★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Ichiyamamoto Daiki
Makushita: Ryuden Goshi
Sandanme: Kinbozan Haruki
Jonidan: Yurikisho Ikki
Jonokuchi: Higonoumi Taro
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Yurikisho won the playoff against Kaiho to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 8
206 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Hyogo
Kanagawa
Gifu
Tokyo
Mie
Aichi
Osaka
Kagoshima
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Kyoto
Saitama
Fukushima
Fukuoka
Niigata
Kumamoto
Akita
Hokkaido
Yamanashi
Fukui
Shizuoka
Tokushima
Saga
Miyagi
Kochi
Gunma
Ehime
Ibaraki
Okayama
Yamagata
Wakayama
Ishikawa
Chiba
Nagano
Aomori
Tochigi
Oita
Iwate
Yamaguchi
Okinawa
Miyazaki
Toyama
ShimaneThe 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.
