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[Yojimbo]

Yo, Im new to the forums but I have been a Sasuke enthusiast for a while now. In fact I love the show so much that I plan on a trip to Japan to join Sasuke 23 or 24. I am a diver in the U.S. navy so transportation and funding is no problem. However, I would like to be somewhat prepared for the journey. Can anyone here help point me in the right direction as to the location, requirements etc. Any help would be appretiated

[scnoi1217]

Moved to this board because it is more appropriate.

[Yojimbo]

lol, thx

[scnoi1217]

I remember finding this a while ago:

【出場選手大募集】
　サスケ第21回記念大会出場者大募集。
　氏名・年齢・職業・連絡先・住所・出場への意気込みを
　書いて下記あて先までご応募下さい。写真・VTRもあれば尚可。
　〒107-8066　TBSテレビ
　「サスケマニア」出場選手募集係まで

Participants Wanted
Those interested in participating in the SASUKE 21 Competition.
Please write your name, age, occupation, address and where to contact you to the following address. Photos and video tape recordings are also accepted.
107-8066 TBS Television
"SASUKE Maniac" Recruitment

Here's the info on going through TBS directly to compete:
SASUKE COMPETITION,- Send your personal information to TBS (Sasuke organizers):
Name, age, postal code, address and phone number,a description of your strength or ability or photos or video showing your strenght.
When a Sasuke audition approaches, there will be notice given on the TV program itself and/or on the web page. They will review your material and if you're lucky they will contact you later.Materials sent will not be returned.

All ages,races, nationalities can participate in the Sasuke competition.
If you are called to audition, they will audition you, and they will record your timing on the first stage and if you are lucky enough you will be among the 100 participans, who will also comptete for a number to compete in the Sasuke.

Sorry, no visitors are allowed to watch the show. Only closest friends and relatives of the official participants can be there to cheer you up.

TBS: Tokyo Broadcasting system:
Street Address 5-3-6 Akasaka, Minato-ku
City :Tokyo
Country: Japan
Postal/Zip Code :107-8066
Telephone [phone]
Telefax [phone]
Email : [e-mail]
Home Page: www.tbs.co.jp

Sasuke information:
Please I encourage you to visit web site:

www.tbs.co.jp/taiiku/sasuke/index-j.html

If you want to know more regarding Sasuke, please contact TBS itself.

You can go this route, or you can apply to the TBS trials that they hold before almost every tournament. Or if you live in the U.S., you can always try your luck with the ANC.

[Yojimbo]

Dude, thx so much, I have looked so hard and to no avail. I will check these out and see what can be done for next year...

[Badalight]

If you're going to go through with this... TRAIN HARD.

It aint an easy course, and don't get cocky.

While we're on this subject, I have a friend moving to Japan this year.

He loves NInja Warrior and he's going to Japan to be a minister.

From what I've heard, TBS likes peopel who have unique jobs.

I'm not aware of a minister ever attempting the course.. lol.

So I think he has a good chance of making it. Of course he'd get owned by the course but it'd still be awesome.

And if he gets on I might have to arrange a trip to Japan so I can get in and watch Sasuke.

If he was in his prime I bet he could've gotten to the cliff-hagner, but he's completely out of shape from when he was in college.

[Yojimbo]

I am currently training for the us naval special forces and we do A LOT of upper body. Im not going there to just have fun. I intend on seriously preparing for it...

[Jhonsun]

Sept 15, 2008 22:18:16 GMT -5 Yojimbo said:

I am currently training for the us naval special forces and we do A LOT of upper body. Im not going there to just have fun. I intend on seriously preparing for it...

Special forces is a unique job that I think TBS would go for. They accepted SSA Michael Milner (Army) in Sasuke 20 and Travis Schraeder (also a U.S. Navy Diver) in Sasuke 4 & 5.

[scnoi1217]

...not to mention Kevin Lee (who worked with Travis Schraeder) in Sasuke 6.

[Yojimbo]

I saw that. I also saw a US marine in suasuke 18, but the fact that they didnt show his run suggests he didnt do so well...

[scnoi1217]

Well he was an army guy, but he failed the Jumping Spider.

[RiderLeangle]

They showed his run in the TBS broadcast and G4 skipped it. I guess they didn't want to show Zach Selwyn he lost 50 yen

[Jhonsun]

Sept 16, 2008 14:36:49 GMT -5 RiderLeangle said:

They showed his run in the TBS broadcast and G4 skipped it. I guess they didn't want to show Zach Selwyn he lost 50 yen

They showed him briefly failing the Jumping Spider on the G4 Special "Inside Ninja Warrior". If you didn't remember him from the Ninja Warrior 18 preview special or the TBS broadcast, you probably wouldn't know it was him.

[RiderLeangle]

I rembember seeing him on an 18 fast-foward, but I don't remember seeing him in Inside Ninja Warrior except for the interview where he didn't even know how much 50 yen was.

[Badalight]

I don't know how much that is either.

But that's like nothing right?

Wouldn't that translate to like... a penny? XD

[RiderLeangle]

50 yen would be somewhere between 45 and 50 cents. So basicly he bet less than a dollar, he put a good ammount considering how he did.

[Badalight]

Rider, that sounds wrong.

Isn't Sasuke like 2 million yen? That only translates to 13,000. Or whatever it is.

[RiderLeangle]

Well a yen is less than a penny but yours sounds more off, And its 4 million yen now.

[arsenette]

Rider is right.. (gasp) 50 yen is under 50 cents

What I usually did was move the decimal point over by 2.. so 2 mill would be like 20k (of course minus exchange so it's closer to your 13k number)..

[bigblind168]

actully ¥4,000,000 if u win, which is $38,548.64