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- In professional sumo, the tachimochi (太刀持ち; lit.: sword carrier) is one of the two attendants that accompany a yokozuna when he performs his dohyō-iri...
- keshō-mawashi, with two being worn by his wrestler "****istants" (his tachimochi and tsuyuharai) during his ring entrance ceremony. In the Edo period,...
- bearer" or tachimochi follows him into the arena. The sword is a ****anese katana and symbolises the samurai status of the yokozuna. The tachimochi will always...
- dohyō-iri or ring entrance ceremony. The other attendant is called the tachimochi. During the ceremony, the tsuyuharai will precede the yokozuna into the...
- yokozuna to do so. Two active yokozuna were his attendants, with Hakuhō the tachimochi and Harumafuji acting as tsuyuharai. Chiyonofuji announced his engagement...
- so he was unable to follow the tradition of having one serve as his tachimochi and tsuyuharai for the event. Asahifuji has remained in the sumo world...
- attendants for the event, in the person of his two students, Okinoumi, as tachimochi (sword-bearer), and Hokutofuji as tsuyuharai (dew sweeper). For the event...
- newly-promoted ōzeki Kirishima serving as the tsuyuharai (dew sweeper) and tachimochi (sword bearer), respectively. Some 380 people took turns in cutting Kakuryū's...
- Terutsuyoshi and Takarafuji served as the tsuyuharai (dew sweeper) and tachimochi (sword bearer), respectively, and Terunofuji borrowed the tachi used for...
- the other). A yokozuna performs the ceremony with two attendants, the tachimochi (太刀持ち) or sword carrier, and the tsuyuharai (露払い) or dew sweeper. Dohyō...