Torisawa Katsuhide

Torisawa Katsuhide
Torisawa, SASUKE 23
Biographical Info
Born	c. 1972
Age	52
SASUKE Competitions
First	SASUKE 18
Last	SASUKE 36
Total	18 competitions
Best	SASUKE 34, First Stage, Fish Bone

Torisawa Katsuhide (鳥澤 克秀) is a former weightlifter who has competed in every single Shin-SASUKE tournament (except SASUKE 22), starting with SASUKE 18.

He always displays his strength before his run:

• He has brought a barbell and lifted it over his head multiple times,
• Ripped off his shirt,
• Crushed an apple and full cans of beer using one hand, and
• Also snapped a baseball bat in half.
• In SASUKE 27, Torisawa went as far as to open a beer bottle with his teeth, in the process causing a cut on his mouth which bled as he began his run.

He usually fails early in comical fashion:

• In SASUKE 18 he started strong, but slipped from the Log Grip.
• In SASUKE 19 he failed the Rokudantobi when he missed the fifth step.
• His Log Grip troubles continued in SASUKE 20 and 21.
• In his next four attempts he failed the first obstacle, the Jūnidantobi in SASUKE 23 and 24, the Dome Steps in SASUKE 25 and the Step Slider in SASUKE 26.
• In SASUKE 27 he made it to the Rolling Escargot, but dismounted too early and slipped into the water.
• He got his revenge on the obstacle in SASUKE 28 only to fail the next obstacle, the Spin Bridge.
• In SASUKE 29 he failed the Long Jump when he face planted in the sand.
• In SASUKE 30 he exacted revenge on the Long Jump and the modified Log Grip, but failed the Hedgehog when he progressed through the obstacle too slowly.

From his SASUKE 21 profile, he is shown to have competed in the Monster box event on Pro Sportsman No. 1, where he faceplanted into the box.

Torisawa was competitor number 3 for the next three tournaments he competed in. In SASUKE 31 he failed the Rolling Hill, a result which he repeated in SASUKE 32. His SASUKE 33 run saw him fall on the first obstacle, the Quad Steps.

He wore the #3 again on SASUKE 34. His run was all cut, but it was revealed he failed the Fish Bone, a new record for him, getting all the way to the fourth obstacle.

He competed in SASUKE 35, wearing #3 for the sixth tournament in a row, but history repeated itself when he went out on the Quad Steps again. This was due to an accident while performing his pre-run display of strength, which was lifting a barbell several times. However, in a rush to make sure he didn't lose time, he dropped the barbell on his knee, injuring it and causing him to lose his footing on the final step.

He competed in SASUKE 36, wearing #3 for the seventh tournament in a row, but this time, he went out on the Rolling Hill.

He wore #3 for 7th consecutive time in sasuke 36 which is a new record for wearing the same number for most consecutive tournament beating nagano makoto's record of wearing #100 6 consecutive time

Results

SASUKE	#	Result	Notes
18	15	Failed Log Grip (First Stage)	Lost Grip
19	16	Failed Rokudantobi (First Stage)
20	1905	Failed Log Grip (First Stage)	Digest.
21	20	Failed Log Grip (First Stage)
23	5	Failed Jyunidantobi (First Stage)
24	7	Failed Jyunidantobi (First Stage)
25	74	Failed Dome Steps (First Stage)
26	7	Failed Step Slider (First Stage)	Missed the rope completely and dived into the water.
27	13	Failed Rolling Escargot (First Stage)	Face planted onto the mat and fell into the water.
28	9	Failed Spin Bridge (First Stage)	Fell between the 2nd and 3rd spheres in comical fashion.
29	6	Failed Long Jump (First Stage)	Face planted into the sandpit and fell into the water.
30	2903	Failed Hedgehog (First Stage)
31	3	Failed Rolling Hill (First Stage)	Shown in SASUKE 31 Navi.
32	3	Failed Rolling Hill (First Stage)
33	3	Failed Quad Steps (First Steps)
34	3	Failed Fish Bone (First Stage)	All Cut.
35	3	Failed Quad Steps (First Stage)
36	3	Failed Rolling Hill (First Stage)