★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Chiyootori Yuki
Makushita: Tosayutaka Yuya
Sandanme: Hochiyama Kokan
Jonidan: Keitenkai Kosei
Jonokuchi: Kotoninsei Atsushi
Day in review
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Hochiyama won the playoff against Baraki to take the yūshō.
Sandanme · as of Day 1
200 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Yamaguchi
Kochi
Aomori
Aichi
Saga
Oita
Kumamoto
Niigata
Osaka
Miyagi
Fukuoka
Ibaraki
Tokyo
Saitama
Shizuoka
Wakayama
Kanagawa
Nagasaki
Chiba
Kagoshima
Akita
Fukushima
Hokkaido
Hyogo
Kagawa
Miyazaki
Hiroshima
Yamagata
Shimane
Okinawa
Ishikawa
Tochigi
Yamanashi
Gunma
Gifu
Mie
Nagano
Nara
Kyoto
Fukui
Ehime
TokushimaThe 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.
