A dohyō (土俵, Japanese pronunciation: [doçoː]) is the space in which a sumo wrestling bout occurs. A typical dohyō is a circle made of partially buried...

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 (Japanese: 還暦土俵入り) is a ring-entering ceremony (dohyō-iri) performed by a former yokozuna in celebration of his...

best have a separate ring entry ceremony (dohyō-iri) from the remaining top division wrestlers. The dohyō-iri is a ceremonial presentation of all the...

him forward down to the dohyō. Tsukiotoshi (突き落とし, "thrust down") is achieved through twisting the opponent down to the dohyō by forcing the arms on the...

temples. The roof over the dohyō called yakata originally represented the sky for the purpose of emphasizing the sacred nature of dohyō, which symbolizes the...

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...

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 Japanese film directed by...

professional wrestlers wear a keshō-mawashi as part of the ring entry ceremony or dohyō-iri. For top ranked professional rikishi (known as sekitori), the mawashi...

one of the two attendants that accompany a yokozuna when he performs his dohyō-iri or ring entrance ceremony. The other attendant is called the tachimochi...

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...

Makuuchi dohyō-iri...

for the sake of money. The name of the series was chosen to represent the dohyō, a place where wrestlers bet on their future and which is forbidden to outsiders...

yokozuna. He was a popular wrestler and was nicknamed the "Devil of the Dohyō" (土俵の鬼, Dohyō no Oni) due to his great fighting spirit and endurance. Wakanohana's...

decision, then he raises his hand and the five of them climb into the ring, or dohyō to hold a mono-ii. A mono-ii (of the shimpan only) can in principle also...

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...

their stable. Kanreki dohyō-iri ceremonies, where former yokozuna celebrate their sixtieth birthday during a particular yokozuna dohyō-iri ceremony, are also...

circle". The term "ringside seat" dates as far back as the 1860s. Ring girl Dohyō Octagon (mixed martial arts) Transactions -Illuminating Engineering Society...

the certification of a champion to perform the entrance ceremony on the dohyō, eventually came to designate the wrestler himself. Yokozuna was not considered...

then, yokozuna was merely a licence given to certain ōzeki to perform the dohyō-iri ceremony. It was not always the strongest ōzeki but those with the most...

wrestlers, "I will give you one bale of rice if you can walk around the dohyō shouldering me." A boy, who had not made his debut in professional sumo...

Ringside judges convene a mono-ii in the center of the ring (dohyō) to discuss a ruling or call. The judges are dressed in their personal kimono....

stepping up slightly, letting them know they are out-of-bounds. sumo ring (dohyō), sand ring Fenced area (generically referred to as a "cage") Can be round...

he was promoted to yokozuna for the July tournament. During his yokozuna dohyō-iri at the Meiji Shrine in 1987, Hokutoumi unusually used a set of personal...

Anniversary of Emperor Meiji's Birthday Kisenosato performing his first yokozuna dohyō-iri at the Meiji Shrine In front of Ichino Torii (photographed on October...

one of the two attendants that accompany a yokozuna when he performs his dohyō-iri, or ring entrance ceremony. The other attendant is called the tsuyuharai...

will have emergency medical technicians permanently stationed near the dohyō. The measures build on first aid procedures that were strengthened after...

they were promoted. He performed his inaugural ring-entering ceremony (dohyō-iri) at the Meiji Shrine (in the lesser-used Shiranui style) on 1 June....

Tanikaze was the first to receive a yokozuna licence and perform the yokozuna dohyo-iri and so is often regarded as the first "real" yokozuna. Glossary of sumo...

ceremonies. Women are not allowed to enter or touch the sumo wrestling ring (dohyō), a tradition stemming from Shinto and Buddhist beliefs that women are "impure"...