Shimpan

Shimpan (審判) are the judges of a professional sumo bout. In a sumo honbasho tournament five shimpan sit around the ring to observe which wrestler wins the matchup. When judging tournament bouts they wear formal Japanese dress of otokomono, haori with mon, and hakama. At the end of each bout an initial decision is given by the gyōji (the ring referee), which is usually correct and no action is taken by the shimpan.

If one of the shimpan disagrees or is unsure about the 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 be called by any of the four sumo wrestlers awaiting their bout around the ring, although it is an extremely rare occurrence.

During the mono-ii the five shimpan give their views on what happened. The gyōji is usually able to listen in but is not expected to take part unless invited to do so. For top division matches, the deliberations are further advised by two further shimpan in a video room, in communication with the chief shimpan (who is always one of the three senior members of the judging committee) via an audio link in his ear.

Yakuza 0

Yakuza 0 (龍が如く0 誓いの場所, Ryū ga Gotoku Zero, Chikai No Basho, lit. "Like a Dragon 0: The Location of Oath"; Chinese: 人中之龍0 誓言的場所) is a prequel to the Yakuza series of video games. It is set in December 1988 in the games' staple location of Kamurocho, a fictionalized recreation of Tokyo's Kabukicho and Shinjuku Golden Gai areas. It was released in Japan for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 on 12 March 2015, with the Taiwanese version released on 14 May 2015. A North American release is due for release in 2017 for just PlayStation 4 on both PSN and Blu-ray Disk formats, this was announced at the 2015 PlayStation Experience along with the release date of Yakuza 5 on December 5th 2015.

A free accompanying game application for PlayStation Vita, titled Ryū ga Gotoku 0: Free to Play Application for PlayStation Vita (龍が如く0 基本無料アプリ for PlayStation Vita), was released on 26 February 2015.

Development

The game was first announced in a special Yakuza event on 24 August 2014 together with a trailer. A Chinese-language localisation of the game was announced in 2014 and eventually released in Asia in May 2015.