CONCLUDED

Aki Basho
2013

Ryōgoku Kokugikan · 15-29 Sept · Tokyo

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

· lower divisions
: Kihonoumi Yuki
: Tenichi Toshiya
: Abi Masatora
: Keitenkai Kosei
‹Day 2›
· as of Day 2
43 rikishi
6th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
1
2
Mihamaumi
· Tamanoi-beya · ChibaChiba
3
Kotomanabe
· Sadogatake-beya · AichiAichi
4
Takaseiryu
· Takanohana-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
5
Ogata
· Kasugano-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
6
Komatsu
· Kise-beya · AichiAichi
7
8
Rikiyushi
· Minezaki-beya · OsakaOsaka
9
Higohikari
· Kise-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
10
Okamoto
· Musashigawa-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
11
Teruju
· Isegahama-beya · AichiAichi
12
Yato
· Michinoku-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
13
Keitenkai
· Onomatsu-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
14
Imafuku
· Hanaregoma-beya · KyotoKyoto
15
Kainowaka
· Oshima-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
16
Sakae
· Sakaigawa-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
17
Hiroshima
· Fujishima-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
18
Koike
· Shikoroyama-beya · NiigataNiigata
19
Musashikuni
· Musashigawa-beya · U.S.A.
20
Ryuki
· Michinoku-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
-
Kaishun
· Tomozuna-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
-
Kotoninsei
· Sadogatake-beya · TokyoTokyo
-
Ito
· Matsugane-beya · ChibaChiba
24
Kotouruga
· Sadogatake-beya · NaganoNagano
25
Moriurara
· Otake-beya · ChibaChiba
26
Miyamoto
· Tagonoura-beya · TokyoTokyo
27
28
Katayama
· Dewanoumi-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
29
Okino
· Hakkaku-beya · HiroshimaHiroshima
30
Sakai
· Tagonoura-beya · AichiAichi
31
Kaikoki
· Tomozuna-beya · AichiAichi
32
Momochizakura
· Shikihide-beya · TokyoTokyo
33
Sadaisamu
· Sakaigawa-beya · SaitamaSaitama
34
Sekizuka
· Tagonoura-beya · AichiAichi
35
Azumayama
· Tamanoi-beya · FukushimaFukushima
36
Azumasho
· Tamanoi-beya · FukushimaFukushima
37
Sakaefuji
· Sakaigawa-beya · TokyoTokyo
38
Hakubizan
· Isegahama-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
39
Komatsukasa
· Irumagawa-beya · NaganoNagano
40
Uno
· Hakkaku-beya · ShimaneShimane
41
Wakasato
· Hanaregoma-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
42
Mochizuki
· Azumazeki-beya · TochigiTochigi
43
Terumichi
· Isegahama-beya · AichiAichi
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.