★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Midorifuji Kazunari
Makushita: Ryuko Kawakami
Sandanme: Hokuseiho Osamu
Jonidan: Oshoumi Seiya
Jonokuchi: Nogami Goki
Day in review
Sandanme · final standings
200 rikishi
4th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Hokkaido
Tokyo
Okayama
Aichi
Chiba
Kumamoto
Osaka
Kyoto
Hyogo
Fukuoka
Aomori
Oita
Ehime
Yamagata
Kanagawa
Saitama
Tochigi
Saga
Shizuoka
Gunma
Miyazaki
Toyama
Gifu
Niigata
Akita
Nagasaki
Nara
Kagoshima
Hiroshima
Fukushima
Ibaraki
Ishikawa
Nagano
Kochi
Fukui
Kagawa
Mie
Iwate
Okinawa
Yamanashi
Tottori
Yamaguchi
Miyagi
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.
