Sumo referees are arguably the most elaborately outfitted arbiters in the sporting world.
The brightly colored kimonos they wear in the ring provide a dramatic contrast to wrestlers clad only in mawashi.
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A gyoji gives yokozuna Hakuho his prize money following a victory. | KYODO
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