Ragivaru Anastase

Anastase Ragivaru, known formally as Ragivaru Anastase (ラギヴァル・アナスターズ), is a Tahitian Dance Instructor who first competed in SASUKE 31. Due to wearing a wreath on his head, he is often called Wreath Man. He also represent his country, Tahiti, in a world canoeing competition in 2010 when he was 19 years old.

SASUKE Career
Much controversy surrounded Anastase in SASUKE 31. In First Stage, while attempting Rolling Hill, he jumped from the top of the obstacle, which is not allowed, but due to the fact that there was a miscommunication between him and the producers (as the producers couldn't speak French and they were certain he couldn't clear the stage), this was ignored and he cleared with 35.68 seconds left, the fastest time of the tournament and the fourth fastest First Stage time in history, only behind David Campbell, Travis Furlanic (SASUKE 27), and Drew Drechsel (SASUKE 34). In Second Stage, he had a small slip-up on Salmon Ladder Nobori, but powered through it so hard, he ended up breaking a few rungs (this make the stage postponed for at least 30 minutes just to fix the broken part). Nevertheless, he managed to clear, finishing with 17.02 seconds left, the second fastest time in the tournament. He failed Crazy Cliffhanger in Third Stage after his right hand couldn't get a firm grip on the end of the second ledge, causing him to slip and fall, making him the competitor with the worst performance out of competitors in Third Stage.

He competed again in SASUKE 32, wearing #94. He repeated his performance from the previous tournament by clearing First Stage with the fastest time once again, and also clearing the new Second Stage with the fastest time of 28.63 seconds left on the clock, which is the third fastest time in Second Stage, only beaten by Levi Meeuwenberg (SASUKE 20) and Takahashi Kenji (SASUKE 24). However, just after Drew Drechsel's run, the Third Stage was plagued with rain and frost, causing Ragivaru, who was up next, to slip twice on the new Drum Hopper Kai. This tired him out, causing him to lose his grip on the last transition of the next obstacle, Flying Bar.

In SASUKE 33, he retained #94 once more, but surprisingly fell on the Rolling Hill. Later, it was revealed that he was in Europe a few days before the recording of SASUKE 33 and was forced by TBS to come back on short notice to compete. As a result, he arrived on set only half an hour before his run.

In SASUKE 34, he wore #93. He cleared First Stage with 28.94 seconds left and Second Stage with 6.81 seconds left. In the Third Stage, he failed the Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger before the first transition. His entire run was digested.

Despite his performances, he has not competed since. A reason for his disappearance in competition may be due to his appearance in KuroOvi, which was a tournament created to compete against SASUKE.

Away from SASUKE
He is still a Dance Instructor to this date. He had long being a Japanese citizen after marrying his fiancée back in 2016.

Trivia

 * He holds numerous speed records, such as:
 * The fourth fastest time ever in First Stage (35.68 seconds), set in SASUKE 31. He was also the only non-American competitor in the fastest five, with the Americans being Drew Drechsel (38.24 seconds left in SASUKE 34), Travis Furlanic, and David Campbell (43.90 seconds left and 44.32 seconds left, respectively, in SASUKE 27). Asa Kazuma (35.55 seconds left in SASUKE 30), on the other hand, being the only Japanese competitor in the list.
 * He also holds the record for the fastest ever Second Stage finish in SASUKE RISING era, with 28.63 seconds left in SASUKE 32. This make him the third fastest overall, only beaten by Takahashi Kenji (32.11 seconds left in SASUKE 24) and Levi Meeuwenberg (38.54 seconds left in SASUKE 20).
 * Thanks to said speed, Ragivaru is one of 7 competitors to share the feat of clearing the first and second stage in the fastest time in that same tournament, for Ragivaru he did this in SASUKE 32. (The other 6 are Yamamoto Shingo, Nagano Makoto, Levi Meeuwenberg, David Campbell, Asa Kazuma, and Yamamoto Yoshiyuki)