CONCLUDED

Aki Basho
2016

Ryōgoku Kokugikan · 11-25 Sept · Tokyo

Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.

· lower divisions
‹Day 15›
· final standings
59 rikishi
6th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
1
Masunoyama
· Tokiwayama-beya · ChibaChiba
2
Sakaguchi
· Sakaigawa-beya · NagasakiNagasaki
3
Umeno
· Sakaigawa-beya · NagasakiNagasaki
4
Ikeru
· Onomatsu-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
5
Azumanami
· Tamanoi-beya · FukushimaFukushima
6
Kinjo
· Kokonoe-beya · HyogoHyogo
7
Tsugaruumi
· Tamanoi-beya · ChibaChiba
8
Asashiomoto
· Takasago-beya · OsakaOsaka
9
Hokutosato
· Hakkaku-beya · HiroshimaHiroshima
10
Tokio
· Isenoumi-beya · IwateIwate
11
Reon
· Shikihide-beya · ChibaChiba
12
Yamashita
· Hanaregoma-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
13
Urutora
· Shikihide-beya · TochigiTochigi
14
Ezuka
· Shikihide-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
15
Imai
· Shikihide-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
16
Asahinishiki
· Asahiyama-beya · ChibaChiba
17
Kenshin
· Sakaigawa-beya · NiigataNiigata
18
Asahimaru
· Asahiyama-beya · GunmaGunma
19
Mochizuki
· Otake-beya · YamanashiYamanashi
20
Kotomiyakura
· Sadogatake-beya · ShigaShiga
21
Azumahikari
· Tamanoi-beya · TokyoTokyo
22
Tochidaiho
· Kasugano-beya · AichiAichi
23
Asatatsuke
· Takasago-beya · HyogoHyogo
24
Shimakaze
· Oguruma-beya · OsakaOsaka
25
Chida
· Onomatsu-beya · IwateIwate
26
Kazunofuji
· Isegahama-beya · ToyamaToyama
27
Kotokobayashi
· Naruto-beya · YamanashiYamanashi
28
Higohikari
· Kise-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
29
Fukuda
· Kise-beya · TokyoTokyo
30
Kitasatsuma
· Chiganoura-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
31
Hanai
· Isenoumi-beya · KyotoKyoto
32
Wada
· Hakkaku-beya · AomoriAomori
33
Ose
· Oitekaze-beya · AichiAichi
34
Shunpo
· Shibatayama-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
35
Shironofuji
· Isegahama-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
36
Sawanofuji
· Isegahama-beya · TokyoTokyo
37
Yoshimoto
· Azumazeki-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
38
Kotoseigo
· Sadogatake-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
39
Fujihisashi
· Azumazeki-beya · AichiAichi
40
Miura
· Asakayama-beya · KyotoKyoto
41
Oatari
· Shikihide-beya · SaitamaSaitama
42
43
Teraowaka
· Shikoroyama-beya · HyogoHyogo
-
Kotokumazoe
· Sadogatake-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
-
Nakaoumi
· Dewanoumi-beya · OsakaOsaka
-
Teruju
· Isegahama-beya · AichiAichi
-
Kotokawai
· Sadogatake-beya · TokyoTokyo
-
Tokuda
· Musashigawa-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
-
Takeuchi
· Michinoku-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
-
Nishimura
· Musashigawa-beya · SaitamaSaitama
-
Matsunofuji
· Isegahama-beya · EhimeEhime
-
Kawamoto
· Miyagino-beya · HyogoHyogo
-
Sekino
· Shibatayama-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
-
Koseki
· Takanohana-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
-
Wakayama
· Onomatsu-beya · TokyoTokyo
-
Kotonawa
· Sadogatake-beya · KyotoKyoto
57
Hokutohomare
· Hakkaku-beya · FukushimaFukushima
58
Hattorizakura
· Shikihide-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
59
Kawaguchi
· Shikihide-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
The venue
Hosts Hatsu, Natsu, Aki
Tokyo
Ryōgoku Kokugikan両国国技館
Tōkyō-to · capacity 11,098
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Ryōgoku is sumo's historical heart - the surrounding Sumida-ku neighbourhood has been home to stables, retired rikishi, and chankonabe restaurants for over a century. The current Kokugikan opened in 1985, hosts three of the six annual bashos, and houses the (free) Sumo Museum on the ground floor. The roof of the arena is modelled on a Shintō shrine.

Near the arena
Local specialties
  • Chankonabe↗ちゃんこ鍋 - The calorie-dense stew rikishi live on - many former-rikishi-run restaurants in Ryōgoku serve it.
  • Monjayaki↗もんじゃ焼き - Tokyo's loose, savoury cousin to okonomiyaki. Best on Tsukishima Island, two stops south.
  • Edomae sushi↗江戸前寿司 - Tokyo-style sushi, originated in the bay. Toyosu and Tsukiji markets are nearby.
Getting there: JR Sōbu line to Ryōgoku Station - the Kokugikan is directly across the road from the west exit.