Re: Re: [SUMO lite] Yobidashi names

[Oh Sumo <OhSumo@aol.com>]

Another way to find out yobidashi names, or any names of the men in the sumo
world is that NHK and Van-Van both publish 'year books' once a year, NHK
around July, Van-Van around Dec, that lists everyone, from oyakatas through
rikishi through gyoji, yobidashi, toshiyori (and I probably am forgetting some
category but you get the point), ANYWAY with patience you can find anyone and
their name, and some other info.  And there's either furigana or a place to
look up the furigana for the kanji.  Goes without saying that it's all in
Japanese...

In a message dated 4/9/98 10:42:49 AM, jz8d-smmn@asahi-net.or.jp wrote:

>These are junior yobidashi (their duty, by the way, is called 'mizu-suke' -
>'water-bucket') who have already done their duty of calling the bouts one
>or two hours before. This public exposure is their first really exciting
>job, the one that shows them and their families that they have really
>arrived. But because they are young and unimportant, their names are not
>announced - except in the English commentaries, when I am on - because I
>know them all and I am delighted to tell the world who they are!