Updated: December 8, 2009 with names Ube found
Updated: December 9, 2009 confirmation of at least 5 All-Stars via picture from Lee Enchi
Updated: December 10, 2009 with names Ube found
Updated: December 12, 2009 with names Ube found and updated information on TBS Specials
Updated: December 13, 2009 with names Ube found
Updated: December 14, 2009 with names Ube found
Updated: December 17, 2009 with names Ube found in magazines
Updated: December 18, 2009 - Ube found information on Bunpei's participation
Updated: December 25, 2009 - with names Ube found
Video Clip of Chiyo-Chan from Azumanga Daioh
Sasuke 24 is right around the corner! In fact.. Taping is Tuesday, December 8th! The actual broadcast is NEW YEAR'S DAY! It's just over THREE WEEKS AWAY! Just like last year.. I've been chanting this song LOL. Looks like there will be a bunch of us in the Sasuke Maniac forums waking up at early morning (2:36 AM Eastern time) on Friday, January 1st to watch Sasuke 24 air live.
PLEASE SEE THE SASUKE 24 SCHEDULE PAGE FOR ALL OF THE AIRDATES!
There are specials starting from December 28th!
Again just like last year Lost in Ube and I will be scouring the Internet to find what we can. With Sasuke Maniac off the air.. we have to rely on blogs, websites like Sasuke Mania and Monster 9 and eventually TBS when they put up their official Sasuke 24 page, etc. to find out our information! As of today we have a few people already confirmed and/or rumored to be coming, PLEASE NOTE: These names, even the confirmed one, can change due to unforeseeable circumstances - so the list is created as a guideline using past information and what has been posted in blogs in Japan. It is for fans wanting to know who might be participating.
Sasuke 24 photoTakeda, Shiratori, Lee, Nagano, Akiyama and Yamamoto ©Lee En Chi リー・エンチ
Confirmed participants
- Allstars - Makoto Nagano 長野誠 / Toshihiro Takeda 竹田敏浩 / Katsumi Yamada 山田勝己 / Shingo Yamamoto 山本進悟 / Kazuhiko Akiyama 秋山 和彦
- Bunpei Shiratori 白鳥文平 (*According to Katsuhide Torisawa's blog post, Bunpei was there only to cheer on the others due to an injury)
5/100
- Hitoshi Kanno 菅野仁志 - Gymnast - Sasuke 20, 22 and 23. Stage 3 competitor from Sasuke 22 and Finalist in Sasuke 24
- Yuuji Urushihara 漆原裕治 - Shoe salesman (UNCLI #3) who qualified for Sasuke 21 via BUG-IN-MIKI win against the All-Stars. He re-qualified through Sasuke Trials Spring/2009 and made it to the final stage in Sasuke 22
- Taiwan's Lee En Chi リー・エンチ (Stage 3 competitor in Sasuke 22)
8/100
- G4 will be sending 1 host and to my knowledge she is not competing. Alison Haislip.
- To this date there are ZERO confirmed participants for the Americans. This may turn out to be like Sasuke 18 where a host was sent and no G4 competitors..
8/100
- Japan Sasuke Trials - We hear there were no Sasuke Trials for Sasuke 24 though it seems some of the previous winners are being invited back.
- Koji Hashimoto 橋本亘司 (Sasuke 21-23) (Stage 2 competitor from Sasuke 23)
9/100
Not Returning/Improbable Returns- Sato Hiromichi 佐藤弘道 - TV host - Sasuke 22 Stage 2 competitor
- Kenji Takahashi 高橋賢次 (Kongo Express) (Stage 3 competitor in Sasuke 23)
- Toshiaki Kasuga 春日 俊彰 from Comedy duo Audrey オードリー (Sasuke 22)
- Udo Suzuki ウド 鈴木 from Kyain キャイ～ン - Comedian
- Choshu Korikki 長州小力 - (G4 mentions him as the famous gut of Japan) - Comedian
- Hori ホリ - monomane specialist (Sasuke 22 and Sasuke 23)
- Kazuyuki Toda 戸田和幸 - Soccer player
- Takashi Fukunishi 福西崇史 - Former Japan National Team soccer player (Sasuke 23)
- Akira Omori (大森晃) - Comedian Monkikki or Monkickey (モンキッキー) (or "Monkey") - Sasuke 1-7 and 3-time Finalist and Sasuke 23
- Kenjiro Ishimaru 石丸謙二郎 - TV host (Sasuke 22)
- Yoshiyuki Okuyama 奥山義行 (Stage 3 competitor in Sasuke 22 and Stage 3 competitor in Sasuke 23)
- Dynamic Trio of Death!! Hang Glider - Masami Harashima 原島雅美 , Creepy Model Maker Guy - Yasuo Aoki 青木保夫 and Mr. Octopus (Tako Man) - Minoru Kuramochi 倉持稔
- Naoki Iketani 池谷直樹 - Muscle Musical マッスルミュージカル
- Ryuhei Ueshima 上島 竜兵 - comedy trio Dachou Club ダチョウ倶楽部
- Katsuhiro Higo 肥後 克広 - comedy trio Dachou Club ダチョウ倶楽部
- Jimon Terakado 寺門 ジモン - comedy trio Dachou Club ダチョウ倶楽部
- Takeshi Nadagi なだぎ武 - Comedian (Sasuke 23)
- Tetsuro Degawa 出川哲朗 - Comedian (Sasuke 23)
- Eiko Kano 狩野英孝 - Comedian (Sasuke 23)
- Nochi ノッチ - Comedian from Dangerous デンジャラス (Sasuke 22)
- Seiji Maeda 前田誠二
- Hiroaki Shimuzu - Rock climber
- Yoshio Kojima 小島よしお - Comedian (Sasuke 22)
- According to Kazuha Sakiyama 崎山一葉 boy band Shinsengumi Rien 新撰組リアン were at the taping. (Sasuke 22 had 2 members (Tetsuji Sakakibara 榊原徹士 and Hiroya Kunisada 國定拓弥) of the group participating - it is unknown who will be in Sasuke 24)
- Sachiyo Yamada 山田幸代 - Lacrosse player who made it to the 3rd Stage at Kunoichi 8
- Dandy Sakano ダンディ坂野 - Comedian
- Tetsuya Nakamoto 中本哲也 (Tetsu and Tomo テツandトモ)
- Tomoyuki Ishizawa 石澤智幸 (Tetsu and Tomo テツandトモ)
- Jun Itoda 井戸田潤 (Speed Wagon スピードワゴン)
- Rie Komiya 小宮理英 - Muscle Musical マッスルミュージカル - Kunoichi 8 Co-Champion and Sasuke 22 and Sasuke 23
- Satomi Kadoi 門井 佐登美 - Muscle Musical マッスルミュージカル - Kunoichi 8 Co-Champion
- Genki Sudo 須藤元気 - Former MMA fighter (Sasuke 23)
- Katsuhiko Nagata 永田克彦 - Silver medal wrestler at the Sydney Olympics and is currently with New Japan Pro Wrestling. He's the younger brother of pro wrestler Yuji Nagata.
- Katsuhide Torisawa 鳥澤克秀 - Fruit Crushing Guy (Sasuke 20, Sasuke 21 and Sasuke 23)
- Masahiro Inoue (Kamen Rider Decade) 井上正大
- Keisuke Katou (Kamen Rider Ixa) 加藤慶祐
- Harumi Edo エド・はるみ
- Hoshan ほっしゃん - Comedian (Sasuke 23)
- Toshiro Shimazaki 島崎俊郎
- Yukio Iketani 池谷幸雄 - Gymnast (Sasuke 20)
- Naoki Iketani 池谷直樹 - Muscle Musical マッスルミュージカル (long Sasuke history - last one was Sasuke 22)
- Paul ANTHONY Terek - American Olympic Decathlete (Sasuke 22)
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Rumored/Probable
Rumored/Probable
- (From Ube's blog) Note: There is also supposed to be a Yukio Hatoyama impersonator to go along with Nocchi's Obama. I think but am not 100% positive that it will be Kuruo Hatoyama 鳩山来留夫 since he and Nocchi have been doing appearances together.
- Daisuke Miyazaki 宮﨑大輔 - Daisuke has signed on with a new handball team in Spain. He is returning from injury and has games this same week in Spain and it is very unlikely he will take off for Sasuke. Not confirmed but it's a safe bet he may not be able to participate.
- Levi Meeuwenberg リーヴァイ・ミューエンバーグ- rumored to be unable to participate due to conflict in schedule. However this is not confirmed. (Stage 3 competitor in Sasuke 23)
- Brian Orosco ブライアン・オロスコ (Team Tempest's "No Sole") - rumored to be unable to participate due to conflict in schedule. However this is not confirmed. (Stage 2 competitor in Sasuke 23)
- Richard King リチャード・キング (Team Tempest's "Dickey Boy") - rumored to be unable to participate due to conflict in schedule. However this is not confirmed. (Stage 2 competitor in Sasuke 23)
- Shunsuke Nagasaki 長崎 峻侑 - Trampolinist- Still recovering from an ankle injury sustained while at Japanese Nationals.
- Daisuke Nakata 中田大輔 - Trampolinist
25 comments:
Charming. w/out your blogs the experience and anticipation wouldn't be the same. Does that necessarily mean it would be not as good w/out rambling rican??.... No.. :) but that's not to say I don't enjoy your goodies.
Thanks ;) I tend to rile myself up when I start putting this up. As per tradition I put it up when I get Lee's confirmation.. dunno why.. just seemed to happen each time.. LOL!
Can't do anything but quote venus.
I'm starting to feel funny too...taping tomorroooooooooooowwww!!!!!
I'm getting excited, too. Taping begins at 5:00 PM my time. Ganbatte kudasai, All-Stars!
The last night before kanzenseiha :D LOL
let's hope...I'm sending a good luck message to Nagano, anyway. Who knows, it could turn in something like "Oh no I'm on the top but I can't even lift my arm to touch the button...wait...there's people who thought about me...sent me messages...I MUST lift my arm!"
And there comes the second kanzenseiha LOL.
I sent messages to my two favorites, Shingo and Yamada, earlier in the year for their birthdays. I hope that gives them some inspiration and encouragement. I want to see them achieve kanzen seiha.
LOL Arty :) He surprises me sometimes with messages though he is good at NOT giving away spoilers /groan :p He's been taught well by TBS.
Oh Cool Tiger :) I hope you hear back from them.. otherwise though you know you send them good luck messages!
Awesome new pic. I'm glad Akiyama and Shiratori were there. Yamada isn't in the pic, but I'm sure he was there. This is the first time in over three years that all six of the All-Stars have been at Sasuke at the same time. That's great.
Akiyama shaved his head. I wonder why he did that. It's winter. It's cold, especially up where he lives.
I had kittens when I saw it on Lee's page.. I was going OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was fantastic to see Bunpei after so long!!! Akiyama (I'm humming the theme to Kojak).. if I didn't know any better.. it looks like he dyed his hair too! LOL I have no idea.. I'd be freezing too but hey he wants to try something new :) I'm so excited!!!!!!! Sasuke 17 was the last one! Wow.. time flies. And yes I'm almost positive Yamada is there but didn't post for that specific pic. He comes and goes a lot on his own and Lee does take pictures with him but it's usually by himself. We won't see any more 24 pics until it airs in Taiwan so we have a couple months still.
It's really awesome that all 6 of the All-stars were there. I hope they all did well. I'm still counting on kanzen seiha from Shingo and Yamada.
Isn't the tower lit up like that all beautiful? It's inspiring :)
I have a new nickname for Akiyama. It's "Cue ball." What'cha think?
Dang, no Dai? I just love that little elf. Drooling in anticipation of the broadcast. Go Bunpei!!! And Kewpie Doll!!! And Nagano, of course. :)
You know Mr. Crabs shaved his head to delete a really bad hair dye job?
Sorry, meant to write "You think"
LOL you did read my mind.. it's really light.. I figured he dyed it went OMFG and shaved it off since he was going to Sasuke.. LOL! That would be funny if it were true.
kaaawaaaiiiiiiii 6/6 All-Stars! I Already went mad on a couple of places so I won't spam my newborn kittens here. Still, every time I see that pic I start jumping around.
It's been a LOT since the last time I've seen Bunpei, I already started to worry about him, but here he is! Yay!
With each passing day I get more excited. Just updated the other page with information on dates on specials, yada yada.. I'm having kittens all over again!
Pros:
1. all 6 all-stars ( since when? )
2. Lee ( hope of taiwan )
3. Kenji ( revenge of the Kongu )
4. "Monkey" ( always entertaining )
5. Kenjiro ( forever young )
6. Okuyama ( hands recovered )
7. Shimuzu ( novelty: ex-tester )
8. Kanno & Yuuji ( no flukes )
Cons:
1. No Trials so no new names
2. No Americans or other foreigners ( Lee is only exception )
3. No Brian Orosco or Richard King
4. No Levi ( no one for you to bitch about this time, Arsenette )
5. No Nakata
6. Shinji unconfirmed
7. No 4.0001% bodyfat firefighter ( hey, he must have grown fatter by now! )
Thanks Ube & Arsenette for the updates!
btw,
1. Can't see what is wrong with Akiyama's hairstyle. Why is everyone going on & on about it? I have the same hairstyle. It is crew cut ( blade No.2 )
2. the joke about Nagano can't lift his arms by Arty ( got to be that funny kid again ), i LMFAO!
Hi, thank you Arsenette for doing this, I've followed this for a long time and admired your efforts (and signed the petition). One potential correction I throw out to all of you, though. I thought Akira Omori was in one of the Sasukes between 15 and 20, probably 20 (for the 20th anniversary show). Maybe Ube or someone could confirm?
Also, I'm hoping for news that any of the Americans participated, too. I'm a bit annoyed sometimes by Levi's antics as well, but not that much--especially seeing an older episode seeing another Japanese participant doing a back-flip during their run(I don't remember who though).
Pros:
1. all 6 all-stars (Sasuke 17, October, 2006 so just over 3 years!)
Cons:
1. 4. No Levi ( no one for you to bitch about this time, Arsenette ) {LOL Sato is still there :D Aahahahahha}
Hubby has a crewcut too :) Nothing wrong with that but I agree with Chaki.. I think he was trying to cover up a bad dye job :p LOL!!
Thanks K! I don't believe Omori was in there for several reasons. He mentions himself he hasn't been there in ages and the other is because of the wiki. Here's the one for 20. http://sasukepedia.wikia.com/wiki/SASUKE_20 The people working on it have tried really hard to get all the competitors (even the cut ones) and I don't believe TBS would have cut someone as well known and loved as Monkikki. I'm happy he came back in 23 and he is confirmed for 24. Hopefully he continues the trend and is another regular!
I did mention before with Levi's flipping and his defenders in general that he wasn't the only one who has done it but he is the first of a true contender to do it. Usually joke competitors with no other reason other than to entertain the crowd because the have absolutely no chance in Hades to beat the course would revert to antics like that. Levi wasn't/isn't/shouldn't be put in that category.. especially since he showed restraint and was liked in Sasuke 20. Even the All-Stars were annoyed by the ridiculous antics.. most especially after his exit from Sasuke 23.
Thanks for responding, the first time I saw Levi flip, I chalked it up to naivete, but the more he flips (like on the American challenge on TV this weekend), the more I wonder (and I agree, I hope the All-Stars talked with him about the dive in the water-that definitely bothered me more than the flips). Maybe it's okay to behave like this in the U.S., but I agree for Sasuke, it's better to "Act like you've been there."
Now I'm questioning my own memory on what I saw with Akira as far as which competition (when they repeat it on Comcast's Channel 1 again, I'll see if I can catch which competition they're showing). It's interesting, though, I thought he was a bit of a ham to the camera the first few competitions, but he's a comedian, and he mellowed gradually (I agree, I look forward to seeing him now, although he's over 40 now-I feel old typing that).
Hey no problem :) and yes I do feel old myself LOL!! I'm only a few years younger than he it but still it's cool to see him back and competing. I really hope he beats the Jumping Spider this time. He spent the last month posting on his blog about how excited he is and how he has been training. He has seemed to mellow down a bit. Suits him! :D Just 2 1/2 weeks to go to find out how he did in 24! Boy am I going to be tired though.. LOL!!
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