★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
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
Sandanme · as of Day 8
200 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Yamagata
Fukuoka
Tokyo
Osaka
Hyogo
Aichi
Gunma
Ishikawa
Kagoshima
Hiroshima
Tochigi
Chiba
Shimane
Shiga
Mie
Saitama
Oita
Ibaraki
Kochi
Kanagawa
Saga
Gifu
Miyagi
Kumamoto
Fukushima
Akita
Iwate
Okinawa
Niigata
Fukui
Wakayama
Yamaguchi
Aomori
Nagasaki
Yamanashi
Nara
Kyoto
Nagano
Tokushima
Ehime
Hokkaido
Miyazaki
Shizuoka
Okayama
KagawaThe 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.
