CONCLUDED

Hatsu Basho
2013

Ryōgoku Kokugikan · 13-27 Jan · Tokyo

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

· lower divisions
‹Day 2›
· as of Day 2
29 rikishi
6th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
1
Toseima
· Tamanoi-beya · FukushimaFukushima
2
3
Azumahana
· Hanaregoma-beya · TokyoTokyo
4
Moriurara
· Otake-beya · ChibaChiba
5
Issei
· Shikoroyama-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
6
Wakatoohashi
· Shikihide-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
7
Daishohama
· Oitekaze-beya · HyogoHyogo
8
Wakayamanaka
· Hanaregoma-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
9
Yamada
· Oguruma-beya · ChibaChiba
10
Rikiyushi
· Minezaki-beya · OsakaOsaka
11
Tamao
· Kataonami-beya · KochiKochi
12
Chikarayama
· Arashio-beya · TokyoTokyo
13
Sato
· Tamanoi-beya · ChibaChiba
-
Ikeru
· Onomatsu-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
-
Kagawa
· Miyagino-beya · OsakaOsaka
-
Arishima
· Michinoku-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
17
Tamashinzan
· Kataonami-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
18
19
Komatsu
· Kise-beya · AichiAichi
20
Mihamaumi
· Tamanoi-beya · ChibaChiba
21
Shikinokawa
· Shikihide-beya · TokyoTokyo
22
Azumahikari
· Tamanoi-beya · TokyoTokyo
23
Azumayama
· Tamanoi-beya · FukushimaFukushima
24
25
Kotouruga
· Sadogatake-beya · NaganoNagano
26
Sadaisamu
· Sakaigawa-beya · SaitamaSaitama
27
Okino
· Hakkaku-beya · HiroshimaHiroshima
28
Kitanomine
· Hakkaku-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
29
Miyamoto
· Tagonoura-beya · TokyoTokyo
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.