★ 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 9
200 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Tokyo
Kumamoto
Hiroshima
Nagano
Fukushima
Aichi
Saga
Ibaraki
Nagasaki
Saitama
Kagoshima
Fukuoka
Okinawa
Niigata
Yamanashi
Tochigi
Yamagata
Ishikawa
Kanagawa
Hyogo
Wakayama
Shimane
Miyagi
Osaka
Kagawa
Oita
Kochi
Akita
Chiba
Iwate
Gifu
Aomori
Okayama
Miyazaki
Yamaguchi
Shizuoka
Gunma
Kyoto
Tokushima
Fukui
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.
