<div dir="ltr">Moti<div><br></div><div>Gaijingai<br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Moti Dichne</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:niramiai@gmail.com">niramiai@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 3:33 PM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - The Yobidashi<br>To: Sumo Newsletter2 <<a href="mailto:sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com">sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br><span style="color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">More from ex- Tenkaihou, this time explaining the roles of a yobidashi on his YouTube channel, "Minami no Gotchan Channel.""Before a rikishi steps onto the dohyo, they call out the his shikona. On the dohyo, they open a fan and call out, 'East, something (ring name),' 'West, something,' and then the rikishi steps onto the dohyo." He continued, "These people don't just call out the shikonae. They also build the dohyo. Not just in Ryogoku (Kokugikan), but all sumo heyas have their dohyos built by yobidashi." He then added, "When they step onto the dohyo, they have to raise their voice quite a bit, and must take good care of their throat. Maybe because they're always using their voices (probably..), I have the impression that many of them are good singers (well...). They're incredibly good singers (a few, sure..). They have amazing voices that carry well." He then revealed a surprising "special talent" of theirs. "When I was working at the Kyokai, I once did a project where I would ask the yobidashi, 'Which rikishi have names that are difficult to pronounce?'" he asked "Some said that Wakatakakage was difficult to pronounce. I had a classmate named Tochinowaka, whose initial shikona was just one character. His real name was Ri. A yobidashi said it was difficult to pronounce. Like, 'Riiiiiiii.' You have to use intonation. And then there's Nishikigi. All of his syllables end with the vowel 'i'."</span>
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