★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Juryo: Kotoshoho Yoshinari
Makushita: Satorufuji Teppei
Sandanme: Daishoryu Haruchika
Jonidan: Dairinzan Rin
Jonokuchi: Aonishiki Arata
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Dairinzan won the playoff against Shiroma to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 8
200 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Fukuoka
Okinawa
Tochigi
Aichi
Ehime
Kumamoto
Tokyo
Osaka
Gunma
Ibaraki
Nagano
Miyagi
Hiroshima
Kagawa
Yamanashi
Kagoshima
Yamaguchi
Gifu
Hyogo
Kanagawa
Niigata
Fukui
Toyama
Fukushima
Saitama
Iwate
Nara
Chiba
Tokushima
Okayama
Miyazaki
Nagasaki
Hokkaido
Shizuoka
Aomori
Ishikawa
Mie
Kochi
Wakayama
Yamagata
Kyoto
AkitaThe 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.