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 3›
· as of Day 3
29 rikishi
6th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
1
Sato
· Tamanoi-beya · ChibaChiba
2
Toseima
· Tamanoi-beya · FukushimaFukushima
3
4
Azumahana
· Hanaregoma-beya · TokyoTokyo
5
Moriurara
· Otake-beya · ChibaChiba
6
Issei
· Shikoroyama-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
7
Wakatoohashi
· Shikihide-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
8
Daishohama
· Oitekaze-beya · HyogoHyogo
9
Wakayamanaka
· Hanaregoma-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
10
Yamada
· Oguruma-beya · ChibaChiba
11
Rikiyushi
· Minezaki-beya · OsakaOsaka
12
Tamao
· Kataonami-beya · KochiKochi
13
Chikarayama
· Arashio-beya · TokyoTokyo
14
15
Mihamaumi
· Tamanoi-beya · ChibaChiba
16
Azumahikari
· Tamanoi-beya · TokyoTokyo
17
Kotouruga
· Sadogatake-beya · NaganoNagano
18
Sadaisamu
· Sakaigawa-beya · SaitamaSaitama
-
Ikeru
· Onomatsu-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
-
Kagawa
· Miyagino-beya · OsakaOsaka
-
Arishima
· Michinoku-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
22
Miyamoto
· Tagonoura-beya · TokyoTokyo
23
Tamashinzan
· Kataonami-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
24
Komatsu
· Kise-beya · AichiAichi
25
Shikinokawa
· Shikihide-beya · TokyoTokyo
26
Azumayama
· Tamanoi-beya · FukushimaFukushima
27
28
Okino
· Hakkaku-beya · HiroshimaHiroshima
29
Kitanomine
· Hakkaku-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
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.