★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Shodai Naoya
Makushita: Shiden Takumi
Sandanme: Kirishima Tetsuo
Jonidan: Haguroho Ryuji
Jonokuchi: Kotohayato Yoshiaki
Sandanme · as of Day 14
200 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Yamagata
Kumamoto
Saitama
Kagoshima
Nagasaki
Fukuoka
Ibaraki
Aichi
Saga
Tokyo
Nagano
Niigata
Kanagawa
Tochigi
Hiroshima
Miyagi
Okinawa
Fukushima
Oita
Gifu
Shizuoka
Hyogo
Wakayama
Yamanashi
Gunma
Osaka
Aomori
Okayama
Yamaguchi
Ishikawa
Kochi
Akita
Iwate
Shimane
Kagawa
Fukui
Kyoto
Chiba
Miyazaki
Tokushima
Toyama
Hokkaido
TottoriThe 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.
