A yobidashi (呼出 or 呼び出し, lit. 'call'), often translated in English as "usher", "ring attendant", or "ring announcer", is an employee of the Japan Sumo...

professional sumo, a new dohyō is built prior to each tournament by the yobidashi (ring attendants), who are responsible for this activity. The process...

in order to purify himself prior to a bout. The water is prepared by a yobidashi that draws water from the bucket with a ladle and hands it to the winning...

oshi-zumō (押し相撲). The dohyō, which is constructed and maintained by the yobidashi, consists of a raised pedestal on which a circle 4.55 m (14.9 ft) in diameter...

with no courtesans in these roles in Yoshiwara, for 30 years: Tayū Kōshi Yobidashi Tsukemawarashi Sancha Tsukemawarashi Zashikimochi In 1761, the last tayū...

Zeno!" Transliteration: "Son Gokū ni aitai no ne – Zenō-sama kara no yobidashi!" (Japanese: 孫悟空に会いたいのね 全王様からのよびだし!) Takao Iwai Atsuhiro Tomioka August 21...

real name Makoto Kimura) Jirō (san'yaku yobidashi, real name Kazuo Nishide) - to be promoted to tate-yobidashi in January 2024 Tokotakumi (fifth class...

Teruki (makuuchi yobidashi, real name Takahisa Kudō) Fujio (juryo yobidashi, real name Shinsuke Onodera) Teruya (makushita yobidashi, real name Daisuke...

Hashibira" (嘴平伊之助, Hashibira Inosuke) "Urgent Summons" (緊急の呼び出し, Kinkyū no Yobidashi) "Mount Natagumo" (那田蜘蛛山, Natagumo Yama) "Marionettes" (操り人形, Ayatsuri...

(high-ranking courtesans), oiran, yarite (older chaperones for an oiran), and the yobidashi who replaced the tayū when they were priced out of the market.[citation...