★ 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
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Ryuden won the playoff against Daishoko to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 9
194 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Aichi
Tokyo
Yamanashi
Aomori
Hyogo
Osaka
Kochi
Kanagawa
Chiba
Miyazaki
Nagano
Fukuoka
Toyama
Kagoshima
Nagasaki
Niigata
Kagawa
Hokkaido
Gunma
Hiroshima
Yamagata
Tokushima
Kyoto
Mie
Saitama
Kumamoto
Shimane
Gifu
Ehime
Ibaraki
Saga
Fukushima
Shiga
Ishikawa
Tottori
Tochigi
Okinawa
Fukui
Shizuoka
Miyagi
Wakayama
YamaguchiThe 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.
