- A
dohyō (土俵, ****anese pronunciation: [doçoː]) is the
space in
which a sumo
wrestling bout occurs. A
typical dohyō is a
circle made of
partially buried...
- not used
during the
matches themselves, but is worn
during the yokozuna's
dohyō-iri ring
entrance ceremony. As of
January 2025, a
total of 74 sumo wrestlers...
- Agari-zashiki (揚座敷) The
raised part of a
stable training room (keikoba) next to the
dohyō on
which the
oyakata and any
guests sit to
observe training.
Akeni (明荷)...
- In sumo wrestling, a
kanreki dohyō-iri (****anese: 還暦土俵入り) is a ring-entering
ceremony (
dohyō-iri)
performed by a
former yokozuna in
celebration of his...
-
known as kami. In
modern times, the
canopy over the sumo ring,
called the
dohyō, is
reminiscent of a
Shinto shrine, the
officiator is
dressed in garb very...
-
rikishi (wrestler)
attempts to
force his
opponent out of a
circular ring (
dohyō) or into
touching the
ground with any body part
other than the
soles of...
- the opponent's legs to the
outside and
thrusts or
twists him down to the
dohyō.
Kirikaeshi (切り返し, "twisting
backward knee trip") is a
kimarite in which...
- ceremonies.
Women are not
allowed to
enter or
touch the sumo
wrestling ring (
dohyō).
Despite this,
women sumo
wrestlers have
existed through history and exist...
-
Wakanohana monogatari dohyō no oni (若ノ花物語 土俵の鬼, lit."Wakanohana: the
Story of
Devil of the
Dohyō") is a 1956 black-and-white ****anese film
directed by...
- for the sake of money. The name of the
series was
chosen to
represent the
dohyō, a
place where wrestlers bet on
their ****ure and
which is
forbidden to outsiders...
