furigoma; piece toss to decide turn order
In shogi, the act of tossing five pawns to determine who plays first. The player who throws more promoted pawns (と金) face up goes first.
Before the game, they decide who goes first by tossing the pawns.
As a result of the piece toss, he became the first player.
Compound of 振り (furi, 'shaking; tossing') and 駒 (koma, 'shogi piece'). The term directly describes the action of tossing pieces.