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    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...
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    professional sumo, a new dohyō is built prior to each tournament by the yobidashi (ring attendants), who are responsible for this activity. The process...
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    Teruki (makuuchi yobidashi, real name Takahisa Kudō) Fujio (juryo yobidashi, real name Shinsuke Onodera) Teruya (makushita yobidashi, real name Daisuke...
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  • 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...
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    Tasuke (jūryō yobidashi, real name Taisuke Kominami) Sōichi (makushita yobidashi, real name Sōichi Takahashi) Hiromasa (jonokuchi yobidashi, real name Hiromasa...
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    1994 Best Actor We Are Not Alone Won 1996 Sharaku East Meets West Kinkyu yobidashi - Emâjenshî kôru Won 2006 Aegis Won Camerimage 2024 Best Performance in...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    (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...
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    Katsuyuki (san'yaku yobidashi, real name Katsuyuki Koyama) - to be promoted to fuku-tate-yobidashi in January 2024 Keisukei (juryo yobidashi, real name Daisuke...
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