SASUKE Trial Qualifiers in SASUKE 29 (Spoilers)

[lostinube]

This is according to the list that was flashed on the screen during the broadcast. They said 161 names but I didn't count them.

There are 43 who made it to the main course.
22/43 got cut out of the broadcast entirely.
10/43 passed the 1st Stage and 1/43 made it to the 3rd Stage.
Of the 10, I believe only Hiromasa Katakabe was in his first SASUKE.
Terukazu Ishikawa went from semi-regular via the Muscle Musical to having to qualify and is now an izakaya manager.
Yoshiyuki Okuyama went through the qualification process only to end up in pretty much the same position he had been the last few (not counting 28) shows.
Notable names that didn't make it onto the show: Hirokazu Oyama (former Muscle Musical member), Tomohiro Kawaguchi (STQer), Naoya Tajima (STQer)

No.08
Yoshinori Iida 飯田悦規（20）Cut

No.10
Daijiro Hara 原大二郎（27）Cut

No.13
Hitoshi Ishii 石井仁志（23）Cut

No.14
Takashi Nishimura 西村偉志（23）Cut

No.15
Hiroaki Honbo 本保宏晃（24）Cut

No.18
Shinichirou Narita 成田真一郎（28）Cut

No.26
Hiroaki Takauchi 高内博昭（60）Cut

No.28
Kazunari Ookubo 大久保和也（35）1st Stage Hedgehog

No.29
Ryu Maeda 前田竜（36）Cut

No.30
Takahiko Suzuki 鈴木隆彦（33）Cut

No.34
Motohiro Mizoo 溝尾元洋（32）1st Stage Long Jump

No.35
Seiichi Endo 遠藤清一（58）1st Stage Hedgehog

No.36
Shingo Yamamoto 山本進悟（38）2nd Stage Back Stream (Time Up)

No.40
Ryoichi Arashida 嵐田良一（41）Cut

No.43
Takahiro Tsudaa 津田貴博（24）Cut

No.44
Sumito Namba 難波澄人（35）1st Stage Long Jump

No.47
Koshige Yamamoto 山本浩茂（20）1st Stage Jump Hang

No.48
Yousuke Watanabe 渡辺陽介（29）1st Stage Ni-Ren Soritatsu Kabe (2nd Wall Time Up)

No.49
Satoma Okadaa 岡田知磨（19）1st Stage Long Jump

No.053
Shintaro Uchiyama 内山眞太郎（67）Cut

No.061
Hidekazu Inoue 井上英和（27）2nd Stage Cross Slider

No.062
Hiromasa Katakabe 片伯部浩正（30）2nd Stage Swap Salmon Ladder

No.063
Hiromori Yoshida 吉田容盛（21）Cut

No.064
Takayuki Kawashima 川島孝幸（33）Cut

No.065
Toshiharu Takami 高見俊治（21）2nd Stage Swap Salmon Ladder

No.066
Kouki Ookoshi 大越光貴（24）Cut

No.067
Terukazu Ishikawa 石川輝一（35）2nd Stage Back Stream (Time Up)

No.068
Tatsuhiro Fujimatsu 藤松龍弘（22）Cut

No.069
Yuuta Iwabuchi 岩渕佑太（27）Cut

No.071
Makoto Nanbu 南部誠（26）1st Stage Jump Hang

No.073
Masashi Hioki 日置将士（32）2nd Stage Back Stream (Time Up)

No.074
Yuuji Washimi 鷲見裕二（35）1st Stage Hedgehog

No.075
Kyosuke Maeda 前田京介（20）1st Stage Hedgehog

No.076
Kousei Itou 伊藤耕世（19）Cut

No.077
Masashi Toyoda 豊田将士（30）1st Stage Jump Hang

No.078
Masaaki Tatayama 立山正明（43）Cut

No.079
Yuusuke Morimoto 森本裕介（21）3rd Stage Pipe Slider

No.080
Akinori Higashi 東明範（28）Cut

No.088
Shinya Kishimoto岸本真弥（33）Cut

No.089
Yoshiyuki Okuyama 奥山義行（42）2nd Stage Back Stream (Time Up)

No.090
Yuuya Kadono 上遠野裕也（24）2nd Stage Back Stream (Time Up)

No.091
Keitaro Yamamoto 山本桂太朗（21）2nd Stage Back Stream (Time Up)

No.092
Naoyuki Araki 荒木直之（20）Cut

[thatoneuser]

I asked Kishimoto what his result was. I forgot what Arashida's YouTube was.

[m4tt3r0x]

Why are so many guys who have made it to the 3rd Stage in the past having to re-qualify (Okuyama, Ishikawa, etc.) The fact that Tajima didn't make it to the show irks me.

I don't know too much about the show's past but I remember watching a special on youtube in which the all stars had to re-qualify for a certain tournament. Shingo failed the Soritatsu Kabe and Nagano failed the Tarzan Ropes but they still got to compete in the actual competition (Sasuke 11..12?).

Are the qualifiers now the same as the ones in the past?

[scnoi1217]

Thanks for the list!
Do the starting numbers they received correlate to their finish in the trials?

[SasukeForever]

Jun 29, 2013 14:06:35 GMT -5 m4tt3r0x said:

Why are so many guys who have made it to the 3rd Stage in the past having to re-qualify (Okuyama, Ishikawa, etc.) The fact that Tajima didn't make it to the show irks me.

I don't know too much about the show's past but I remember watching a special on youtube in which the all stars had to re-qualify for a certain tournament. Shingo failed the Soritatsu Kabe and Nagano failed the Tarzan Ropes but they still got to compete in the actual competition (Sasuke 11..12?).

Are the qualifiers now the same as the ones in the past?

Sasuke 13

The qualifiers are different every year but in 27 and 29 it was a mini 1st stage.

[yamfriend]

Jun 29, 2013 11:41:53 GMT -5 thatoneuser said:

I asked Kishimoto what his result was. I forgot what Arashida's YouTube was.

This is pure speculation, but he probably failed the Hedgehog. In "the room" between Stage 1 and Stage 2, there appears to be a clip of him on that obstacle while the people are talking. Although the clip is not seen in its entirety, such splices of footage are generally short highlights of notable fails or clears. Considering the nature being a First Stage recap, I'm assuming the Hedgehog is where he failed (especially since he seemed to be having a bit of trouble near the end of the clip); nevertheless, this is still a mere assumption and therefore should only be taken with a grain of salt.

[lostinube]

Jun 29, 2013 18:28:39 GMT -5 scnoi1217 said:

Thanks for the list!
Do the starting numbers they received correlate to their finish in the trials?

I don't think so. Keitaro Yamamoto, number 91, was the first name on the list (top left) but had the 2nd highest number. Naoyuki Araki was number 92 but his name was between Hiromasa Katakabe (62) and Shingo Yamamoto (36). Yamamoto and Araki were most likely put together because they are classmates at Keio University.

[lostinube]

Jun 29, 2013 14:06:35 GMT -5 m4tt3r0x said:

Why are so many guys who have made it to the 3rd Stage in the past having to re-qualify (Okuyama, Ishikawa, etc.) The fact that Tajima didn't make it to the show irks me.

But sometimes we don't know why someone didn't make it on to the show. Someone could have had a scheduling conflict and not able to make it to the taping. Not everyone can or is going to drop everything so that they can appear on the show.

Ishikawa had an "in" with the old producers in that he was a Muscle Musical member but he seems to be no longer performing. Daisuke Morimoto and Tomoyuki are former MM people but who also have their own show/performance team that may keep them on the radar.

[scnoi1217]

Jun 29, 2013 21:42:15 GMT -5 yamfriend said:

Jun 29, 2013 11:41:53 GMT -5 thatoneuser said:

I asked Kishimoto what his result was. I forgot what Arashida's YouTube was.

This is pure speculation, but he probably failed the Hedgehog. In "the room" between Stage 1 and Stage 2, there appears to be a clip of him on that obstacle while the people are talking. Although the clip is not seen in its entirety, such splices of footage are generally short highlights of notable fails or clears. Considering the nature being a First Stage recap, I'm assuming the Hedgehog is where he failed (especially since he seemed to be having a bit of trouble near the end of the clip); nevertheless, this is still a mere assumption and therefore should only be taken with a grain of salt.

I would agree that it is him on the Hedgehog and would argue that he failed there. Though, I guess we can wait for him to confirm it.

Also, when working on SASUKEpedia, I found out that #65 Toshiharu Takami (who failed the SSL) competed in the SASUKE 21 Trials. He was in the same group as Jun Sato and Ryouma Kato and advanced along with Sato in that group.

[lostinube]

OK. I counted the names on the screen and there were 161 (54 each in the first two columns and 53 in the third). HOWEVER, the announcer said that 46 people made it to the main course so either I missed a few names or some people dropped out or something else happened.

[arsenette]

I've gone on record several times (usually on a tirade) of how asinine it is for former finalists (especially recent ones) were subjected to trials. So I'll spare ya there

Thanks for the list. I heard that at some point there will be an edited version of trials on Youtube sometime this year. I look forward to that.