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 9›
· as of Day 9
29 rikishi
6th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
1
Tamao
· Kataonami-beya · KochiKochi
2
Arishima
· Michinoku-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
3
Wakayamanaka
· Hanaregoma-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
4
Wakatoohashi
· Shikihide-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
5
Sato
· Tamanoi-beya · ChibaChiba
6
Toseima
· Tamanoi-beya · FukushimaFukushima
7
Moriurara
· Otake-beya · ChibaChiba
8
Mihamaumi
· Tamanoi-beya · ChibaChiba
9
Issei
· Shikoroyama-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
10
Daishohama
· Oitekaze-beya · HyogoHyogo
11
Yamada
· Oguruma-beya · ChibaChiba
12
Chikarayama
· Arashio-beya · TokyoTokyo
13
Azumahana
· Hanaregoma-beya · TokyoTokyo
14
Komatsu
· Kise-beya · AichiAichi
15
Rikiyushi
· Minezaki-beya · OsakaOsaka
16
Sadaisamu
· Sakaigawa-beya · SaitamaSaitama
17
Kitanomine
· Hakkaku-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
18
Tamashinzan
· Kataonami-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
19
20
21
22
Kotouruga
· Sadogatake-beya · NaganoNagano
23
Azumahikari
· Tamanoi-beya · TokyoTokyo
24
Azumayama
· Tamanoi-beya · FukushimaFukushima
25
Miyamoto
· Tagonoura-beya · TokyoTokyo
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Ikeru
· Onomatsu-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
-
Kagawa
· Miyagino-beya · OsakaOsaka
28
Shikinokawa
· Shikihide-beya · TokyoTokyo
29
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.