SASUKE 4

50 will run

its the same as last time with Keisuke Hatsuta commentating the first 30 and then Ichiro Furutachi commentating the rest of the tournament

Stage 1

60 seconds

1 log climb

2 rolling log

3 shaking bridge

4 climbing down the log

5 wicked wall

6 tarzan jump

7 rope climb

Competitors

1 Ichiro Atarashii CLEAR 7.6 seconds left

2 Hiroyuki Asaoka CLEAR 6.6 seconds left

3 Jun Kubota 1. log climb

4 Masakazu Ebihara 1. log climb

5 Ken Hasegawa CLEAR 12.2 seconds left

6 Hiroaki Takemoto [1-01] 1. log climb

7 Takuyu Ueda [1-02] 7. rope climb. time out

8 Susumu Shigeno [1-03] CLEAR 11.5 seconds left

9 Kenichi Yoshida [1-04] CLEAR 16.3 seconds left

10 Waka Ayakura 7. rope climb. time out. the log SLID down the track

11 Akira Omori 2. rolling log. struggled on the log climb

12 Kazutaka Miyazawa [2-01] 1. log climb

13 Keito Naruo [2-02] 1. log climb

14 Ayako Iwasawa [2-03] 2. rolling log

15 Koichi Kansake [2-04] CLEAR 4.2 seconds left

16 Shinichi Aizawa [2-05] 1. log climb

17 Haruo Takimoto [2-06] 1. log climb

18 Tadanori Fukayama CLEAR 15.8 seconds left

19 Masahi Saeki [3-01] 1. log climb

20 Nao Terada [3-02] 4. climbing down the log

21 Tadao Ito [3-03] 7. rope climb. time out

22 Miki Ono 7. rope climb. pressed the buzzer 0.1 seconds too late!

23 Eiichi Miura CLEAR 17.6 seconds left

24 Shusuke Sato [4-01] CLEAR 14.2 seconds left

25 Katsushige Fukushima [4-02] CLEAR 11.8 seconds left

26 Takuji Araki [4-03] CLEAR 3.2 seconds left

27 Yan Yang CLEAR 10.5 seconds left. 2nd woman in history to clear Stage 1

28 Takayuki Kawashima [5-01] CLEAR 8.9 seconds left

29 Masao Nishihama [5-02] CLEAR 15.7 seconds left

30 Junpei Morita [5-03] CLEAR 12.3 seconds left

yeesh 15 clears so far!

thats 50% of the competitors so far!

how will the other 20 do?

31 Kazuhiko Akiyama CLEAR 23.6 seconds left

32 Ken Nakata [6-01] 1. log climb

33 Taka Sato [6-02] 1. log climb

34 Masato Kondo [6-03] 1. log climb

35 Naoki Iketani CLEAR 14.7 seconds left

36 Kenichi Ishijima [7-01] CLEAR 12.3 seconds left

37 Shinji Matsushima [7-02] CLEAR 19.4 seconds left

38 Takashi Hashidate [7-03] 1. log climb

39 Ryugo Suzuka [7-04] 2. rolling log

40 Shingo Yamamoto CLEAR 23.8 seconds left

41 Hiroyuki Nagahama [8-01] 1. log climb

42 Kazunori Eda [8-02] CLEAR 21.4 seconds left

43 Shigenori Kobayashi [8-03] 2. rolling log

44 Takashi Yamauchi [8-04] 2. rolling log

45 Shane Kosugi [8-05] 7. rope climb. time out

46 Christopher Fields [8-06] 1. log climb

47 Travis Allen Schroeder CLEAR 24.6 seconds left

48 Hiroaki Yoshizaki 2. rolling log

49 Kane Kosugi CLEAR 26.5 seconds left

50 Katsumi Yamada CLEAR 26.8 seconds left. fastest time

50 attempts 24 clears [almost half of the field cleared!]

Stage 2

50 seconds

1 spider walk

2 moving walls

3 spider climb

4 5 continuous hammers

5 reverse conveyor

6 wall lifting [30k 40k 50k]

Competitors

1 Ichiro Atarashii 4. 5 continuous hammers

2 Hiroyuki Asaoka CLEAR 13.9 seconds left. joint fastest time with Iketani

5 Ken Hasegawa 2. moving walls

8 Susumu Shigeno [9-01] 3. spider climb

9 Kenichi Yoshida [9-02] 1. spider walk

15 Koichi Kansake [9-03] 4. 5 continuous hammers

18 Tadanori Fukayama 1. spider walk

23 Eiichi Miura [10-01] CLEAR 8.8 seconds left

24 Shusuke Sato [10-02] CLEAR 7.1 seconds left

25 Katsushige Fukushima [10-03] 3. spider climb

26 Takuji Araki 1. spider walk

27 Yan Yang CLEAR 1.3 seconds left. first woman to ever beat stage 2

28 Takayuki Kawashima [11-01] CLEAR 4.7 seconds left

29 Masao Nishihama [11-02] 3. spider climb

30 Junpei Morita [11-03] 4. 5 continuous hammers

31 Kazuhiko Akiyama CLEAR 12.9 seconds left

35 Naoki Iketani CLEAR 13.9 seconds left. joint fastest time with Asaoka

36 Kenichi Ishijima [12-01] 3. spider climb

37 Shinji Matsushima [12-02] 3. spider climb

40 Shingo Yamamoto [12-03] 4. 5 continuous hammers

42 Kazunori Eda [12-04] 4. 5 continuous hammers

47 Travis Allen Schroeder CLEAR 11.7 seconds left

49 Kane Kosugi CLEAR 13.8 seconds left

50 Katsumi Yamada CLEAR 11.6 seconds left

24 attempts 10 clears [the most Stage 2 clears ever!]

Stage 3

no time limit

1 pole jump

2 propeller bars

3 arm bike

4 cliffhanger

5 pipe slider [SASUKE 4-13 version]

Competitors

2 Hiroyuki Asaoka 4. cliffhanger 0:58

23 Eiichi Miura 4. cliffhanger 0:41

24 Shusuke Sato 4. cliffhanger 0:51

27 Yan Yang 2. propeller bars 0:18

28 Takayuki Kawashima [13] 4. cliffhanger 0:47

31 Kazuhiko Akiyama 5. pipe slider 1:31. lost grip on 2nd track

35 Naoki Iketani [14-01] 4. cliffhanger 0:41

47 Travis Allen Schroeder [14-02] 4. cliffhanger 0:53

49 Kane Kosugi [14-03] 4. cliffhanger 0:34

50 Katsumi Yamada CLEAR 1:33

10 attempts 1 clear

Stage 4

15m

30 seconds

Competitor

50 Katsumi Yamada 1. rope climb. time out. about 13m up. another close final stage call by yamada!

1 attempt 0 kanzenseihas