In professional sumo, the tsuyuharai (Japanese: 露払い, literally "dew sweeper") is one of the two attendants that accompany a yokozuna when he performs his...

with two being worn by his wrestler "assistants" (his tachimochi and tsuyuharai) during his ring entrance ceremony. In the Edo period, the keshō-mawashi...

event on YouTube. Stablemates Terutsuyoshi and Takarafuji served as the tsuyuharai (dew sweeper) and tachimochi (sword bearer), respectively, and Terunofuji...

were his attendants, with Hakuhō the tachimochi and Harumafuji acting as tsuyuharai. Chiyonofuji announced his engagement shortly after his fifth tournament...

by two other top division wrestler "assistants". The "dewsweeper" or tsuyuharai precedes the yokozuna, while the "sword bearer" or tachimochi follows...

dohyō-iri, or ring entrance ceremony. The other attendant is called the tsuyuharai. During the ceremony, the tachimochi will follow the yokozuna, carrying...

two students, Okinoumi, as tachimochi (sword-bearer), and Hokutofuji as tsuyuharai (dew sweeper). For the event Hokutoumi also chose to wear the keshō-mawashi...

former ōzeki Shōdai and newly-promoted ōzeki Kirishima serving as the tsuyuharai (dew sweeper) and tachimochi (sword bearer), respectively. Some 380 people...

unable to follow the tradition of having one serve as his tachimochi and tsuyuharai for the event. Asahifuji has remained in the sumo world as a coach. He...

Takakeishō and sekiwake Hōshōryū, serving as the tachimochi (sword bearer) and tsuyuharai (dew sweeper) respectively, Hakuhō performed his last yokozuna dohyō-iri...

with two attendants, the tachimochi (太刀持ち) or sword carrier, and the tsuyuharai (露払い) or dew sweeper. Dohyō matsuri (土俵祭) 'Ring Festival'. A Shinto ceremony...

Fighting Spirit Award. He was also given the honour of serving as Hakuhō's tsuyuharai, or dew sweeper, during the yokozuna's ring entering ceremony. He was...

from his Azumazeki stable to achieve this feat. In September he acted as tsuyuharai ("dew-sweeper", an honorary attendant) in stablemate Yokozuna Akebono's...

is also responsible for leading the wrestlers into the ring before the tsuyuharai (the wrestler preceding the yokozuna). Normally, the tate-gyōji presides...

great deal of advice from Kakuryū. He also expressed his desire to be tsuyuharai at Kakuryū's ring-entering ceremony if he managed to be promoted to makuuchi...

Takakeishō and sekiwake Hōshōryū serving as the tachimochi (sword bearer) and tsuyuharai (dew sweeper), respectively. About 300 people take turns to cut the ōichōmage...

division after the January 1990 tournament. Koboyama served regularly as the tsuyuharai to Chiyonofuji for the yokozuna's dohyo-iri ceremony, even though the...

Ajigawa (former sekiwake Aminishiki) and yokozuna Harumafuji, served as his tsuyuharai and tachimochi, respectively. The ceremony had been delayed for over a...