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[female voice] At the sound of the buzzer, please begin.

[beeping]

[buzzing]

Who's gonna win?

[dramatic music playing]

[music fades]

[tense music playing]

[Masayuki] A little more.

[Kazuhiro] That's not good.

-[Yuya yells triumphantly] -[loud buzzing tone]

-[Atsushi] Bravo. -[Kazuhiro] Nice work!

[Koji] Yeah!

[competitors applaud]

-So strong. -Strong. Amazing.

[Koji] Wow.

Well,

of course, I have no regrets.

RYOSUKE MIYAGUNI, 32

-Yeah. -[somber music playing]

I hope Shozui does his best and wins it all.

-Thank you. -[competitors applaud]

-[Kazuhiro] Great job. -[Masayuki] Yeah, awesome.

[Ryosuke] That's it for me, but I was up against so many athletes.

In the end, I'm just grateful that I got to compete against them

and get to know them.

This was such a meaningful experience.

I feel very lucky to have been a part of such an incredible competition.

[female voice] The athlete who will return to Final Draft is

Yuya Shozui.

-[Kazuhiro] Nice job! -[Koji] Nice!

[competitors applaud]

Uh,

I'll represent

everyone who competed today.

I'm returning to the competition with that in mind.

I'm not just competing for myself,

but for all the other athletes here.

So, on behalf of everyone here,

I'll win it all.

-Thanks so much. -[Koji] Okay.

-[Masayuki] Go! -[Kazuhiro] Nice.

-Nice. I'm counting on you to win. -Let's go. You got this.

-[Kazuhiro] Great match. -Great job.

-Great match. -[Kazuhiro] Everyone is so strong.

-Nice, Shozui. -[Shozui] Thank you very much.

-Thank you very much. Thanks so much. -Great job.

-Win it all. -[Shozui] Thank you.

-Promise me. -[Shozui] You got it.

-For real, you gotta win first place. -Thank you. Thank you.

You can do it. Hang in there. You got this.

[dramatic music playing]

[music fades]

[Ryudai] It's so cold.

-[Katsuma] It's freezing. -[Hozumi] So cold.

[Katsuma] It's down to five of us. Kenta bowed out.

[Takashi] It all happened so fast.

-[Hozumi] It did. -Five.

I have to say, I'm so grateful

I got to team up with all of you in that competition.

-Absolutely. -[Yoshio] That was great.

[Takashi] I'm excited to compete against each other.

[Hozumi] Doesn't get better than this. It's the best.

[Ryudai] At this point, we know so much about each other.

-[Takashi] We do. -[Ryudai] What we're good at.

What?

No, no, no, no, no.

-[Yoshio] Were you at batting practice? -What's going on?

-I'm back! -[laughter]

What do you mean you're back?

-[Yuya] I've made a comeback. -[Ryudai] No way!

As a member of Team Shozui,

I'm back.

-[Takashi] Wait, really? -[Hozumi] What do you mean?

-What's going on? Tell me. -[Yuya] There was a redemption challenge.

[Takashi] Ah, that's what I thought.

[Yuya] I beat everyone and earned a second chance.

[Katsuma] Amazing.

-[Ryudai] What was the challenge? -It was a tug of war.

A tug of war, huh?

-[Takashi] Impressive. -[Yoshio] No way.

-Amazing. -For real?

A fierce competitor has returned. All right, all right.

-Welcome back. -Welcome back.

[Yuya] Thank you.

[Hozumi] If he won the redemption match, he belongs here.

I'm confident I still belong here.

-May I ask one thing? Just you? -[Yuya] Yeah.

-Just me. -[Ryudai] That's good.

[Takashi] Just one person. I see.

-We just lost one of our team members. -[Hozumi] Yeah, Kenta.

-Dropped out. -[Katsuma] He dropped out.

-He dropped out? What?! -[Yoshio] Dropped out.

He went all out at the barbecue dinner last night.

-[Ryudai] Then went home. -[Katsuma] Ate all the meat, went home.

[Ryudai] It's the six of us.

[Katsuma] The six of us are evenly matched.

-[pulsing beeping] -[Takashi] Exactly.

-[Ryudai] The bell. -[Takashi] What?

[female voice] Everyone, may we have your attention

for an important announcement?

-[Hozumi] Aw, man. -Jeez!

-[Hozumi] I really hate this. -[Yoshio] I truly hate this!

-[Yuya] She said it's important. -[Ryudai] What does that mean?

[female voice] In the next two hours, everyone will need to prepare

a presentation on how you plan to use the prize money,

along with what you expect to accomplish in your second career.

Presentation?

Presentation?

[female voice] Your presentation must be less than five minutes.

A guest judge will evaluate and score your presentations.

What?

[female voice] The higher you score, the greater your advantage

in the semifinal stage of this competition.

-[Takashi] What? -[Katsuma] Come on, what is that about?

I wasn't expecting that at all.

[intriguing music playing]

-We explain how we'll use the prize money? -[Takashi] Yeah.

That's so difficult.

None of us are confident about this challenge.

-We can't use our bodies. -Probably why they're making us do this.

-[Hozumi] Somebody is coming. -[Yuya] Who?

-Hello. -[competitors] Hello.

-I'm Suzuki from NowDo Inc. -[Katsuma] Yes.

-[Suzuki] Nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you.

Most of the time, I do business with Keisuke Honda,

a professional soccer player.

We focus on sports and education and have taken on other business ventures.

When I was in college, I sustained an injury,

ending my chances as a pro soccer player.

So I thought about what else I could do to build a career,

but I couldn't come up with anything.

I know that each of you were elite athletes,

and now you've moved on with your lives and are building other careers.

If you win the prize money,

I'm of the belief that it's important to have a plan

for how you are going to use it.

I'm looking forward to your presentations.

-Thank you so much. -[Takashi] Yes, thank you.

-[uneasy music playing] -[Katsuma] Hmm…

What can I talk about?

It's not like I'm running a whole company right now.

I'm just a normal employee.

I've never had to think about money

with this much intentional planning.

Hmm…

This is it, I guess. Oh man, I don't know. Is this good enough?

[Ryudai] I kind of have an idea of how to use the money.

But how should I say this?

Considering this current business model…

Oh, how should I say this?

This is so challenging.

It feels strange to talk about only what I want.

[Yuya murmuring]

[Yuya] I think I have the outline mostly done.

YUYA SHOZUI, 28 FORMER PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER

[sniffs]

So it's a presentation, right? I present it.

YOSHIO ITOI (43)

SPORTS AND WELFARE TEN YEARS AGO, I MET A BOY IN A WHEELCHAIR

[music stops]

What's another word for "support," to support someone?

[bell tolling]

[female voice] Attention. You will now present your plan

if you were to win the prize money.

You'll also share your expectations for building your new career.

[mysterious music playing]

Each of you will rate the other presentations

on a point scale, from one to five.

PARTICIPANTS - 25 (5 POINTS PER PERSON)

Also, Suzuki, our specialist in second careers,

will rate presentations on a 20-point scale.

TOTAL - 45 EVALUATION

First presenter, step forward and begin your presentation.

[music fades]

-Thank you so much. -Thank you.

-Thank you. -Thank you.

First of all, at this point in my career,

I'm working as a barber.

In the future, my plan is to be on my own

and open up my own shop.

If win this competition and the prize money,

I intend to use it to cover the costs of opening the barber shop.

I calculated what it would roughly cost each month to run the shop.

And that number…

came out to just under 1.5 million yen.

That would be enough to cover running costs

for a year and a half, more or less.

During that time, I'd make sure to build a customer base.

A solid one.

And, in the long run, my goal as a barber

is to open a series of shops in cities across Japan.

And when it comes to how much I can earn from each customer,

eventually there's gonna be a cap,

so I want to open many shops.

That's all. Thank you.

[Yoshio] Thank you very much.

[relieved sigh]

[pensive electronic music playing]

-Good, good. Nice work up there. -Yeah, I don't know.

[female voice] Attention. The next presenter,

step forward and begin your presentation.

[music fades]

Thank you.

-[Takashi] Good luck. -Good luck.

[Yuya] So if I were to win the competition and the prize money,

my plan is this. I want to open a sports facility

for baseball players, focusing on body and mind.

During my days as a player,

I struggled mentally,

which made it extremely difficult to play at times.

Now I want to help as many coaches and athletes as possible if I win.

So this is how I will use the 27 million yen.

My plan is

to start up my business in Osaka.

I wanna use a warehouse in a suburban area,

which means I'll have to substantially invest

in designing the interior.

That's my idea.

My goal is to spend less than 20 million yen on the interior.

With the remaining seven million yen,

I'll use it to cover personnel, maintenance, and bills.

That is how I plan to use the money. After retiring from my career,

I decided I needed more training.

I became certified as a mental performance coach for sports.

My plan is to keep on learning and building my skills

so I can help a larger number of people.

And, of course, I'd make good use of my certification.

That's all.

[competitors applaud]

[pensive electronic music playing]

[female voice] Next presenter, please step forward

and begin your presentation.

HOZUMI HASEGAWA, 43 FORMER BOXING WORLD CHAMPION

-Happy to be here. -[competitors] Good luck.

A few years ago, in 2018, I opened my own boxing gym.

Initially, when we opened, the idea was to give people

who really didn't have any boxing experience a chance to try it.

We've been open almost six years,

and now the gym is a place for professionals to train.

I have two plans for the money.

First, I want to pass on knowledge of what helped me in my career.

I wanna share the techniques

that I've held onto over the years with younger fighters.

The second thing,

many amateur boxers decide to move to the Kanto region of Japan

when they go pro.

There are way more training opportunities and higher payouts in Kanto.

I became a world champion in Kobe,

in the Kansai region.

So one of my goals is to train a strong boxer, a world champion,

who comes from the Kansai region.

To conclude, if I win the prize money,

I want to use it to help build a better training environment for boxers

who have great potential. That's how I'll use the money.

Thank you so much.

[pensive electronic music playing]

[female voice] And now the next presenter. Please begin your presentation.

There are two ways I plan to use the money.

RYUDAI ONIKURA, 30

First of all, I'll help my mother.

For as long as I can remember,

my mom raised me on her own.

We didn't have much,

but she never let on how difficult things were.

I'm sure she went through a lot of tough times.

Once I win the prize money,

I think I would like to give most of it to her.

I'd like to show her just how… grateful I am.

My other plan is to invest in myself.

Right now, I'm pursuing acting,

but I'm still just starting out.

I barely make a living with what I make as an actor.

I have to work extra hours at my part-time job to make ends meet.

To that end, I need to develop my skills as an actor,

which means taking classes in performance and vocal technique.

Those are expensive.

Both classes combined cost around 600,000 yen per year,

which is three million over five years.

During those five years, I plan to work hard,

improve my skills as an actor,

and book roles in lots of productions.

That's it.

Thank you.

[pensive electronic music playing]

I was so nervous.

[female voice] And now the next presenter. Please begin your presentation.

[music ends]

-Wow, this is nerve-racking. -[laughter]

This one makes me the most nervous.

Okay, so, actually…

YOSHIO ITOI (43)

…just a little while after I retired from playing baseball,

I started working in the area of social services.

And what inspired me to do it was,

I went to see a game of wheelchair softball

while I was still playing pro baseball.

When I was there, I met a young boy.

His goal was to become a pro baseball player.

He worked super hard throughout his years in college.

But one day, on his way to practice,

he got into a car accident, and he was severely injured.

Paralyzed.

And that could've been me.

Seriously, if that had happened to me,

I… I would have been completely devastated,

you know? it would have been unbearable.

But that guy,

he was playing wheelchair softball,

and he still had a big smile on his face.

Instead of me inspiring him,

he was the one that inspired me.

Wheelchairs designed for sports are extremely expensive,

around 200,000 yen each. Twenty million yen for a hundred of them.

So if I win the prize money,

instead of using it for my own business,

I want to use it to support these athletes

with what they need to play. That's all.

[pensive electronic music playing]

[female voice] Next presenter, please begin your presentation.

-Thank you. -[competitors] Good luck.

Now that I'm retired from football,

I'm running my own training program for athletes.

At my academy, I teach techniques

to help people strengthen their abilities,

no matter what sport they play.

The challenge I'm facing is, I'm doing everything on my own right now.

So I feel like I've hit my limit with how much I can scale the academy.

So, in the future, I want to start by expanding my business.

To expand it, I have to recruit members who can also teach.

That way, I can focus all my time, energy, and abilities elsewhere.

So that's one thing.

I've also been hoping to diversify by developing a training app.

I believe developing a video streaming application

that allows an athlete to train on their own,

both physically and mentally, is something no one in Japan has done yet.

I'm confident I could create a useful training app.

But to develop it, I would need a tremendous amount of money,

and I would be taking on an incredible amount of risk.

In the end, if I win this prize money,

building an app is something I'm eager to try.

So by taking this kind of initiative,

I hope I'm able to energize the world of sports.

That's all. Thank you very much.

Thank you for your presentations.

So I created a set of three different criteria

to score your presentations.

The first was passion.

I have no doubt

that you're all very passionate about your future goals.

I scored you on how you expressed it. That was worth the most points.

The second score was for your plan.

Were you able to clearly explain your intentions

for executing your plan in a specific timeframe.

The remaining points were for your financial plan.

If you receive 27 million yen without a solid plan,

you could wind up losing it all.

And, if you lose it, you might not be able to think about what to do next.

So, in the end, I based my scoring decisions

on those three specific criteria.

Okay, now I will announce the total scores

for each of your presentations.

[intriguing music playing]

-Starting with Yonemura. -[Katsuma] Okay.

[Suzuki] Kurihara gave you three points.

Onikura,

three points.

Itoi, five points.

Hasegawa, three.

Shozui, three points.

I gave you 11 points for a total of 28 points.

-That's so average! -[Ryudai] It's brutal.

28 points. That's rough.

-He's saying what we gave… -That's harsh.

-Now Kurihara. -Okay.

[Suzuki] Yonemura gave five points.

-Onikura, five points. -Thanks.

[Suzuki] Itoi, five points.

[Takashi] Wow, seriously?

-[Suzuki] Hasegawa, 4.5. -You gave me 4.5? Thank you.

[Suzuki] Shozui, five points.

I gave you 13 points.

That's a total of 37.5.

-[Yuya] Lot of points. A high score. -Thank you very much.

[Suzuki] Onikura, your turn.

-Yeah. -[Suzuki] So Yonemura gave three points.

-Kurihara, two points. -Ugh, sorry.

[Suzuki] Itoi, five points.

Hasegawa gave you three points.

Shozui, two.

I gave 12 points, so you have 27 points.

-[Takashi] Sorry. -[laughter]

Seriously. Seriously.

-It was tough, wasn't it? -No, it's fine. It is what it is.

-I get how you feel. -It is what it is.

It's a competition.

[Suzuki] Itoi's next. Yonemura gave three.

Kurihara, three points. Onikura, four points.

Hasegawa, three.

Shozui, four points.

I gave ten points. That's a total of 27.

Thank you very much.

[competitors applaud]

Now for Hasegawa.

Yonemura gave three points.

Kurihara, four points.

Onikura, four. Itoi, five.

Shozui, four points, and I gave 11 points.

-That's a total of 31. -Thank you very much.

[competitors applaud]

Okay. Finally, Shozui's points.

Yonemura, three points.

Kurihara, three points.

Onikura, four.

Itoi, five. Hasegawa, four.

And I gave 13, so that's a total of 32 points.

[female voice] The higher you're ranked, the greater your advantage

1. TAKASHI KURIHARA 2. YUYA SHOZUI

…as you all move on to the semifinal challenge.

Did you give everyone five?

Yeah, of course I did. They all spoke to me.

-Thank you. -He's kind.

-[Yoshio] I wasn't being lazy. -Yeah, I know.

I thought a lot about your mom.

[laughter]

[female voice] Everyone, amazing work.

Please ensure to rest up to prepare for the semifinal.

[Katsuma chuckling]

[grunting]

KATSUMA YONEMURA, 28

HIFUMI ABE, 27

Come on. Look at that. Got that athlete vibe.

[Katsuma laughing]

Got that athlete intensity, right?

The two of us met during college

and did judo together throughout our time there.

And then you became a barber.

I think it's really cool that, after your judo career,

you're still making your dreams come true.

I'm always cheering you on

from behind the scenes.

I've always got your back.

So you know how I always used to lose by getting pinned?

-Yeah, you did. -Right?

For me, I feel like all my regrets

or disappointments about judo

are completely in the past.

But sometimes, I have nightmares about getting pinned.

[both laughing]

Maybe I'm still not over it after all.

Yeah, sounds like you're not over it yet.

-Crazy, right? -Come on, let that go.

It's pretty crazy.

You know, I want to approach this show

with the same mindset that I had in judo

and cleanse myself of past regrets.

Then, I mean, you gotta win it all.

Finish your journey as the best athlete there.

You're right.

So please pray I make it all the way to the end.

-Hang in there. -Thanks.

I know you have my back.

Good evening.

TARO HAYASHIDA BOXING TEAM COACH

-You're still as handsome as ever. -Yeah, yeah, yeah, thanks.

Hey, did you know, when I was young, my original plan

was to quit boxing right after my third year of high school?

-Wow, I didn't know that. -Oh, you didn't?

I was scouted by a few different universities.

But I chose one where I could be a big fish in a small pond

and not have to work too hard.

I thought I was being clever,

but I was wrong.

The reason I ended up at Komazawa University

is because my grandmother encouraged me.

You were pretty persistent as well.

Yeah, for sure. I think you work harder when someone's relying on you.

Right.

I've seen it. It looks like someone else is making you do the work.

That's how it seemed.

Now you're working as an actor, so this is new territory.

-You truly wanna win. -Yes.

You're not doing this for anyone but yourself.

I've wanted to tell you that for a long time.

This is your ship,

and you are the captain of it.

I've been telling you this all along.

I honestly think it's great

you're finally inspired to give it everything you've got.

So I hope you'll do the best you can, no matter how hard it gets.

Yeah.

-I understand. -Okay.

Thank you very much.

-[Takashi] Justine. -[girl] Am I on?

Now's not the time to be feeding the baby.

Baylee!

Looking super cute, as always!

[Justine] How is it being away from us?

Oh, I feel lonely.

But the thing is, I haven't lost my determination, you know?

2024 MOVED TO HAWAII AS A FAMILY OF FOUR

Oh, I'm sure you'll win.

-It's no good if you don't win. -That's tough. But you're right.

I agree. I have to win.

I mean, I know you're capable of winning.

It's just that, until now,

there hasn't been a place where you could show your true potential.

-Mm. -[poignant music playing]

I swear, I'm gonna win this

and show everyone what I'm capable of.

-We're all rooting for you over here. -Okay.

I'll do my best. Thank you.

-Hey. Morning. -[Ryudai] Morning.

Morning.

-Morning. Morning. -Hey, what's up?

[Katsuma] It feels like the competition is finally real.

-[Takashi] It's serious business now. -[Katsuma] I know, right?

-It all depends on the challenge. -[Takashi] Yeah, on the sport.

[Katsuma] Regardless, you're pretty strong, Takashi.

Yeah, that's true.

[Takashi] But it's still anyone's game.

[Ryudai] You're good at presenting.

[Yoshio] The rice balls they set out for us are pretty small.

[Yuya] First meal as a low scorer.

-Give a speech, Shozui. -Yeah.

It's my first meal in the low scorer group.

-[Yoshio] Yeah. -It's definitely not the same.

But, you know, I'll enjoy this meal.

And the top three are probably getting confident now.

-So let's destroy them. -[Yoshio] Yeah, sounds good.

[Yuya] Today, we win and move on to the finals. The three of us.

Okay!

Hands together. Thanks.

-Thank you. -Thank you.

[Yuya] I wonder what the challenge is today.

-[pounding electronic music playing] -[Yoshio] What's today's test?

-Wow, there are so few of us left. -[Hozumi] Yeah.

-[Katsuma] So true. -[Yoshio] Down to six people.

-[Ryudai] One of us will win. -Twenty-seven million.

-[Ryudai] Somebody will. -That's for sure.

That's right.

[pulsing beeping]

[Takashi] Here we go.

Here it comes.

-[Yuya] What color? -[Ryudai] My heart is pounding.

[female voice] The next stage is the Purple Stage.

You'll be tested on your ability to push through.

-An ability to push through? -[Hozumi] What?

-Like, break a limb and keep going? -I mean, it can't be that simple.

I mean, maybe.

[female voice] Please proceed to the stage.

-[Yoshio] Here we go! -[Takashi] Bring it on.

-Wow. -[Yoshio] Here it is.

-Here we go! -Hold on a sec. This isn't built for me.

[Takashi] What?

[suspenseful music playing]

-[Yuya] It's a ring. -[Takashi] A ring.

A boxing ring.

When I saw the boxing ring, I was like, "There we go."

[Hozumi] If we're doing anything resembling boxing,

I think I stand a good chance of advancing, given my skill set.

[Ryudai] Look at that. It says "Mystery Fighter."

[Katsuma] A mystery fighter?

[female voice] Attention. Please view the neighboring challenge.

[Takashi] What? There's more?

-[Hozumi] Two places? -[Takashi] Over there?

-[Ryudai] Another challenge? -[Takashi] Different sports?

-Hold on. -[Yuya] What's going on?

-[Takashi] This is crazy. -[Hozumi] What?

[Katsuma] Whoa, wait a sec.

[Takashi] No, I'm not so sure about this.

This looks incredible.

[Yoshio] What is this? Huh?

[Takashi] It looks tough. What is it?

[female voice] The Purple Stage will test your ability to push through.

There is Touch Boxing

and Chase Tag.

For this challenge,

you will compete against each sport's top athletes.

-So a new challenger? -Oh, I get it.

[Yoshio] I'll be facing a new fighter,

which fires up my competitive instincts, you know?

I feel relieved, to be honest,

that we're not competing against each other.

[female voice] Before we begin, the person who scored highest

on their presentation in the previous round

will be able to choose which sport they would like to compete in.

[Hozumi] Oh, we choose one.

[female voice] You'll be choosing Touch Boxing or Chase Tag.

The first athlete to win in each sport will move on to the final stage,

meaning there will be two finalists.

So if the first person wins, then the competition's over right away?

-I see how it works. -[Katsuma] What?

[female voice] Please note,

all of the athletes will continue to compete

until a winner is decided.

[female voice] And now I will introduce the fighters for each sport.

-Okay. -Here it comes.

[female voice] First, for Chase Tag,

the fighter is…

[energetic music playing]

-[Ryudai] Wow. Super agile. -[Yoshio] Hold on, no way!

[Ryudai] Impressive.

[female voice] Yuutarou.

He's a member of Japan's national parkour team

and has competed in world competitions.

-[Yoshio] Seriously? -[Takashi] That's crazy.

-National team, huh? Come on. -No way. He's too good.

[female voice] At the buzzer, the Chase Tag match will begin,

and Yuutarou will chase you.

Evade him for 20 seconds without getting tagged and you'll win.

Also, the challenger will choose where to start the chase.

Stay within the court, and start from any spot you'd like.

Dang, that's hard. This is tough.

-I'll get tagged in seconds. -[Takashi] Yeah, me too.

[female voice] Next up, the fighter for Touch Boxing is…

[rock music playing]

…Shinsuke Yamanaka.

[gulps nervously]

-It's Yamanaka. -[Ryudai] It's Yamanaka.

-Yamanaka's really here. Wow. -[Ryudai] Amazing.

Armed with "God's Left Fist," he's a former WBC Bantamweight Champion

who defended his world title, and won, a total of 12 times.

In round one there's no time limit.

To win, you need to touch two of the four sensors

located on his arms and torso.

You have to touch two of them first.

No way you can do this if you haven't boxed before.

I never imagined a guy like Shinsuke Yamanaka

would participate in this competition.

If I choose boxing, I don't know if I'd win against Yamanaka.

It won't be easy.

I'm sure it'll be a tough fight.

[female voice] To defeat these top-level athletes,

prove your ability to push through

by going above and beyond your limits as a competitor.

This is the best part about sports.

"Technique conquers strength," as the saying goes.

If I have a good strategy facing this challenge,

then it all comes down to determination.

[female voice] The first challenger of this stage is Takashi Kurihara.

Please tell us the sport you've chosen.

Chase Tag.

[energetic dance music playing]

[female voice] The challenger will now proceed to the competition arena.

-[Katsuma] How's this gonna go? -Seriously, I can't wait to see this.

[Katsuma] I can't imagine how agile he's gonna be.

[Yoshio] If Kuri gets caught easily, we're all in trouble.

-[Ryudai] Yeah, that's true. -It's scary.

[Takashi] In terms of overall athleticism,

I'm definitely superior to the parkour champion.

My strategy is to try to use my physical strength

to evade him for 20 seconds.

I got speed, agility.

I'll win it on my first try.

[female voice] Attention.

At the sound of the buzzer, begin the chase.

[beeping]

[buzzing]

[dynamic dance music playing]

[metallic impact]

-[loud buzzing tone] -[groans]

[Yuya] So quick.

-[Ryudai] What? -[Yoshio] You're kidding me!

-I messed up. -[female voice] The winner is the fighter.

-[Yuya] He's scary fast. -That quick?

I've never experienced that before.

I come from football,

so I'm really good at those quick changes of direction.

That was unbelievable. To be honest, his speed scared me.

This is so hard.

Damn it.

[Katsuma] I see you.

[female voice] Yuya Shozui, please tell us the sport you've chosen.

Chase Tag.

FORMER PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER

[energetic dance music playing]

Even though I was eliminated,

I came back to represent

and fight for the others.

I wanna be able to tell them that I fought my way back and won it all.

I can't afford to lose now that I'm back.

You know, I think starting from that spot is actually a great strategy.

-Good, right? -Isn't that in the way?

-He could jump off that box. -[Ryudai] At the bottom?

But if it wasn't there,

Yuutarou could run through there no problem.

[Yoshio] Yeah, I see.

[female voice] Attention.

At the sound of the buzzer,

begin the chase.

[beeping]

-[buzzing] -[Ryudai] Oh, good. Nice fake. Nice fake.

-He's doing good. -[Yoshio] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

[Ryudai] Oh, he's out.

-Can't go there. -[loud buzzing tone]

[Takashi] That's out of bounds.

-[Ryudai] I see. -[Takashi] Man, this is just so difficult.

[female voice] The winner is the fighter.

[Yuya] In the beginning, when Kurihara went first,

I thought, "Okay, he just showed us what not to do."

But, to be honest, now that I've tried it myself,

I realized just how challenging Chase Tag really is.

Yeah.

[female voice] Hozumi Hasegawa, please tell us the sport you've chosen.

Touch Boxing, please.

-[Ryudai] Can't wait. -[Katsuma] I wanna see this, as a fan.

-This will be an incredible match. -This could end the boxing right here.

[Katsuma] I'm so pumped.

[Yoshio] Yeah, it's possible that boxing will no longer be an option.

For someone like me who's boxed before, those two are legends.

And they were in the same weight class.

Honestly, when it comes to a match between those two,

I'm just happy to watch the fight.

-[Yoshio] Wow, they're in the ring. -[Katsuma] So cool.

-[Yoshio] Wow, awesome. -[Takashi] This is incredible.

[Yuya] Amazing.

[Yoshio] This is so cool.

[Hozumi] We weren't in the same weight class at the same time,

but we boxed during the same era and even did a training camp together.

A lot of people liked to debate about who was stronger.

So this is gonna be a good opportunity to settle it once and for all.

I never imagined I'd see them fight here. You know?

[female voice] Attention.

At the sound of the buzzer, begin the match.

[beeping]

-[buzzing] -[referee] Box.

-[Takashi] This is insane. -[Katsuma] Amazing.

-[Ryudai] Oh! -[Katsuma] Wow!

-Blocked it. -[Takashi] Incredible.

-[Ryudai] Great match. -[Takashi] Got one!

[rock music playing]

[Katsuma] He got one.

-[Takashi] Great. -Oh, he got one!

[metallic impact]

-[loud buzzing tone] -Challenger.

-[Yoshio] Amazing. -[Takashi] I knew it'd be like this.

-[Katsuma] Can't believe it. -[Takashi] Great work!

Oh man.

[female voice] The winner is the challenger.

[Yoshio] I mean, we all knew this was coming.

I'm impressed.

[Yuya] This is exactly what we thought would happen.

-[Katsuma] A great match. -Amazing.

[female voice] The first person to advance to the final stage

is Hozumi Hasegawa.

[competitors applaud]

-That was great! -[Katsuma] What a match.

Of course, boxing is what I'm good at,

so the fact that it was an option means I got a little lucky, I guess.

I made it this far by trying to push myself

and my body to the limit.

So in the final round, I want to push past my limits again

and win it all.

You all know, of course, he's a former boxing world champion,

so I imagined this might be the way the match ended.

He was the better fighter today. That's all there is to it.

I appreciate you.

[competitors applaud]

-[Hozumi] Thank you. -Good match.

[Ryudai] Awesome!

-[Yuya] Good job. -[Takashi] Great job.

Amazing.

[female voice] After the boxing challenge,

the first competitor in the finals

is Hozumi Hasegawa.

Therefore, in order for you to advance to the final stage,

you must win Chase Tag.

That's right. I'm not allowed to box anymore.

[female voice] Katsuma Yonemura, please proceed to the Chase Tag arena.

I think that it's like an obstacle course,

and moving through something like that is kinda my thing.

So I feel confident that this is where I can shine, in a sense.

[energetic dance music playing]

Oh, I can slide like this.

[Ryudai] I'm pretty sure Katsuma will be hard to catch.

[female voice] Attention.

At the sound of the buzzer, begin the chase.

[beeping]

[buzzing]

[dramatic music playing]

[music stops]