A rikishi wears a particular type of clothing based on ancient traditional Japanese dress. This changes as the wrestler moves up to higher ranks. Even in the cold winter, the lowest ranking wrestlers are allowed only a yukata, a robe made of cotton, and wooden sandals, called geta.
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These make a distinctive clip-clop noise as the wearer walks along. The ranks above can put a short coat on over their yukata and change the wooden clogs for soft sandals made of straw. The top fighters, the sekitori, are entitled to wear silk robes of their own choosing.