★ Makuuchi yūshō
YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashiraJūryō
Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.
Yūshō · lower divisions
Playoff
Tied at 7–0, Ryuho won the playoff against Kakueizan to take the yūshō.
Jonidan · as of Day 9
204 rikishi
5th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
Rank
W-L
Status
Kumamoto
Toyama
Kyoto
Chiba
Osaka
Kanagawa
Yamaguchi
Nagano
Aomori
Fukuoka
Niigata
Iwate
Okinawa
Nagasaki
Shizuoka
Wakayama
Kagawa
Oita
Hokkaido
Tokyo
Gifu
Aichi
Saitama
Kagoshima
Nara
Ehime
Tottori
Shimane
Hyogo
Akita
Ishikawa
Tokushima
Tochigi
Ibaraki
Okayama
Hiroshima
Miyagi
Mie
Miyazaki
Kochi
Fukushima
Yamanashi
Saga
Gunma
YamagataThe 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.