Bonus video: Profile of the head Yobidashi
Added 2025-01-18 07:30:01 +0000 UTCFrom the Day 5 broadcast, here is a brief profile of the Tate Yobidashi.
Here is some info about yobidashi from Wikipedia:
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 Association, responsible for various tasks essential to the traditional running of professional sumo tournaments (honbasho) in Japan. The yobidashi are involved in building the dohyō (wrestling ring) or calling wrestlers (rikishi) to the ring when it is their turn to fight. They are also entrusted with other roles, both administrative and artistic, in the service of the stable to which they are attached.
Comments
Thank you, Jason. Always good to be informed of the 'support staff' responsibilities. I have been Yobidashi for Atarashii Naginata taikai at regional, US national and international (San Jose, 2003 & Montreal, 2015) levels. It is an important function, and I have passed on what I have been taught and learned to others. I surely appreciate this role in Ozumo.
Raymond Sosnowski
2025-01-19 06:55:29 +0000 UTCThankyou Jason , Wow takakasho looks so much better already . Looks like he lost 75 lbs
jhockenberry02
2025-01-18 18:49:52 +0000 UTCThanks for the cool video Jason!
IvanTheOkay
2025-01-18 18:13:49 +0000 UTCThanks Jason - interesting video. (Takakeisho looking about 10 years younger these days).
Barb
2025-01-18 10:50:08 +0000 UTC
