★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Tokitenku Yoshiaki
Makushita: Higoarashi Yuta
Sandanme: Tennozan Kai
Jonidan: Ryuden Goshi
Jonokuchi: Takakeisho Takanobu
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Ryuden won the playoff against Daishoko to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 6
194 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Tokyo
Yamanashi
Hyogo
Aomori
Niigata
Fukuoka
Nagano
Osaka
Gunma
Kochi
Kanagawa
Gifu
Toyama
Aichi
Chiba
Nagasaki
Shimane
Mie
Fukushima
Kagoshima
Saitama
Kagawa
Miyazaki
Shiga
Hokkaido
Kumamoto
Hiroshima
Tokushima
Ishikawa
Tochigi
Yamagata
Ehime
Ibaraki
Tottori
Saga
Kyoto
Okinawa
Shizuoka
Miyagi
Wakayama
Yamaguchi
FukuiThe 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.
