kokugikan opened in 1985, hosts three of the six annual bashos, and houses the (free) Sumo Museum on the ground floor. The roof of the arena is modelled on a Shintō shrine.

Near the arena
Local specialties
  • Chankonabe↗ちゃんこ鍋 - The calorie-dense stew rikishi live on - many former-rikishi-run restaurants in Ryōgoku serve it.
  • Monjayaki↗もんじゃ焼き - Tokyo's loose, savoury cousin to okonomiyaki. Best on Tsukishima Island, two stops south.
  • Edomae sushi↗江戸前寿司 - Tokyo-style sushi, originated in the bay. Toyosu and Tsukiji markets are nearby.
Getting there: JR Sōbu line to Ryōgoku Station - the Kokugikan is directly across the road from the west exit.