Competitors Who Cleared Stage 1, 2 Or 3 Everytime (UPDATED)

[sasukewarrior333]

Hello everybody! 

So, with the official book releasing the other day, I decided to update this thread I made about a year ago , to reflect the changes confirmed in the book as well as the changes that happened due to SASUKE 40. I will update this again if anything changes after SASUKE 41 as a fair amount has changed since then. If you're just interested in what has changed since then, I'll list it for you below:

This isn't an actual change really, as this was available info at the time, but I fixed a mistake where I listed Naoto Amano as having only cleared Stage One in SASUKE 2, when he actually competed in SASUKE 1 as well where also cleared Stage One, making his feat seem not quite as impressive as it actually was I fixed that here, sorry Naoto lol.

As for the actual changes, firstly let's go over the ones caused by the release of the results book. Takuyu Ueda leaves the list, as he has been confirmed to have competed in SASUKE 3, where he failed Stage 1. Contrastly, Tatsuya Yamamoto joins the list, as he was confirmed to not have competed in SASUKE 4, therefore he never failed Stage 1 and that means he joins the list of people to clear Stage Two in every tournament they competed in.

EDIT: loboticaltree noticed that Haruhisa Miyazawa was also confirmed to not have competed in SASUKE 4, which means he also joins the list of people who never failed before Stage One!

Secondly, there are the changes that were caused by SASUKE 40. There were people who got eliminated from the list entirely. Hideki Ajima was removed from the list after just one tournament of being on it after failing the Dragon Glider. Rinne Sugeta also failed the Dragon Glider lost his place on the list after a two tournament streak. These two runs happened consecutively too, very unfortunate for them.

Jessie Graff remains on the list, as she still is able to say that she has cleared Stage One in every tournament she has competed in, but because she timed out on the Reverse Conveyor in Stage 2 in 40, she has no longer cleared Stage 2 in every tournament she has competed in.

As for the people who benefitted after SASUKE 40, Koji Saikawa cleared Stage One again, making it four in a row. Hayate Kajihara also cleared Stage One again, making it three in a row. Kane Kosugi returned after a 32 tournament, 21 year hiatus, and astonishingly cleared Stage One again, making it 6 in a row, a record for the list. Yoshiyuki Yamamoto was the final person to continue his streak, as he cleared Stage One and Two again, making 4 tournaments in a row where he had never failed the first two stages, another record.

Finally, 40 also brought us two newcomers to the list, with Hayato Takasuka, the new Black Tiger, and Oliver Edelmann, the Ninja Warrior Germany competitor, both clearing Stage One, though Takasuka failed the Spider Walk and Edelmann timed out on the Wall Lift, so that's as far as they go. At the end of the list, I will list every competitor who will be risking their streaks by participating in SASUKE 41, so minor spoilers for some competitors who are returning for SASUKE 41 if you don't wanna see until the tournament airs.


Cleared Stage One in every tournament they competed in:


Shinichi Yano (SASUKE 1)

Kazuo Wakae (SASUKE 1)

Yusuke Ota (SASUKE 1)

Shuichiro Koyama (SASUKE 1)

Araki Motoharu (SASUKE 1)

Hidekazu Miyagi (SASUKE 1)

Tomohiro Tada (SASUKE 1)

Takashi Yo (SASUKE 1 and SASUKE 2)

Naoto Amano (SASUKE 1 and SASUKE 2)

Kazuhiro Sugimoto (SASUKE 1)

Kane Kosugi (SASUKE 1, SASUKE 4, SASUKE 6, SASUKE 7, SASUKE 8 and SASUKE 40)

Hisaya Sato (SASUKE 1)

Yuji Suzuki (SASUKE 2)

Keiji Udagawa (SASUKE 2)

Hideki Naruo (SASUKE 2)

Hiroyuki Amano (SASUKE 2)

Yoshiharu Ito (SASUKE 2)

Seigo Shibada (SASUKE 2)

Toru Takahashi (SASUKE 2)

Yoshihide Tanigawa (SASUKE 2)

Andourea Komatsubara (SASUKE 2)

Yuji Okumura (SASUKE 2)

Kazufumi Kimura (SASUKE 2)

Koichi Tamura (SASUKE 2)

Gosuke Yokoyama (SASUKE 2)

Toshitaka Ishihara (SASUKE 2)

Junpei Morita (SASUKE 3 and SASUKE 4)

Haruhisa Miyazawa (SASUKE 3)

Hiroaki Takemoto (SASUKE 4)

Kenichi Yoshida (SASUKE 4)

Shinichi Aizawa (SASUKE 4)

Haruo Takimoto (SASUKE 4)

Masao Nishihama (SASUKE 4)

Ken Nakata (SASUKE 4)

Kenichi Ishijima (SASUKE 4)

Shinji Matsushima (SASUKE 4)

Takashi Hashidate (SASUKE 4)

Ryugo Suzuka (SASUKE 4)

Shigeki Kobayashi (SASUKE 4)

Takashi Yamauchi (SASUKE 4)

Masato Kondo (SASUKE 4)

Koichi Kanzaki (SASUKE 4)

Susumu Shigeno (SASUKE 4)

Hiroyuki Nagahama (SASUKE 4)

Katsushige Fukushima (SASUKE 4)

Taka Sato (SASUKE 4)

Masahi Saeki (SASUKE 4)

Ryuichi Sakawa (SASUKE 8)

Shigenori Ueki (SASUKE 13)

Hideaki Shimizu (SASUKE 13)

Yuta Izumiyama (SASUKE 16)

Satoshi Nakamura (SASUKE 23)

Brent Steffensen (SASUKE 26, SASUKE 27 and SASUKE 32)

Jacob Smith (SASUKE 27)

Yuuya Kadono (SASUKE 27, SASUKE 29 and SASUKE 30)

Travis Rosen (SASUKE 27)

David Rodriguez (SASUKE 27)

Naoki Yokoyama (SASUKE 27)

Hiromasa Katakabe (SASUKE 29 and SASUKE 30)

Noritomo Morisawa (SASUKE 30)

Riku Hanamoto (SASUKE 31)

Alexander Mars (SASUKE 31)

Masamitsu Kikuchi (SASUKE 31)

Dai Igarashi (SASUKE 33 and SASUKE 34)

Jessie Graff (SASUKE 34, SASUKE 37 and SASUKE 40)

Koji Saikawa (SASUKE 37, SASUKE 38, SASUKE 39 and SASUKE 40)

Hayate Kajihara (SASUKE 38 and SASUKE 39)

Hayato Takasuka (SASUKE 40)

Oliver Edelmann (SASUKE 40)


Cleared Stage Two in every tournament they competed in:


Ken Hasegawa (SASUKE 1, SASUKE 2 and SASUKE 3)

Tatsuya Yamamoto (SASUKE 2 and SASUKE 3)

Masakazu Ebihara (SASUKE 2)

Yoshiaki Hatakeda (SASUKE 6)

Paul Kasemir (SASUKE 26 and SASUKE 27)

James McGrath (SASUKE 27)

Ryan Stratis (SASUKE 27)

Andre Sihm (SASUKE 32)

Ben Toyer (SASUKE 36)

Yoshiyuki Yamamoto (SASUKE 37, SASUKE 38, SASUKE 39 and SASUKE 40)


Cleared Stage Three in every tournament they competed in:

Minoru Matsumoto (SASUKE 3)

Rene Casselly (SASUKE 37)



Every valiant competitor who is putting their streak at risk in SASUKE 41:


Hayato Takasuka (Never failed before Stage 2 X1)

Hayate Kajihara (Never failed before Stage 2 X3)

Rene Casselly (Never failed before Stage 4 X1)

Yoshiyuki Yamamoto (Never failed before Stage 3 X4)

[loboticialtree]

Not to be rude or anything, but I think Miyazawa Haruhisa also qualifies for this list, as it is confirmed that he was a one-time competitor as believe there is nothing in SASUKE 4 that lists his occupation (House Painter). That's all.

[sasukewarrior333]

Dec 20, 2023 15:10:30 GMT -5 loboticialtree said:

Not to be rude or anything, but I think Miyazawa Haruhisa also qualifies for this list, as it is confirmed that he was a one-time competitor as believe there is nothing in SASUKE 4 that lists his occupation (House Painter). That's all.

Not rude at all, thanks for letting me know! Good catch, will edit it and give you a shoutout. 

[ChiBiJKT48]

Pretty sure you list Amoto Naoto for SASUKE 1 only, while in fact it is Amano Naoto that you had in separate list for SASUKE 2 only. It is confirmed to be the same person and he did not change his name, but to be fair SASUKEpedia is still not changing his name on SASUKE 1's Competitors List, so I can see why you made that mistake.

[loboticialtree]

Dec 31, 2023 21:53:55 GMT -5 ChiBiJKT48 said:

Pretty sure you list Amoto Naoto for SASUKE 1 only, while in fact it is Amano Naoto that you had in separate list for SASUKE 2 only. It is confirmed to be the same person and he did not change his name, but to be fair SASUKEpedia is still not changing his name on SASUKE 1's Competitors List, so I can see why you made that mistake.

I'm guessing they misspelled his name in SASUKE 1, and his name in SASUKE 2 is his actual correct name, as he was competing with his brother, who had the correct last name (Amano). Hence why for a long time Amoto and Amano were considered separate people for a long time until this year I believe. Therefore, is was probably a misspelling error.