Sasuke 30 Spoilerific Review - Part 6

Sasuke spoilerific review ;) Warning.. incoming blog of Sasuke 30.. if you don’t want to know.. you have been warned ( ^ . ^ ) (Just remember.. there is NO USA Broadcast of this. NBC has renegotiated out of their contract to show Sasuke on USA soil. Yes.. you read that right.. Now with the death of G4 official and NBC not giving a damn about Sasuke Japan, we will never see Sasuke Rising on US television (or any overseas country for that matter unless everyone buys the original 4 hour broadcast from TBS). For a preview of this event, please see SASUKE 30 NAVI an hour preview of Sasuke Rising with a review of the Sasuke ASEAN Open Cup and fluff pieces of all the major players in the upcoming Sasuke. There were even a couple of runs that were cut from the official broadcast! I'm taking my time on the blogs. I'm still getting cluster headaches during the day so I have to pace myself when I do these blogs.

(PART ONE) (PART TWO) (PART THREE) (PART FOUR) (PART FIVE)

(Massive thanks to TBS for posting the names of all 100 competitors!  Thanks to Ube for his help on the names in English!!)


① Cross Sliderクロススライダー

You start on that cross part at the top then slide down a track and land on the pads floating over water.

② Swap Salmon Ladderスワップサーモンラダー

Ghetto③ Unstable Bridgeアンステーブルブリッジ

④ Spider Walk * スパイダーウォーク

The asterisk was there because it's modified to be the called the Spider Drop スパイダードロップ

I still hate this "obstacle"⑤ Backstreamバックストリーム
The return of ⑥ Wall Liftingウォールリフティング

Wall weights: 30 kg (66 lbs), 40 kg (88 lbs) and 50 kg (110 lbs)
Of note is that after the outcry from Sasuke 29 they raised the timer to 110 seconds.  (Sasuke 28 was 135 seconds and Sasuke 29 was only 90 seconds)

Shingo telling them where he failed the last time (since they weren't around to laugh at Shingo before)

LOL wtf are they all looking at completely different directions for?

Obligatory pre-Stage interviews:
Sasuke All-Star Toshihiro Takeda竹田敏浩

Sasuke All-Star Shingo Yamamoto山本進悟

Sasuke All-Star Makoto Nagano長野誠

New Generation Star Ryo Matachi又地諒 and 2-Time Grand Champion Yuuji Urushihara漆原裕治 


From Team America アメリカ, Quadruple Gold medalist from the Sasuke ASEAN Open Cup Drew Dreschelドリュー・ドレッシェル 

New Generation Star Kazuma Asa朝一眞

And clutching his #3000 saddlecloth..

Double Silver Medalist from Sasuke ASEAN Open Cup Yusuke Morimoto森本 裕介

 Koshige Yamamoto 山本浩茂 and fellow competitor Sasuke All-star (Mr. Sasuke) Katsumi Yamada山田勝己

He works at SEGA (this is him filling a toy crane machine - so blame him when you lose coins!)

They repeated some of the footage from the hangers-on Black Tigers that was on Navi.

Reminder that they are going to have 26 of the 27 clears running. Noritomo Morisawa 森澤教有 had a Doctor Stop so he did not compete at all in the 2nd Stage.

First to go is the lone Black Tiger Koshige Yamamoto 山本浩茂

Will the lone survivor of the Yamada Gundam survive?

Will this group grow in number of hangers on by the next Sasuke?

Oh!  New Studio Ghibli movie

And we are back!   Koshige Yamamoto 山本浩茂

Clear on the Cross Slider

Clear on the first jump of the Swap Salmon Ladder

Next jump

Next jump


Yep just like that he's out.

And the light groans as the rule is being used.

Shingo and Kawaguchi react. Notice that Shingo doesn't even move.. LOL


Koshige Yamamoto 山本浩茂 - Death by Technical failure on Swap Salmon Ladder

And this is the last you see of Yamada. Don't let the door hit you on your way out.

 I love how Hioki is already teaching his daughter that PDA is perfectly acceptable!

LOL I see Jin getting ready in the background..
Hioki's wife Mayumi 真弓 and their daughter Miyuna心結菜 and their baby son Ryusei 琉青



HE'S ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 their baby son Ryusei 琉青

Hioki's wife Mayumi 真弓

Time to stretch!

Masashi Hioki日置 将士

Clear on Cross Slider

First jump

Next jump

Next Jump

And clears the Swap Salmon Ladder

And the poor excuse for an obstacle is only one half of the Unstable bridge...

First part of the Spider Drop is the same as the Spider Walk from the past.

Overhead view of where the change starts

They put some padding or whatever it is and they have to get underneath it to continue (more on that later)


I still hate this "obstacle".  Swimming is a sport.. not an obstacle.

Survives and goes down another conveyor (not motorized)

First wall

Second wall

Raising the third wall

Dives for the red button as the klaxon blares.

A physically spent Hioki just collapses at the end of the stage.

Wife is bouncing up and down so much I can't get a good screenshot!

Rare citing!  Nagano in shorts!  Take a pic!

Ehem.. everyone celebrating our first Second Stage clear!

Yuuji in tears again as is buddy clears the Second Stage for the very first time.

Hioki is still collapsed on the floor trying to get some air.

Wife is still crying.

Dramatic photo of Hioki collapsed on the ground.. shouldn't.. medics be arriving by now?

Hioki's wife is interviewed instead since hubby is out of commission.

Wait.. no one is talking to me?

Fine.. lemme crawl out of here..

Improper use of wide-angle lens..  We don't need to see up his schnozz.

Masashi Hioki日置 将士 - SECOND STAGE CLEAR!


I love him already. He actually hugs his wife and lets his daughter kiss him in public!

2 down and 1 clear so far!


 Kung Cheen-Howng 洪 恭芹 - English Teacher 英語教師
"Jin" is his nickname

Ooooh crap.. that's swinging wildly..

And that drop shown in the commercials.. was his.

Everyone completely stunned. Lee looks like he's going to cry.  Drew is already jumping up and screams, Ryo and Morimoto's faces are priceless.

Everyone craps a collective brick.

Mike Bernardo can't even bear to see and just double facepalms.

Asa's jaw just drops

Wow we got a reaction from Shingo!  Wakky also double facepalms.

Seems once you place your hands, TBS just lets go of the Cross Slider.




I see technicolor pants!

 Tomohiro Kawaguchi川口朋広 - Cement Truck Driver

 Father Sugio 杉男 is here to lend public support of his son!

His son  making sure he is properly secured.. My God he looks like a giant doesn't he? LOL

Clear on Cross Slider

Clear on the Swap Salmon Ladder (Cutting frames on that since this really is boring to watch)

And onto the ghetto bridge.. 

Doesn't have the same effect but I'm happy he cleared it given he failed the original Unstable Bridge.

Onto the Spider Drop

And clear on the Spider Drop (camera is on the same wall they climb up)


Swimming along the outside of the pool since the hose is only in one spot.

Using his reach to his advantage as he gets out of the Backstream.

Sliding down hard..

About to touch the wall

Looks up and yells a complaint..

And then proceeds to clear the first wall

and second wall

And the 3rd!

And he clears!

Family happy but very subdued. LOL

Meanwhile Asa is jacked!

LOL at everyone looking at completely different monitors.

I'm so happy he cleared!  This is his first time!

Tomohiro Kawaguchi川口朋広 - SECOND STAGE CLEAR!

Father Sugio 杉男 is doing fist pumps!

Oh we are going into another commercial break.  We see someone fall and Wakky complain.

Another drowning will occur.. 

All-Stars share a laugh at someone's expense..

And Drew bites it!

heh... same campaign slogan overseas

Prepare to Fast Forward!
 Yuuya Kadono上遠野裕也 - Death by Backstream

 Taiga Hoshikawa星川大我 hears the klaxon on the last wall!

Taiga Hoshikawa星川大我 - Death by dramatic Time up on Wall Lifting

 Hiromasa Katakabe片伯部浩正 - Death by Backstream

 Toshiharu Takami 高見俊治 - Death by Swap Salmon Ladder (not technical he literally falls off)

Daisuke Morikami守上大輔 - Death by Time up on Wall Lifting

Hey they are actually showing him and not a damn photo!

Shinya Kishimoto岸本真弥 

 Okada standing to Shinya's Daughters.
Eldest daughter Kanon 華音 and second daughter Rinon 莉音 (Thank you Shinya!)

They Fast forwarded his run..


Shinya Kishimoto岸本真弥 -  SECOND STAGE CLEAR

That's one seriously gnarly sun burn..

And I need to find out what their names are.

Eldest daughter Kanon 華音 and second daughter Rinon 莉音 (Thank you Shinya!)

 PART SEVEN