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Igano Hibari (伊賀野 妃羽理), later simply known as Hibari (妃羽理), is an actress that has attempted SASUKE eight times. Prior to her being an actress, she was originally a show dancer at a pub. She is the first known transwoman to compete in SASUKE.

In SASUKE 6 to SASUKE 8, for some reason, her age was mis-identified in the broadcasts, making it seemed like she was born in 1973. To avoid further confusion, her age was not shown starting from SASUKE 9.

SASUKE Career[]

She makes her debut in SASUKE 6 where she failed on Jump Hang, becoming one of 51 victims in that tournament. She failed it when time was about to expired due to clearing Rolling Maruta with a lot of time lost because the log stopped to roll halfway. This result repeated again in SASUKE 7, when she cleared the first three obstacles in a faster pace despite losing one of her shoes after clearing Maruta Nobori. She grabs the net of Jump Hang at a high point, however she could not hold on and fail.

She then increased her training and invited people to train together with her (creating what technically is the first ever public SASUKE Maniac community), where she can usually be seen training together with Iijima Toyohisa. This result showed in SASUKE 8 as she will finally clear Jump Hang, but she was unable to scale Soritatsu Kabe, which was very slick because it was affected by the rain heavily that day. Tipped by many to finally clear the stage in SASUKE 9, she shockingly failed at Rolling Maruta after she lost her balance while trying to dismount and fell into the water, possibly due to rushing to clear the obstacle.

Another intense training followed soon and this time, she even trained her Spider Walk's movement, as well as increase her upper-body strength by hanging on a pillar. In SASUKE 10, she received her highest number ever, #990 (equivalent to #90), however, defeated again for the third time by Jump Hang. In SASUKE 11, things didn't get better as she would suffer another disappointing fail on Rolling Maruta, with the case this time is she fail to hang on to the log due to the modification of the obstacle in the tournament.

She will then go to train at Nagasawa Hidenori's home and the result showed in SASUKE 12 as she would avenge her past two defeats, but she once more could not beat Soritatsu Kabe. She then took part in the SASUKE 13 Trials, but she failed Soritatsu Kabe once more. It is remained unknown if she was able to compete with that performance in the tournament, as she wasn't even listed in the list of Top 10 woman competitors. However, she would appear once more in SASUKE 14, but she was completely cut from the broadcast, it was known she once again failed the Soritatsu Kabe according to the official book.

Although she did not participate in SASUKE 30, she did make an appearance there as she was the coach of "Hibari Gundan" that consisted of three competitors. Despite high hopes, all three were digested and shown to have failed Log Grip.

Away from SASUKE[]

She was a show dancer on a Pub until she resigned around 2005. Right now, she is a coach to teach ninja skills and also owned a bar named Kamari, which is located at Shinjuku City, Tokyo, Japan.

Trivia[]

  • She is the first woman competitor to clear Jump Hang.
  • She is the first ever competitor to have their age shown at one tournament, then unknown at tournaments after, as opposed of being unknown right away. This probably due to TBS mis-identifying her age from SASUKE 6 to SASUKE 8.
  • In SASUKE 10, TBS lists her as a Transvestite, which is inaccurate and can be offensive to some people.

Results[]

SASUKE # Result Notes
6 59 Failed Jump Hang (First Stage)
7 31 Failed Jump Hang (First Stage)
8 31 Failed Soritatsu Kabe (First Stage) Time Out.
9 46 Failed Rolling Maruta (First Stage)
10 990 Failed Jump Hang (First Stage)
11 81 Failed Rolling Maruta (First Stage)
12 51 Failed Soritatsu Kabe (First Stage) Time Out.
14 61 Failed Soritatsu Kabe (First Stage) All-Cut. Result In Official Book.
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