Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing refers to the competitor who has the final run in a SASUKE competition. However, there is a common misconception that Last Man Standing refers to the competitor who made it the furthest in the competition; that is referred to as simply the Best Result.

Omori Akira was Last Man Standing for the first 3 competitions due to his consecutive Final Stage appearances and high numbers due to this, while from SASUKE 4 to 17, an All-Star was Last Man Standing (with the exception of SASUKE 8), namely Nagano Makoto in the majority of cases, who still holds the record for most occurrences at 8. From Shin-SASUKE, however, there were more instances of rising stars reaching the Third and Final Stage while the All-Stars began to regress due to age, and so different names, such as Urushihara Yuuji, Kanno Hitoshi, and Morimoto Yusuke (who was Last Man Standing from SASUKE 33-36), earned this title.

Interestingly, the title has also been held by three foreigners: Kane Kosugi (SASUKE 8), Levi Meeuwenberg (SASUKE 20), and Rene Kaselowsky (SASUKE 37), all three of which also progressed the furthest in their respective competitions.

Competitions	#	Last Man Standing	Result	Notes
1st	97	Omori Akira	Final Stage: Tsuna Nobori About 11m up
2nd	99	Omori Akira	Final Stage: Tsuna Nobori About 7.8m up	First to repeat as Last Man Standing.
3rd	100	Omori Akira	Final Stage: Tsuna Nobori About 8m up	Yamada, who had gone before Omori, had narrowly missed becoming the first to achieve kanzenseiha.
4th	86	Akiyama Kazuhiko	Final Stage: Kanzenseiha 6.0 seconds left	First Kanzenseiha achieved in SASUKE.
5th	98	Yamamoto Shingo	Third Stage: Pipe Slider	First competition where no one attempted the Final Stage.
6th	99	Yamada Katsumi	Third Stage: Pipe Slider	Yamada landed on the mat but fell off to the right.
7th	97	Yamamoto Shingo	Final Stage: Spider Climb About 3m up	Yamamoto's shoulder dislocated after earlier injury.
8th	91	Kane Kosugi	Final Stage: Tsuna Nobori About 18m up	Kane was the first to beat the Spider Climb, as well as the first American to be both Last Man Standing and reach the Final Stage.
9th	98	Yamamoto Shingo	Third Stage: Rumbling Dice	Nagano, who had went first nearly beat the Third Stage.
10th	1000	Yamada Katsumi	Third Stage: Pipe Slider
11th	96	Nagano Makoto	Final Stage: Tsuna Nobori About 20m up
12th	100	Nagano Makoto	Final Stage: Tsuna Nobori 0.11 seconds from Kanzenseiha	Nagano was close to pressing the final button and had reached for it with his right hand. However, the rope swung back before he could do so, and he timed out.
13th	100	Nagano Makoto	Final Stage: Tsuna Nobori 22.4m up
14th	100	Nagano Makoto	Third Stage: Jumping Bars	First tournament the final obstacle(s) of the Third Stage were not reached.
15th	96	Takeda Toshihiro	Third Stage: Devil Balanço
16th	100	Nagano Makoto	Third Stage: Devil Balanço	Shiratori, who went 2 tries before him, narrowly missed on becoming the first person to beat the redesigned Third Stage.
17th	99	Nagano Makoto	Final Stage: Kanzenseiha 2.56 seconds left	Second Kanzenseiha achieved in SASUKE.
18th	98	Takahashi Kenji	Third Stage: Shin-Cliffhanger
19th	86	Washimi Yūji	Second Stage: Salmon Ladder Sixth Level	First competition where no one attempted the Third Stage.
20th	1989	Levi Meeuwenberg	Third Stage: Shin-Cliffhanger
21st	100	Nagano Makoto	Third Stage: Gliding Ring	A design flaw made it so that the ring had to be pushed down the track.
22nd	77	Urushihara Yuuji	Final Stage: G-Rope About 22.1m up	First time the Final Stage was attempted in Shin-SASUKE.
23rd	100	Nagano Makoto	Final Stage: G-Rope 0.21 seconds late	Final Stage time limit had been reduced from 45 to 40 seconds.
24th	95	Okuyama Yoshiyuki	Final Stage: G-Rope About 19m up	Urushihara had previously managed to climb up the tower with 3.57 seconds left. Third Kanzenseiha achieved in SASUKE as a result.
25th	80	Lee En-Chih	Third Stage: Ultimate Cliffhanger Second Ledge
26th	97	Okuyama Yoshiyuki	Third Stage: Ultimate Cliffhanger Fourth Ledge
27th	99	Urushihara Yuuji	Final Stage: Kanzenseiha 6.71 seconds left	Urushihara became the first person to achieve a 2nd Kanzenseiha in SASUKE. 4th Kanzenseiha achieved in SASUKE as a result.
28th	89	Kanno Hitoshi	Third Stage: Crazy Cliffhanger (Fourth Ledge)
29th	97	Kanno Hitoshi	Third Stage: Crazy Cliffhanger (Fourth Ledge)
30th	2994	Matachi Ryo	Final Stage: Tsuna Nobori About 23m up
31st	91	Morimoto Yūsuke	Final Stage: Kanzenseiha 2.59 seconds left	Fifth Kanzenseiha achieved in SASUKE.
32nd	97	Kawaguchi Tomohiro	Third Stage: Flying Bar
33rd	100	Morimoto Yūsuke	Third Stage: Flying Bar
34th	100	Morimoto Yūsuke	Third Stage: Vertical Limit Kai
35th	100	Morimoto Yūsuke	Final Stage: Tsuna Nobori About 20m up
36th	100	Morimoto Yūsuke	Final Stage: Tsuna Nobori About 24.5m up
37th	88	Rene Kaselowsky	Final Stage: Salmon Ladder Jūgo Dan About 13m up	Bar is derailed.
38th	100	Morimoto Yūsuke	Final Stage: Kanzenseiha 2.52 seconds left	Morimoto became the second person to achieve a 2nd Kanzenseiha in SASUKE. 6th Kanzenseiha achieved in SASUKE as a result.
39th	91	Tada Tatsuya	Third Stage: Vertical Limit
40th	4000	Morimoto Yūsuke	Final Stage: Tsuna Nobori About 25m up
41st	100	Morimoto Yūsuke	Third Stage: Vertical Limit Burst