Color Coding for Morimoto Sedai

[SasukeBanzukeNo1 (Moon12)]

Just a random thought, but anyone else sort of like the color coding implied by all 5 Morimoto Sedai members? It's based off the color shirt they normally wear during competition. Let me give you a run-down:

Morimoto Yusuke - Light Blue

Tada Tatsuya - Yellow

Jun Sato - White/Black

Yamamoto Keitaro - Sea Green/Teal

Araki Naoyuki - Pink -

It's almost like they're the power rangers or something lol. I don't know if they did this on purpose, or it ended up being by accident, but they really made it work. And you don't really get that sort of vibe from the All Stars or the New Stars, at least I don't. Yea you have Shingo back in the day wearing his crimson polo, and Takada with his Orange pants, and Akiyama with his red shorts. But then there's Yamada and Nagano, who both sport black all the time. And then you got a lot of New Star members who wear/wore a combination of white, black, blue, etc. For Morimoto Sedai though, it's just perfect lmao.

But how does anyone feel about this? Has this sort of caught your eye too? I know I saw a video on the SASUKE YouTube channel with all 5 of them, and each one had a caption with their designated color. Maybe they're those who were already aware about this fact, like me, but still what are your thoughts?

Also, who do you think would be the potential sixth member of this group and what color could they possibly be? That's probably going to be rather difficult, considering there's probably not too many candidates out there, and even if there was, they still could be wearing those same colors as the main 5; but just do your best. Treat this as like a special 6th power ranger sort of thing lol.

[sasukewarrior333]

This is something I've thought about too! Love the Power Ranger comparison, I'd never thought of that before. It's a really cool thing they have going on, and it's also something I noticed in general during SASUKE 40 with the competitors, particularly the prominent competitors. It felt almost everybody was wearing something vibrant or cool looking colour wise, even Nagano's black felt like it stood out more than usual, as weird as that sounds to say. And obviously Shingo's orange was amazing too, not to mention Tomo rocking a SASUKE shirt. I think my feelings about it me may be because I have very positive feelings towards SASUKE 40 in general, and the whole tournament in general just gives off this really wholesome, hopeful, optimistic vibe, aside from Matsuda crying which did make me very sad.

But yeah, good thinking! I like this discussion as someone who has a bit of a fixation with bright and vibrant colour palettes.

[dakohosu]

Yeah I definitely noticed this, lots of giveaways. The fact that they've adhered to the same colours for the past now 3 tournaments in a row, especially how most of Araki's Sasuke posts and all of the last few times he's competed have been in that very same pink polo shirt. Dude must have other clothes, so it's very clear it's done on purpose. Same with Yusuke and his blue IDEC shirt, Tada in his yellow cherry-logoed polo.

I think it's pretty cool tbh and allows for ability to distinguish between each different member. The All-Stars were easily distinguishable by their specific outfits pertinent to their careers, and their careers were all very varied and unique to them, like firefighter, gas station manager, fishermen, etc. You didn't see a large number of those competing bar the All-Stars. It's not so much the case with the Morimoto Sedai as the majority of them have more typical salaryman careers that are not as memorable (case in point, most people still think Araki is a car mechanic when he's a car designer, lol), have similar athletic backgrounds, are roughly the same age, and have all been into Sasuke since they were teenagers. So being able to differentiate them by colors seems the next best thing.

I'd personally just like them to get a bit more on-screen attention given that they're the new 'it' group, which would go a long way in helping fans differentiate between the different members through their different stories and backgrounds (because they do all have fundamentally different history with competing during their earlier years). It just seems a bit counterintuitive for Inui to form this new group of rising stars yet gloss over all of them besides the obvious Yusuke, even Tada who's arguably the second best of the group has been digested or middle-cut in 7/10 runs in the last three tournaments, and this was AFTER his first Final attempt. I get that Inui panders more to the general viewer during the broadcast and shows full runs on the YouTube channel, but I would've liked to have seen this group get a level of attention similar to that of the Black Tigers. Both groups are 'headed' by someone very influential (Yamada and Yusuke respectively), and both comprise some of today's top competitors (Yusuke, Tada, Keitaro for MS, Yoshiyuki for BT). Rather than being, frankly, only grouped together in the running order so they can get mass fast forwarded.

In terms of who a good sixth member could be, I guess someone like Goto fits the bill? He's the only everyman competitor (i.e. non-celebrity) not already in a group who has great potential, and he's also been a longtime fan of Sasuke since he was a kid which adheres to a lot of the existing group's backgrounds. Though he would need to prove himself and make it to Stage 3 a couple of times for him to have a shot at being indoctrinated. Colour might be a bit of a difficult one as he almost religiously wears his white uniform shirt.

There are definitely opportunities for other competitors to join the ranks of the group, like a lot of the crazy Stage 3 specialists we see on YouTube that are good friends with Tada, Yusuke, Araki etc. and are roughly the same age, but the main elephant in the room being that they seemingly can't get on the show to save their life, due to Inui's very brutal approach with allocating spots to new blood as opposed to yet more celebrities. Maybe if Gio breaks out this tournament he could also be a possibility, given that he has competed in 41?

This is ofc assuming that there will be a sixth member, which I don't necessarily think there needs to be but if there's someone who fits the bill well enough then why not, similar to how there were only five All-Stars but then Shiratori broke out and became one. I guess the idea of six members comes from the All-Stars and the fact that for a long time Ugajin was considered to be one (thanks, Sasukepedia.....), but it's a case of not absolutely mandatory but if someone is suitable then go for it.