★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Tomokaze Yuta
Makushita: Sokokurai Eikichi
Sandanme: Ura Kazuki
Jonidan: Tosamidori Kiyota
Jonokuchi: Hatooka Ryosuke
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Mitsuuchi won the playoff against Kotourasaki to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 5
216 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Aichi
Kochi
Kyoto
Hyogo
Shizuoka
Hokkaido
Miyagi
Tokushima
Kanagawa
Osaka
Nagasaki
Gifu
Tokyo
Niigata
Fukuoka
Yamagata
Nagano
Nara
Kagoshima
Ibaraki
Iwate
Mie
Fukushima
Chiba
Hiroshima
Okinawa
Akita
Kagawa
Miyazaki
Saitama
Tochigi
Ishikawa
Toyama
Ehime
Yamanashi
Kumamoto
Gunma
Yamaguchi
Wakayama
Aomori
Okayama
ShigaThe 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.
