And now for a guy who plays a sport with a dirty name...Daisuke Miyazaki.
the aforementioned sport...Handball.
He's won Sportsman #1!
He cleared the second stage!
#77...
Mistaa HANDUBALLU!
Step Slider clear!
High stepping it over the Hazard Swing
And onto the Escargot...
:O he's down!
SHOCKER!(no, I'm serious)
they're shocked too.
Yamada is intensely focused.
I think NAOTO actually has watched before...the other dudes, not so much.
He loves his Sasuke Spray!
WARNING: The following is stock footage brought to the Tokyo Broadcasting System. You will see it multiple times and will have nightmares. Maybe.
Crying..."For me, there is nothing else but SASUKE"
SASUKE All-Star Yamada Katsumi
Did you know the name Yamada means "Rice paddy in the mountains"? Oh yeah, he sucks at the first stage.
TBS basically going, "See, SEE, even Nagano was depressed about it! You should be too!!!!!1111"(1s are intentional)
A letter! Yamada's way of telling his family "FU."
He fixed his Wall...maybe he won't die on it this time!/wishfulthinking
Akiyama isn't there
Takeda isn't there
Shiratori isn't there.
Speaking of birds...here's what they would see if they were flying over the course.
Mista Sasuke...Yamada Katsumi...
He steps...He slides!
He Jumps!
Onto the Escargot....
Oh, he slipped....
but is still able to clear.
Onto the Jumping Spider...
And he's go-
-t nothing.
Before
After
producer/PR guy: "Sato-san, act sad for a second."
Sato: "Sure, why?"
Okay, this time I do feel bad for him. He had it!
Yamada: "I had it!"
Mr. NHK, Hiromichi Sato!
He cleared the first stage...
but wiped out on the Metal Spin.
family
wife and son.
He made it through the Step Slider(I can feel the fumes coming from certain SMF members)
More fumes....
Now I'm hearing "FAIL...FAIL...HURRY UP AND FAIL DAMNIT!"
wife is happy that he cleared...son is like "Can we hurry this up?"
Down and out(cue collective sign of relief and cheering from aforementioned SMF members)
wife looks like she belongs in the nut house. Son is saying "He failed? Good, we go now, right?"
Nagano's nervous...
and EXILE is up next. Business has just picked up!
NAOTO: "I'm so ready for this!"
he's part of Golden Disk winner EXILE.
and #1 artist J Soul Brothers!
He trained for this
Dancer Naoto Kataoka! aka the EXILE guy.(BTW, the guys on the start line with him are only the J Soul Brothers, not the original members of EXILE, I think.)
Over the Step Slider
Through the Hazard Swing...
Okay, I'm impressed, RE clear.
O_O...he beat Yamada and Sato. Damn.
other dudes love it.
after a commercial break, down on the HPA. He would have timed anyway(unless he seriously ran faster the Flash)
YEAH!!!
DAMN!!!
Yeah...I failed.
Hehe, we're gonna laugh at you, but we're not gonna try it.
2 Japanese clears and 4 American clears...that can only mean one thing...I SMELL EPI-STACHE!
my nose doesn't fail me, Brian Orosco! With a real f'n mustache!
Stepping and Sliding
Brian telling the swing to F off, he's straight jumping this B***h.
Nagano is appearing interested...Shingo isn't even trying to.
Beat the Snail.
Jumping Spider clear!
damn that was fast.
HPA clear
Up the Soritatsu Kabe
Got the Giant Swing pretty low.
Has to go under, that's gonna cost him time.
Got the net with over 30, he's got it.
BRIAN OROSCO CLEAR!
Due to a wrist injury, the part of Levi will be played by Brian.
with 20.58 seconds to go, Brian Orosco has cleared Stage 1!
Americans love it!
fans are happy!
Nagano is happy! Shingo....well, he's not.
Kenji's happy!
"So fast!"
Brian is very tired right now.
Coming up: Kanno
Okuyama
Kouji
Kenji(doing some parkour)
and Shingo!
Hasegawa gas station manager!
failed the first stage 14 times, 2nd stage 9 times, 3rd Stage 8 times.
He trains at work
Sasuke All-Star Shingo Yamamoto!
I expect a brain fart, but for now, Step Slider clear!
Good off the Hazard Swing
He tied with Minoru Kuramochi...TIED.
Another view of his fail
ZOMG!!!!
Yamada....has....emotions about others?! CALL THIS MAN A DOCTOR!
Nagano before.
and after
Okuyama and Yuuji can't believe it
Nagano helping him out of the water.
uh-oh...I don't like this, Kanno FF.
Yep, he was the guy in the commercial.
Crowd: AHHH!
Nagano: AHHH! Yamda: I felt that.
Oh s**t....
Kongu fail.
wife is shocked.
The kids are too.
Taiwan Rock Climber Li En Zhi/Lee En Chi/Lee Enchi/Lee Yen Chi!
Anyway, made it too the final.
Over the Step Slider.
wow, he cleared the obstacle that has been taking out the nobodys...I'M SHOCKED. /sarcasm
Onto the Escargot..
Shingo is getting bad memories.
Yuuji feeling a little sick.
He sticks it!
Through the spider walking part and onto the HPA
couldn't get the platform, gonna try again.
This time is good.
Daphuck? He missed on the SK?
Got it on the second try.
Nagano is concerned. David Campbell is screaming "HURRY"
Got the Giant Swing(like everyone but Morikami and Brian)
gotta haul ass...
got a chance...
gonna be close....
HE GOT IT!
Impressed is Nagano.
Fans are happy...
Okuyama is saying to himself "3 out of the last 4 times, he and I have had the same result, good for me."
Yuuji: "Oh god, I'm up soon."
Yuuji: "Listen, uhh, I got a fever, do I have to go."
now THAT'S close
Li En Zhi is our 8th clear of the day!
Kouji is definitely impressed.
Yuuji is praying.
Okuyama is ready to go.
runner from the 91 world championships
motorcyclist
and finalist
he got a new home?
He has a better cliffhanger than Rider. :p
it's his dream.
I know I'm not the only one saying "Damn, that looks pretty cool."
That's pretty damn good.
Okuyama Yoshiyuki!
good.
good.
worried.
but good.
sticked it!
so far so good, even with time
Through the HPA.
needs to pick it up a little.
got through the giant swing, last obstacle is time.
It's gonna be another close one...
But, he's gonna get it!
kid loves it
lol at Kouji smile.
I see wrinkles.
Okuyama Yoshiyuki is Clear 9! And with 3 very capable competitors left(Yuuji, Nagano, Kouji)
wife is happy...
okay Kouji FF.
JS.
over and clear...guess he had a boring run.
mom and dad.
mom is overcome with joy.
Nagano getting ready. He's probably not very used to 99. After all, this is only the 4th time since 12 that he ISN'T 100.(17 he was 99, 18 was the race, then 25 was Yuuji.)
Kouji Hashimoto is our 10th clear! We are in the double digits!
O Captain, My Captain.
Grand Champion
Has failed Stage 1 twice in a row(which, by SMF standards, means a slump)
He's running across buildings...which isn't even the least safest thing he has done.
because, you see, he trains on solid concrete.
baby pic. His son Kaiou.
and there's mama Asami trying to get him to wave to the camera. He won't.
WAIT. I actually know this song! Last Battle from the X TV Show OST.
Nagano Makoto!
Oh, good, he can do what he's done 8 or 9 times now.
Hazard Swing clear.
On the RE.
Cleared that and onto the Jumping Spider.
Well, that wasn't supposed to happen. First time he's failed a trampoline jump since the Jump Hang in Sasuke 10(Circle Slider was a springboard, there is a difference)
shock.
not good for uneasy Yuuji.
Yamada is like, "Damn."
"Why is dad wet?"
Just couldn't quite get it...
here we go...
Shoe salesman
Grand Champion #3
failed Physics in 25.
#100 for the second straight tournament...
Urushihara Yuuji! The last competitor!
Step Slider clear...
Hazard Swing clear.
Onto the Escargot.
his feet slipped off he he got them back on...
and made it through!
approaching where Nagano failed.
Oh no! He doesn't have it!
Oh...my...god...he just put a 19 and jumped from the walk back to the trampoline.
awed.
applause.
that's impressive.
Yuuji can't even believe it.
Got it on the second try.
And he's cleared the Jumping Spider(how, I don't know)
Onto the HPA.
gotta go back, didn't have steady feet.
but this time he's go...
..ne in the drink.
shock, yet he wasn't gonna clear.
Well, it was a good run.
Crowd just disappointed that his run is over.
everyone is shocked.
that was just an awesome recovery.
had to go back on the HPA.
and lost his footing when he landed.
He is depressed.
NEXT TIME: THE SECOND STAGE!!!!!!!
