★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Sadanofuji Akihiro
Makushita: Nishikigi Tetsuya
Sandanme: Takageppo Masatada
Jonidan: Asakoki Yuki
Jonokuchi: Masutoo Akira
Jonidan · as of Day 4
200 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Akita
Aichi
Yamaguchi
Fukuoka
Ehime
Shiga
Chiba
Kagoshima
Tokyo
Shizuoka
Saitama
Yamanashi
Miyagi
Miyazaki
Nagano
Kanagawa
Hyogo
Osaka
Okinawa
Ishikawa
Nagasaki
Hokkaido
Kagawa
Hiroshima
Fukushima
Yamagata
Tochigi
Gunma
Kumamoto
Gifu
Ibaraki
Niigata
Kyoto
Iwate
Saga
Mie
Aomori
Kochi
Shimane
Tokushima
Fukui
ToyamaThe 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.
