Hatsuta Keisuke (初田 啓介) announced 24 SASUKE tournaments. He began as the #2 announcer in SASUKE 2 and became the main announcer following Furutachi Ichiro's departure after SASUKE 12. Ogasawara Wataru moved from #2 announcer to lead after SASUKE 21 was Hatsuta's last competition until returning in SASUKE 24 and SASUKE 27 and SASUKE 28 and SASUKE 29.
Despite his two tournament absence from SASUKE, he was the lead announcer for KUNOICHI 8.