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A Japanese game. First an "Oni," or "It" person, is chosen. Everyone stands as far from "Oni" as possible in a line. To start all the players say, "Hajimeno itsupo" (one step of the beginning).and take one step forward. The "Oni" turns his or her back to the group and begins counting VERY loudly to ten or says each syllable of the name of the game, "Da - Ru - Ma - Sa - N - Ga - Co - Ro - N - Da" in Japanese. The players run towards the "Oni" as fast as they can during the counting but have to freeze on "Ten" or "Da". If a person is caught moving, he or she becomes a hostage and must wait to be rescued by the touch of a player.