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And Nogizaka Under Construction is underway

we are your hosts Bananaman

yoroshiku onegaishimasu

And they are Nogizaka-chan

POWER!!!

ah good

That's a good one

Tell them what's on today's show

onegaishimasu

Here goes

5th member Sports Queen #1 Championships

The 5s went out and shot this one?

hai

The customary event for new members

The sports and fitness test

This time we'll check the physical abilities of the 5th members

They'll compete in various events

and score points based on rankings

In the end we'll determine which 5th member is the #1 Sports Queen

The 1st event is a short distance time battle...the 50m dash

[ 50m dash - Group 1 ]

Ioki Mao

How strong are her legs from all that kendo training?

Ikeda Teresa

She's into culture and has art college aspirations

Plus she has basketball and ballet experience

Ichinose Miku

Her special talent is the piano

In middle school she only did 2 months of track and field

huh? 2 months of track?

on your marks

ready

ah of course

ah Ikeda is so damn slow

Ikeda is so damn slow

Ikeda...so damn slow

[ Ichinose: 9.55 Ioki: 9.50 ]

[ Ikeda: 11.30 ]

ehhh how come?

I was shooting for the 8 second time range but

I'm out of shape

I'm just glad I didn't finish in last place

I ran as hard as I could

and got over 11 seconds....

That's messed up

[ Can't handle sunlight? ]

[ 50m dash - Group 2 ]

Inoue Nagi

In high school she did archery

and has classical ballet experience

She looks fast

Okamoto Hina

ah Okamoto

She was just recently studying abroad in Russia

She did 12 years of ballet and is at an elite level

Ogawa Aya

She has no sports experience whatsoever

She does have a wind instrument background and is the group's youngest

ganbare

on your marks

huh? That's their start position

crouching start

ah they're fast

fast

Did somebody lose a shoe?

[ Inoue: 9.20 Okamoto: 9.10 ]

[ Ogawa: 10.71 ]

[ Shoe retrieval ]

Did she win even without a shoe?

They all went with a crouching start

Inoue and Okamoto ran out in front

Somehow Inoue's shoe came off and she dropped speed

She ended up finishing the race barefoot

But those 2 are really fast people so

[ Happy running style ]

I've gotten slower...what do I do?

[ Hair whipping running style ]

I'm not happy with this at all

My shoe coming off drove me nuts

I couldn't think about anything else

I would've been 1st place if my shoe didn't come off

Since Inoue wants to retime herself that badly

they'll allow her to do it over

ready

But she'd have to be really fast...oh she's fast

fast fast fast

ah she's fast

[ Inoue: 8.55 ]

ah she got in the 8s

[ 50m dash - Group 3 ]

Okuda Iroha

She's so flexible she dislocates bones

will she show us some unexpected speed?

Kawasaki Sakura

She has championship figure skating experience

But how about her track speed?

Sugawara Satsuki

On the hit campaign she constantly pedaled at too high a gear

so we've established that she can move her legs really fast

on your marks

ready

ah...super fast

so fast

[ Kawasaki: 8.40 Sugawara: 8.90 ]

[ Okuda: 9.70 ]

ah Shokichi ran in the 8s

Kawasaki got off to a great start

Shokichi appeared to get a head start

[ Shokichi accused of cheating ]

Kawasaki ended up beating Inoue's time for the best run of the day

Before the race

I was way too nervous

I ended up not going full speed

It was like my body couldn't keep up

In my prime I could run this in 7 to 8 seconds

so this is kind of sad

hold on

I was out of breath

and somehow....my hips hurt a lot

[ 50m dash - Group 4 ]

Tomisato Nao

On the hit campaign she showed endurance during spiritual training

She has a badminton club background

Nakanishi Aruno

She has no sports experience and her hobby is catching bugs and insects

Her true powers remain unknown

ready

This is bad....she's so slow

so slow

What is this?

yabai

[ Tomisato: 9.15 ]

[ Nakanishi: 11.10 ]

eh my time has gotten way worse

What's your personal best?

7.90

Its dropped off so much....its because I haven't been exercising

Next to me

Nao-chan was so fast that

it made me laugh a little

[ Thinks random things are funny ]

It felt like I was running really fast though

And with that said the final results of the 50m dash are as shown

Kawasaki came out on top

followed by Inoue and Sugawara

Last place goes to Ikeda Teresa

Kawasaki was impressive

She was strong

8.40

fast

Since I did figure skating

all that training

But you look slow

Maybe its from how you talk?

People tell me I look slow

You're fast

Inoue said she'd get 1st if her shoe stayed on....yet 2nd place

[ The guaranteed win did not happen ]

That made you look lame

But her time was 8.55 so she didn't miss by much

Its within the margins of a timing error

This girl is competitive

[ No thoughts of losing ]

Nakanishi was slow too

Well I have zero sports experience

none?

Its your running style

You run like a little brat

[ Does Aruno want to win? ]

Like "hey wait for me"

In the past

among the 1st members it was Higuchi

she ran a 8.12

That's fast

fast

Next its the 700m Survival Race

The rules say they'll run 5 laps on a 140m track

After each lap the 2 slowest people are eliminated

That leaves 3 people left for the final lap in this survival battle

on your marks

ready

People will gradually get eliminated

[ Lap 1 - 11 runners down to 9 ]

eh wait....yabai

[ Ogawa Aya ]

ah that's probably about where they turn on the speed

This looks pretty painful

I would hate this

This is a microcosm of working in show business

They're close to finishing the 1st lap

The 2 slowest runners will be forced to retire

[ 1st - Ioki ]

[ 10th Nakanishi and 11th Ogawa are eliminated ]

Those 2 are ridiculous

Nakanishi and Ogawa retire after the 1st lap

Ioki leads the race

followed by Kawasaki and Ichinose

This will get pretty interesting

the final lap will be a battle of willpower

At this point they're finishing up lap 2

who will be forced to retire this time?

ah Ioki sugoi

[ 8th Tomisato and 9th Okamoto are eliminated ]

[ Lap 3 - 7 runners down to 5 ]

The runners that retired in lap 2 were Okamoto and Tomisato

There's 3 laps to go

Can Ioki protect her lead?

yabai~

Lap 3 is coming to an end

Which 2 people will be forced to retire?

[ 1st - Ioki ]

I would not want to be doing this

[ 6th Sugawara and 7th Inoue are eliminated ]

[ Lap 4 - 5 runners down to 3 ]

In lap 4 there are 5 runners left

Ioki remains on top

Will someone overtake her?

And now the race is heading into the final elimination

Which 2 runners will drop out?

[ 1st - Ioki ]

[ 2nd - Kawasaki 3rd - Ichinose ]

[ 4th - Ikeda ]

[ 5th - Okuda ]

[ 4th Ikeda and 5th Okuda are eliminated ]

Its been awhile since I've run full speed

I treated this like a death game and ran hard

I imagined something chasing me from behind and ran

Did you see how hard I ran?

ah she really did hang in there

You did make it towards the end

Well I couldn't see the top 3 anymore

and I didn't notice that I was falling behind

Ikeda looks like she's been beat up

That's for sure

Looks like she's been living in a dark and dank place

[ Lives in darkness? ]

You'd win an exhausted post game interview tournament

[ After the race she returns to the dark side ]

The final 3 are Ioki...Kawasaki...Ichinose

Ioki has maintained her big lead

Can she protect her current position?

She's going to win it all at this rate

They look out of gas

If that's true then Ioki wins

Inoue had good balance and power too

[ Endurance to act cute for the cameras - PASS ]

The lead was big enough for Ichinose to ease up

and Ioki crosses the goal line on top

2nd place is Kawasaki

3rd place is Ichinose

In order to take my mind off the race

I was talking to myself the whole time

I'd say "This is hopeless"

or "This is painful"

Its like...

the events coming up are not my specialty so

I ran like my life depended on it

well....but still

I wanted to go for it and ran as hard as I could

The results of the Survival 700m race are as shown

The youngest Ogawa was eliminated in lap 1 and is in last place

Is there much running in kendo club?

I always ran before club practice

Ogawa and Nakanishi...what happened to you?

yabai

Ogawa doesn't look that slow

Being average will always be bad

Next is the Blindfolded Vul Shark Endurance Race

What is that?

Everybody knows the Vul Shark pose by now

This is a time trial to see how many seconds they can hold the pose while blindfolded

[ Blindfolded Vul Shark Endurance Race - Group 1 ]

First we'll check their practice Vul Shark without any blindfolds

As expected the 2 ballet members have exceptional Vul Shark skills

but what will the outcome be?

ready

The blindfolds will make this much harder

This comes down to balancing on one leg

Has to be a true Vul Shark

Who was that?

[ Ichinose OUT - 7 seconds ]

Ichinose lasted 7 seconds....she is OUT Vul Shark

From the start they can clearly be split up

between wobbly Vul Sharks and steady Vul Sharks

And then right here

To the chagrin of Okuda she's now

OUT Vul Shark

[ 30 seconds elapsed ]

ah she's not budging the slightest bit

ah this is bad...where am I going?

Who was the person that wasn't budging?

[ Ioki - 40 seconds ]

At this point Ioki is also an OUT Vul Shark

Did he say OUT Vul Shark?

Inoue and Okamoto with their steadiness have formed Ballet Vul Shark

She's been wobbly since the start...its the youngest Vul Shark

Ogawa has made it to the 1 minute mark

However

What does youngest Vul Shark mean?

[ OUT Ogawa - 1 min 9 sec ]

Ogawa and Inoue simultaneously become

OUT Vul Shark

From here on Okamoto is Lonely Vul Shark as she extends her time

yabai! yabai! yabai!

Nagi is still going isn't she?

Nagi has to still be going

[ Left her all alone ]

So they don't even know when its over

Nagi!

Nagi?

yabai

AUGH~

[ OUT Okamoto - 2 min 47 sec ]

They were waiting on her

so embarrassing

Lonely Vul Shark

From Group 1...Ballet Okamoto

scored a 2 min 47 sec Vul Shark to come out on top

Ballet Okamoto is a wild nickname

[ THE out of control ]

Ballet Okamoto

Next its group 2

This group also had a practice Vul Shark with no blindfolds that we can now check

Why all the weird words?

Kawasaki has Figure Vul Shark experience and is projected to win

but how good is she?

There was never any Figure Vul Shark

Vul Shark

They started by yelling Vul Shark

She's already done for

Who is that?

[ OUT Ikeda - 9 seconds ]

Ikeda in short order becomes OUT Vul Shark

Its way too soon for OUT Vul Shark

Figure Vul Shark really is super steady

[ Freeze Kawasaki ]

Wait I'm scared....I hear noises

[ Flailing Vul Shark ]

What is a Flailing Vul Shark?

Compared to steady Vul Sharks Kawasaki and Nakanishi

we have flailing Vul Sharks Sugawara and Tomisato

and then

Flailing Vul Shark...ah

ah Shokichi

Next Nakanishi hit her limits and then Tomisato went down too

The last Vul Shark is Kawasaki however

Is that supposed to be a Vul Shark?

[ ECO Vul Shark ]

That's not the pose

After that Kawasaki continued her energy conserving Vul Shark to extend her time

[ Twist style ]

Twist Vul Shark?

Where is this Vul Shark going?

ah its over

She hit her physical limits and is now Finish Vul Shark

Kawasaki posted a remarkable time of 5 min 42 seconds and has her 2nd championship

Ballet Okamoto came in 2nd place

Coming up its the Situps Endurance Battle

This is a battle to see how many situps they can do to a rhythm

More than half the members were eliminated in under 30 situps

Even Kawasaki with her good scores up to now

went out after 25 situps to setup some drama

Only Okuda and Ioki remain

Just how many more situps can they do?

60 situps

61

62

[ Eliminated Okuda - 62 situps ]

66

[ Ioki Mao - 66 situps ]

My muscles are going to be sore tomorrow

I'm tired

In the end Ioki scored her 2nd win following the long distance race

Okuda ended up getting 2nd place

By the way the Nogizaka record for situps

is held by 3rd members Yoda and Ito Riria

who did 100 situps each

Plus nobody is holding their feet

After the end of 4 events the top 3 are

Kawasaki....Ioki....Inoue

And then the battle for last place

is between Ikeda and Ogawa...and also Nakanishi

What will happen in the 2nd half?

hai

Up to now was the first half

But up to now its been the ballet and figure skaters

Figure Vul Shark was powerful

Figure Vul Shark was too strong for them

But speaking on behalf of the Vul Shark Association...your leg was not raised

That's right

The Flailing Vul Sharks were a total fail

[ Unofficial Vul Shark ]

Okamoto had a time of 2 minutes 47 seconds

The arches in my foot couldn't take anymore

yes its always the limit of the arches

You understood that?

[ Instant empathy ]

It stresses the sole of your foot

Nakanishi on this one

you finished in the middle

For a period of time I'd do planks

There was a time I did planks to strengthen my core

ah you mean these

So this?

Like this

Why is everybody laughing at me?

[ The forehead plank didn't look right ]

Your hands are here...you put them here

Is that how you do it?

[ Divisive plank ideologies ]

I've seen people put their hands on their forehead

Is that why you laughed?

I've never seen that!

They're laughing at me

[ The humiliating mock smile ]

These planks exist!

Its not good to laugh at things you've never seen before

So all of you think

this is how you do planks

I'm saying I do planks like this

ow ow ow ow ow ow

[ The price paid for doing a forehead plank ]

So that was the first half

oh there's more

The total score at the end

will decide who comes in last place

For the last place girl

we're going to cut off her sleeves and pant legs

[ The tracksuit will be ripped up ]

The rest of the events will be done in studio

Himura-san....onegaishimasu

Here goes

Adult Fitness Test

Yes the Adult Fitness Test

that sounds kind of erotic

[ The good old days of late night tv programming? ]

And now for the 1st event...Himura-san

tell them what it is....onegaishimasu

The 1st event is....No Hands Standing Up

Coming up in studio we'll investigate if their bodies are aging badly

in this adult fitness test

Starting with the no hands standing up

They'll lie face down

place their hands behind their backs

We'll measure how long it takes them to stand up without using their hands

The standard adult time is 2 seconds

What will their results be?

I can't think of a reason why anybody would fail this

Just stand up like normal

You're allowed to stand up any way you can

no cheating...your hands have to stay put

hai

That's for sure

If your hands move

I'll come put your hands in zip ties

[ Sadistic Shitara's special move ]

Asuka-chan had a confused look on her face

ah so that's illegal

no hands

So that's how it is

What would be the point of putting your hands behind your back?

[ Ignoring the no hands rule ]

This is the school principal start

[ Morning assembly school principal style ]

Please don't use your hands

But you can use your hands to lie down

eh?

Don't give me that...use your hands to lay down

For lying down?

If you tried to lie down with no hands

[ Tournament for masochists? ]

We're not that mean

Well everybody lie down

They can use their hands for this part

Ikeda your hands are wrong

Why is nobody listening?

OY

Clasp your hands like this

Keep your hands locked

Why did you twist your arms just now?

This is not the time for "look what I can do"

[ Showing off special talents is banned ]

This is not the time for look what I can do

Just like that

Here goes...no hands standing up

ready

start

she's fast

hai

Are you kidding me?

What are you doing?

Go Kanagawa

yabai

You'll miss the train

eh? seriously?

So slow

Come on Kanagawa

It took her 18 seconds

yabai

Why couldn't you get up?

eh I had no idea...I was thinking "How should I get up?"

I was like "what's the deal with this"

Is it that hard?

Was it hard?

Please try it

I think Shitara-san will struggle with this

Wouldn't this be super easy Himura-san?

Its not what I thought

I'd have a hard time just putting my hands behind my back

[ Has unrelated issues ]

Watching Kanagawa do it...this looked frightening

Up next its Akimoto

Endo

Yakubo

and Sugawara trying to stand up

eh I also thought it seemed really easy

Endo shouldn't have any problems

Yakubo

hai

Well?

I'm pretty sure I can do this

You ok?

yes I'll stand up while grinning at Saku-chan

That's bad...we put her next to Saku-chan

Saku-chan...Saku-chan

[ At any time its HEY! Saku-chan ]

That's not the time for Saku-chan! Saku-chan!

Saku-chan...Saku-chan...Can't stand up can you Saku-chan

standby onegaishimasu

hai

I don't want to hear any Saku-chan! Saku-chan!

I'll be the only person looking in this direction

[ Saku-chan lock on ]

Since you're facing that way do a Saku-chan...Saku-chan

Saku-chan! Let's stand up together

[ Extreme version HEY! Saku-chan ]

kawaii kawaii

Here goes

Here goes...no hands standing up...ready

start

[ Akimoto is disqualified ]

You freed up your hands

She's disqualified

eh?!

eh? You couldn't stand up

Your hands touched the floor

Yakubo and Saku-chan were practically simultaneous

eh? I was sure I could do this

[ real depression ]

What? Why?

Please try it

heck no

no...so this one

Its tough and you're the closest to my age

closest?

The oldest member Akimoto and Bananaman

plus Nakanishi will try and stand up

Are you ready?

I'll say I'm ready but I'll never be ready

ow ow ow ow

So how do you do this?

Here goes

Now then no hands standing up

ready

start

I did it!

And I beat Nakanishi

I did it...I did it

I did it

so slow

You thought I'd fail didn't you

You used a lot of elbow power on that one

It doesn't matter how I did it as long as I didn't use my hands

To be honest I was scared

I wasn't sure I could stand up

Truly scary

Thank goodness

The jacket art for [Suki to Iu no wa Rock daze!] has been completed

Priority ticketing has started for the Summer Tour Tokyo dates

Plus general admission ticketing for the Miyagi and Aichi tour dates starts on August 6th

Who will win the title of 5th member Sports Queen?