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Post by dakohosu on Sept 8, 2022 13:47:19 GMT -5
So they've recently posted another video about potential rookie candidates nominated by competitors, this time those vouched for by Morimoto, and I recognised the first guy (Iwasaki something) and he is an absolute animal. He's part of that group of YouTube accounts that aggressively train for Sasuke, but he's easily by far the strongest (which is saying something considering all of them can beat Stage 3 in practice lol). He's done 800 metres on the monkey bars, can dead hang for almost 2 hours, can do 23 one-arm pullups in a row, and can do a one-arm Devil Steps. He definitely holds multiple world records, and is probably a fair bit stronger than Morimoto as well. He's also apparently been trying to get on the show for 10 years (I didn't know he was 37, he looks a lot younger naturally) unsuccessfully, which makes me wonder how 90% of the other rookies managed to get on the show, which have at best been Stage 2 fodder. Basically what I'm trying to say is, I really f***ing wanna see this guy actually compete, along with a few of the other YouTube stars down the line. If I find out he's been declined in favour of another comedian/joke competitor my faith in humanity, specifically the subset of humanity who works for TBS, will be an all-time zero. We need more new blood like this, we've basically had no non-celebrity Japanese rookies beat Stage 1 in ages bar Yoshiyuki in 37. Link to video: Link to Iwasaki's channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_q1OjzKa0nK4NNJkki1xQ/videos |
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Post by m4tt3r0x on Sept 8, 2022 16:21:46 GMT -5
Watched this this morning. When I saw he was 37 I actually said out loud, "He's 37!?" Hopefully he gets picked and actually makes it to Stage 3 on the course.
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Post by azn on Sept 8, 2022 16:37:45 GMT -5
Damn, idk why but I thought the 37 was referring to SK37 so I thought he applied for that tournament but got denied. That was dumb on my end
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Post by dakohosu on Sept 8, 2022 17:42:40 GMT -5
Watched this this morning. When I saw he was 37 I actually said out loud, "He's 37!?" Hopefully he gets picked and actually makes it to Stage 3 on the course. Yeah it’s mad isn’t it. Even factoring in how Japanese competitors look way younger than Westeners (I mean Araki is almost 30 and he looks about 15 in some photos), he definitely doesn’t look 37 lol. He’s the same age as Kanno; imagine putting all your injuries down to ‘aging’ and then seeing this guy breaking WRs at the same age lol. Not that 37 is old these days, but I’m legitimately surprised he’s not been injured given how long he’s been training for. Yeah I’m always mindful that because these guys have never properly competed before, they might succumb to nerves - especially if it’s their first ever tournament after years of trying it adds a lot more pressure when you consider that if they fail Stage 1 they might never get picked again, but if they make Stage 3 they’ll get invited back perennially. We’ve seen countless times that success in practice doesn’t necessarily equal success in competition because of said nerves. I do think though that if he does clear Stage 1 it will be very interesting indeed. Not only is he abnormally strong (even by the standards of someone who watches a lot of pull-up endurance videos for motivation), but he also practices obstacles daily, so he should be covered for Stages 2 and 3. He’s also got a lot of Stage 1 obstacles as well, but there are way more opportunities to make fatal errors on Stage 1 than the latter stages. In fact I think the warehouse where he trains is actually owned by him; I’ve seen loads of those YouTube guys train in that same place. |
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Post by m4tt3r0x on Sept 8, 2022 21:30:12 GMT -5
It blew me away because when I clicked the video I just skipped past the beginning, meaning I missed his age on the screen. So after watching this guy who looked in his 20s at most doing these almost 2 hour hangs, an 800m monkey bar marathon, and one handed devil steps, I see the number 37 on the screen and couldn't believe it lol. Especially because most of the other picks showcased in these videos have largely all been really young. And yeah, same age as Kanno. Crazy.
Yes I've seen this place many times even many years back. Always looked like a very cool but cozy Sasuke den.
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Post by LusitaniaAngel313 on Sept 9, 2022 1:48:41 GMT -5
I'm sure plenty of people are like this. They train their hearts out in hopes of getting picked. As a reminder, this is a show wanting ratings, hence, you gotta have something... more. Absolute nobodies will get nowhere here.
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Post by dakohosu on Sept 9, 2022 5:11:11 GMT -5
I'm sure plenty of people are like this. They train their hearts out in hopes of getting picked. As a reminder, this is a show wanting ratings, hence, you gotta have something... more. Absolute nobodies will get nowhere here. Completely valid point. Though to play devil’s advocate, a lot of the regular guy rookies that have been picked recently haven’t exactly been the most interesting competitors lol, I mean most of them get cut. It just makes me wonder how they get the green light when a lot of them end up being Rolling Hill or Dragon Glider fodder, and don’t seem to have interesting enough backstories to be shown. A lot of the guys shown in these videos seem to dedicate themselves to training on their own replicas, which at least makes their stories a lot more intriguing, and I’d wager they’ve been trying to get on the show for years as well. |
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Post by Ninja Relaxer on Sept 10, 2022 10:39:20 GMT -5
I'm sure plenty of people are like this. They train their hearts out in hopes of getting picked. As a reminder, this is a show wanting ratings, hence, you gotta have something... more. Absolute nobodies will get nowhere here. Completely valid point. Though to play devil’s advocate, a lot of the regular guy rookies that have been picked recently haven’t exactly been the most interesting competitors lol, I mean most of them get cut. It just makes me wonder how they get the green light when a lot of them end up being Rolling Hill or Dragon Glider fodder, and don’t seem to have interesting enough backstories to be shown. A lot of the guys shown in these videos seem to dedicate themselves to training on their own replicas, which at least makes their stories a lot more intriguing, and I’d wager they’ve been trying to get on the show for years as well. I imagine the producers deliberately limit the number of high-quality competitors in order to reduce the chances of a kanzenseiha, or at least to control the odds. Ratings play a big role in all the producers' decisions, obviously, and the number and frequency of kanzenseihas affects the show's ratings (not to mention its budget). Inviting a whole roster of competitors like this guy would probably result in two or more kanzens per year, which the producers obviously don't want. If I had to guess, I'd say they're aiming for a kanzen once every 6-8 tournaments or so, and they carefully engineer the course's difficulty and the competitor pool to achieve that result. |
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Post by dakohosu on Sept 10, 2022 11:47:52 GMT -5
Completely valid point. Though to play devil’s advocate, a lot of the regular guy rookies that have been picked recently haven’t exactly been the most interesting competitors lol, I mean most of them get cut. It just makes me wonder how they get the green light when a lot of them end up being Rolling Hill or Dragon Glider fodder, and don’t seem to have interesting enough backstories to be shown. A lot of the guys shown in these videos seem to dedicate themselves to training on their own replicas, which at least makes their stories a lot more intriguing, and I’d wager they’ve been trying to get on the show for years as well. I imagine the producers deliberately limit the number of high-quality competitors in order to reduce the chances of a kanzenseiha, or at least to control the odds. Ratings play a big role in all the producers' decisions, obviously, and the number and frequency of kanzenseihas affects the show's ratings (not to mention its budget). Inviting a whole roster of competitors like this guy would probably result in two or more kanzens per year, which the producers obviously don't want. If I had to guess, I'd say they're aiming for a kanzen once every 6-8 tournaments or so, and they carefully engineer the course's difficulty and the competitor pool to achieve that result. Not a bad problem to have ngl, imagine being too good a competitor that you don’t get picked in fear that you might just win it all. I get your point, but realistically the likelihood of these guys Kanzening on their first or even second or third attempt is very slim. I mean guys like Ryo, Tada, Araki, Keitaro etc are all equivalently adept as far as Sasuke skills are concerned and only Ryo’s come legitimately close to winning, and he’s competed like 15 times now. Countless times we’ve seen proof that performance in practice almost never equals performance in competition due to fatigue from past stages and most importantly, pressure. Even despite their training there is still a high chance a lot of them could fail Stage 1, as most of the biggest names did in their debuts. Even in best case scenario, don’t think these guys would clear the Final anyway as none of them seem to be speed climbers which is obvs a huge factor with this new iteration. I just want someone to come out of nowhere and blow everyone else out of the water, like Yuuji did in 22 (not his debut but his first shown run), rather than the same cohort clearing and all the other rookies being uninteresting mid-Stage 1 fodder that get skipped due to their lack of presence. Also, playing devil’s advocate here again, but if they were really desperate for no one to win for a while, they wouldn’t have changed so little for 39’s renewal. If someone wins in the next 1-2 tournaments it’s 100% on them. |
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Post by r34gtr on Sept 10, 2022 12:15:21 GMT -5
His name is Shinya (真也) Iwasaki. Unless he's naturally hilarious, stands out (Wreath Man) or for some reason fans love him, he isn't getting on.
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Post by Cosmic Castaway on Sept 10, 2022 12:29:27 GMT -5
His name is Shinya (真也) Iwasaki. Unless he's naturally hilarious, stands out (Wreath Man) or for some reason fans love him, he isn't getting on. I would definitely choose him at least one time to see if his accomplishments turn out better than the other Shinya (Kishimoto) who reminded us that muscle does not float in that embarrassing dive into the first stage's beginning obstacle. |
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Post by dakohosu on Sept 10, 2022 12:45:04 GMT -5
His name is Shinya (真也) Iwasaki. Unless he's naturally hilarious, stands out (Wreath Man) or for some reason fans love him, he isn't getting on. Well the comic aspect of Sasuke is what comedians/celebrity joke competitors are for, and fans can't love someone who they don't know/have never seen before, before they even have a chance to get picked. In the case of the standing out comment, I think the only way a normal non-joke competitor can stand out is through showing their passion for and dedication towards training, as that'll get fans genuinely intrigued to see how far they go. Besides, from the few translated comments I saw from that video, it does seem as though a few hardcore fans actually do know about him and he's got over 1000 subscribers (which to be fair is more than Shunsuke has lol), and he has a complete warehouse of Sasuke obstacles (which I'm fairly sure is the only reason Matsuda gets perennially invited so that should be enough....) but unlike Matsuda is actually insanely strong. Also, Morimoto himself vouched for this guy as one of only two choices he was allocated, so if the producers don't take that at face value then I don't know what to say.... |
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Post by katoshiho on Sept 11, 2022 1:36:14 GMT -5
Yes I know this guy! In one of the tbs TV show, they shown a competitor that try to compete SASUKE but never make it in 15 years. Iwazaki Shinya, it him.
Although he will get a low number in his first thankful attempt, but it still OK.
I also want Ishikawa Sho (another Super guy that have YouTube channel), Izumi Hikari (the woman parkour athlete, also is kunoichi finalist) to compete.
For celebrates, I prefer Nasukawa Tenshin (beat Takeru in kickboxing, Takeru is the guy that reached Stage 2 twice), Asakura Kai (a RIZIN champion that training with Morimoto Yusuke on his YouTube channel) for athlete, and Kato Shiho (Hinatazaka 46 fastest member) for idol.
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Post by brz0ny on Sept 11, 2022 3:40:08 GMT -5
Completely valid point. Though to play devil’s advocate, a lot of the regular guy rookies that have been picked recently haven’t exactly been the most interesting competitors lol, I mean most of them get cut. It just makes me wonder how they get the green light when a lot of them end up being Rolling Hill or Dragon Glider fodder, and don’t seem to have interesting enough backstories to be shown. A lot of the guys shown in these videos seem to dedicate themselves to training on their own replicas, which at least makes their stories a lot more intriguing, and I’d wager they’ve been trying to get on the show for years as well. I imagine the producers deliberately limit the number of high-quality competitors in order to reduce the chances of a kanzenseiha, or at least to control the odds. Ratings play a big role in all the producers' decisions, obviously, and the number and frequency of kanzenseihas affects the show's ratings (not to mention its budget). Inviting a whole roster of competitors like this guy would probably result in two or more kanzens per year, which the producers obviously don't want. If I had to guess, I'd say they're aiming for a kanzen once every 6-8 tournaments or so, and they carefully engineer the course's difficulty and the competitor pool to achieve that result. They can just make the course harder tho right? |
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Post by dakohosu on Sept 11, 2022 8:23:05 GMT -5
I imagine the producers deliberately limit the number of high-quality competitors in order to reduce the chances of a kanzenseiha, or at least to control the odds. Ratings play a big role in all the producers' decisions, obviously, and the number and frequency of kanzenseihas affects the show's ratings (not to mention its budget). Inviting a whole roster of competitors like this guy would probably result in two or more kanzens per year, which the producers obviously don't want. If I had to guess, I'd say they're aiming for a kanzen once every 6-8 tournaments or so, and they carefully engineer the course's difficulty and the competitor pool to achieve that result. They can just make the course harder tho right? Apparently not, given 39’s ‘renewal’, even though so much as a time limit decrease on Stages 1 and 2 would cost a grand total of 0 yen. |
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