CONCLUDED

Hatsu Basho
2019

Ryōgoku Kokugikan · 13-27 Jan · Tokyo

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

· lower divisions
‹Day 1›
· as of Day 1
54 rikishi
6th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
1
Azumahikari
· Tamanoi-beya · TokyoTokyo
2
Soga
· Futagoyama-beya · SaitamaSaitama
3
Teruju
· Isegahama-beya · AichiAichi
4
Masutenryu
· Chiganoura-beya · GunmaGunma
5
Kaishun
· Asakayama-beya · KyotoKyoto
6
Morita
· Futagoyama-beya · ChibaChiba
7
Matsuoka
· Hakkaku-beya · NaganoNagano
8
Matsuyama
· Dewanoumi-beya · OkinawaOkinawa
9
Yada
· Asahiyama-beya · MieMie
10
Yabuoka
· Futagoyama-beya · OsakaOsaka
11
Shimomura
· Sakaigawa-beya · OsakaOsaka
12
Denpoya
· Isegahama-beya · AomoriAomori
-
Tenei
· Takadagawa-beya · OsakaOsaka
-
Tsuyasato
· Minato-beya · SaitamaSaitama
-
Banshunada
· Onoe-beya · HyogoHyogo
-
Kinugawa
· Tamanoi-beya · SaitamaSaitama
-
Itakozakura
· Shikihide-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
-
Minami
· Tatsunami-beya · OkinawaOkinawa
-
-
Iwamoto
· Tamanoi-beya · HyogoHyogo
-
-
Shimakaze
· Oguruma-beya · OsakaOsaka
-
Satozakura
· Shikihide-beya · FukushimaFukushima
-
Wakakosuge
· Nishiiwa-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
-
Wakafujioka
· Nishiiwa-beya · OsakaOsaka
-
Sawaisamu
· Shikihide-beya · TokyoTokyo
-
Oju
· Naruto-beya · AomoriAomori
-
Sawanofuji
· Isegahama-beya · TokyoTokyo
-
Azumayama
· Tamanoi-beya · FukushimaFukushima
-
Tanaka
· Shikoroyama-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
-
Toya
· Tomozuna-beya · ChibaChiba
-
Kotosumida
· Sadogatake-beya · GifuGifu
-
Daishiryu
· Kise-beya · TokyoTokyo
-
Daiseiho
· Shibatayama-beya · OsakaOsaka
-
Terunohana
· Isegahama-beya · FukushimaFukushima
-
Okuniasahi
· Asahiyama-beya · TokyoTokyo
-
Roga
· Futagoyama-beya · 🇲🇳Mongolia
-
Yuriki
· Tokiwayama-beya · TokyoTokyo
-
Narumi
· Onomatsu-beya · AomoriAomori
-
Hamasu
· Onoe-beya · TokyoTokyo
-
Daigonishiki
· Takasago-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
-
Watai
· Chiganoura-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
43
Hayasaka
· Tokitsukaze-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
44
Yamashita
· Hanaregoma-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
45
Moriurara
· Otake-beya · ChibaChiba
46
Shimizu
· Musashigawa-beya · NaganoNagano
47
Sekizukayama
· Tagonoura-beya · AichiAichi
48
Hayatonishiki
· Asahiyama-beya · HiroshimaHiroshima
49
Houn
· Minezaki-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
50
Matsugashima
· Takadagawa-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
51
Shishimaru
· Tagonoura-beya · TokyoTokyo
52
Hanashi
· Musashigawa-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
53
Daitenma
· Hakkaku-beya · 🇲🇳Mongolia
54
Hattorizakura
· Shikihide-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
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.