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This competition has been officially announced.
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Intro[]
SASUKE Koshien 3 (officially, 「SASUKE甲子園2025」), is the third ever series of preliminary trial events for senior high school students. Similar to the previous year's competition, it would test the skills a competitor would need in an actual tournament, with the addition of competitors competing as a team, each representing a different school. Once again, through an audition process, the event narrowed down to the chosen 8 schools consisting of 24 students, with some schools and even students within those schools returned. As ongoing tradition, each school was represented by a team of 3 students, containing a team captain and was designated with a different color. There were 3 rounds in a formation of a tournament bracket system. Each round would cut the teams in half, and the winning team would be officially chosen to compete in SASUKE 43. It was hosted by Mitarai Nana, with Iwamoto Hikaru and Hioki Masashi as guests. Hioki, along with Morimoto Yūsuke, Yamamoto Shingo and Yamada Katsumi appeared as mentors.
Qualifying First Stage[]
Eight teams would compete in the SASUKE Relay (SASUKEリレー). Each matchup would have every team attempting to navigate five obstacles while wearing a sash and the competitor who finish a lap would remove the sash they were wearing, then pass it to their partner so they can go next. This time, the course added two new obstacles, Hurdle Kuguri where competitors would crawl underneath several hurdles and Pipe Isu where competitors carry folded chairs with both hands and proceed along the track. This process would continue until every team member completed all obstacles and the team that do so faster than their opponent would win the matchup and move onto the Second Stage.
Obstacles[]
① Teoshi Guruma 手押し車 (25m)
② Onbu おんぶ (60m)
③ Hurdle Kuguri ハードル潜り (25m)
④ Untei うんてい (10m)
⑤ Pipe Isu パイプ椅子 (25m)
Results[]
| School (Team Color) | Name | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matchup 1 | |||
| Seiko Gakuin High School (Blue) | Gamo Takayuki Aoki Matoi Hashimoto Kazuki |
Clear | |
| Azabu Junior & Senior High School (Yellow) | Misono Hiroki Ajioka Kei Abe Kotaro |
Fail | |
| Matchup 2 | |||
| Seika Gakuen High School Shimizu Campus (Orange) | Sato Kyoya Sendai Keito Matsuno Soya |
Fail | |
| Koishikawa Secondary Education School (Green) | Yamasaki Yuki Ninomiya Kazumichi Kobayashi Akihide |
Clear | |
| Matchup 3 | |||
| Namioka High School (White) | Suzuki Sora Mino Ryuto Tanoue Kanta |
Fail | |
| Sumiyoshi High School (Pink) | Shibata Towa Yasutome Hiromu Tanaka Riku |
Clear | |
| Matchup 4 | |||
| Kaga High School (Red) | Miyatake Hibiki Michiba Takuto Kawasaki Koyo |
Fail | Middle Cut. Coached by Imanishi Satoshi. |
| Rikkyo Niiza High School (Purple) | Imai Yuya Furusawa Ren Kainuma Yamato |
Clear | Middle Cut. |
Qualifying Second Stage[]
The four surviving teams would compete in SASUKE Gaman Kurabe (SASUKE我慢比べ). In this stage, there were two matchups where each team would select a competitor for each one-on-one match for all events. Ultimately, the two teams that won two of those events would move on to the Final Stage.
The first event was Gakeppuchi Tsunahiki Taiketsu (崖っぷち綱引き対決), where both competitors compete in a tug-of-war. If a competitor from a team was pulled into the water, the opposing team wins.
The second event was Mugen Jump Taiketsu (無限ジャンプ対決), where both competitors would attempt to jump over a sweeper bar as many times as possible. If a competitor from a team were to hit the sweeper bar, the opposing team wins.
The third tie-breaker event was Gekizaka Fukkin Taiketsu (激坂腹筋対決), where both competitors where both competitors would attempt to do as many incline sit-ups as possible following the beat of the taiko drum while lying down on a 30-degree slope. If a competitor from a team is unable to keep up with the beat, the opposing team wins.
Results[]
| Event | School (Color) | Name | Winning Team | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matchup 1 | ||||
| 1st | Koishikawa Secondary Education School (Green) | Yamasaki Yuki | Koishikawa Secondary Education School (Green) | |
| Seiko Gakuin High School (Blue) | Gamo Takayuki | |||
| 2nd | Koishikawa Secondary Education School (Green) | Kobayashi Akihide | Koishikawa Secondary Education School (Green) | Since Koishikawa already won the first 2 rounds, they automatically advance. |
| Seiko Gakuin High School (Blue) | Aoki Matoi | Hit sweeper at 21 jumps. | ||
| Matchup 1 Winner: Koishikawa Secondary Education School | ||||
| Matchup 2 | ||||
| 1st | Rikkyo Niiza High School (Purple) | Furusawa Ren | Sumiyoshi High School (Pink) | |
| Sumiyoshi High School (Pink) | Shibata Towa | |||
| 2nd | Rikkyo Niiza High School (Purple) | Kainuma Yamato | Sumiyoshi High School (Pink) | Hit sweeper at 109 jumps. |
| Sumiyoshi High School (Pink) | Tanaka Riku | Since Sumiyoshi already won the first 2 rounds, they automatically advance. | ||
| Matchup 2 Winner: Sumiyoshi High School | ||||
Qualifying Final Stage[]
The last two teams still standing would go head-to-head to tackle a replica of the First Stage, with every member from both teams attempting it. Whichever team either had a member with the fastest time, or the only team that cleared at all, would win SASUKE Koshien 3 and officially qualify for SASUKE 43.
Obstacles[]
① Rolling Hill ローリングヒル
② Fish Bone フィッシュボーン
③ Dragon Glider ドラゴングライダー
④ Soritatsu Kabe そり立つ壁
Results[]
| School (Color) | Name (Year) | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumiyoshi High School (Pink) | Tanaka Riku | ② Fish Bone フィッシュボーン | |
| Koishikawa Secondary Education School (Green) | Kobayashi Akihide | Clear (53.38 seconds) | |
| Sumiyoshi High School (Pink) | Yasutome Hiromu | Clear (56.04 seconds) | |
| Koishikawa Secondary Education School (Green) | Ninomiya Kazumichi | ② Fish Bone フィッシュボーン | Digest. |
| Sumiyoshi High School (Pink) | Shibata Towa | Clear (40.73 seconds) | Since Shibata already had a faster time than Yamasaki, he and his team automatically qualify for SASUKE 43. |
| Koishikawa Secondary Education School (Green) | Yamasaki Yuki | Clear (41.64 seconds) |
| Qualified for SASUKE 43: Sumiyoshi High School |
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