In which sport do participants use a mawashi?
Mawashi rikishi may be given many of these "keshō-mawashi". "Yokozuna" have matching sets of three "keshō-mawashi", with two being worn by his wrestler "assistants" (his "tachimochi" and "tsuyuharai") during his ring entrance ceremony. In the Edo period the "keshō-mawashi" also served as the wrestler's fighting "mawashi". However, as the aprons become more ornate, eventually the two functions were split apart. In this period wrestlers were normally sponsored by feudal "daimyō" or overlords, whose clan crest would therefore appear on the "keshō-mawashi". Mawashi In sumo, a is the belt (loincloth) that the "rikishi" (or sumo wrestler) wears during training or in competition.
Mawashi are allowed to wear a second ceremonial "keshō-mawashi" during their ring entering ceremony. The silk 'belt' opens out at one end into a large apron which is usually heavily embroidered and with thick tassels at the bottom. The "keshō-mawashi" may advertise the produce of a sponsor of the "rikishi" (for example Bulgarian "ōzeki" Kotoōshū was sponsored by a Japanese brand of yogurt, "Bulgaria", which was prominently displayed on the front of his "keshō-mawashi") or be a gift from one of the "rikishi"'s support groups. Alternatively, some foreign-born rikishi (such as Czech-born Takanoyama) bear their national flag on their "keshō-mawashi". Popular