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The Third Stage stretches over a huge area.
Much bigger than the 4.5-tatami-mat Sasuke course built by our next competitor, a young man with a dream.
He somehow built a Sasuke course in his 4.5-tatami-mat sized room.
He is 22-year-old house painter Ryo Matachi!
From a 4.5-tatami-mat room, a hero could be born!
He grabs the Arm Bike and makes it squeak its hollow rhythm into the night!
He's dispensed with this obstacle in just over 5 seconds.
He has always had just one dream: Kanzenseiha at Sasuke!
Will that dream come true tonight?
He built his own Sasuke course with his friends, and trained on it every day.
He's got the red bar on the move and now he takes it down another level!
Now it looks like his practice is paying off!
Is this young house painter about to join the ranks of the New Stars?
Family: Good job!
This young painter is an expert at finger pull-ups, an art mastered in his 4.5-tatami-mat room.
Matachi quickly finds the shortcut up and prepares for the tough fourth bar.
Now he is moving along nicely.
Will his training pay off?
The 5 foot 2 inch long fourth bar is no problem.
Oh wow! Look at that!
Without a pause he leaps to the final bar!
It looks like Ryo Matachi, the finger pull-up master, might do it!
He's killed off the Ultimate Cliffhanger, and taken a big step forward the status of Sasuke deity!
He has dispensed with the Ultimate Cliffhanger!
Nagano: He made it look easy.
Let's see if he will handle the Jumping Rings with ease as well.
Ryo Matachi jumps!
Now he swings his body.
Can he jump to the second ring?
Stretching out his right leg to grab the ladder he moves his right leg to safety.
Miki: Looking strong isn't he?
Is that his lip quivering?
He can't rest there forever.
Now he's grabbed the first set of bars.
And he tests his balance.
Will a hero be born from a 4.5-tatami-mat room?
Matachi goes for it!
He struck the balance, and he's past the Chain See-saw!
We have our first Chain See-saw victory!
He still has this last obstacle.
He's following in the footsteps of Yuuji Urushihara!
And he's past the Rope Climb with ease!
He had the audacity to dream his dream with his friends of reaching the Final Stage.
And now it's right there!
Will a finalist emerge from a 4.5-tatami-mat room?
Here goes Ryo Matachi!
Taking on the Bar Glider! This is it, this is it!
Will Ryo Matachi be chosen by the Sasuke Gods?
And from a 4.5-tatami-mat Sasuke course, a finalist is born!
The 4.5-tatami-mat hero!
22-year-old Ryo Matachi has overcome the Third Stage!
Reporter: Congratulations! Could anything beat this feeling?
Matachi: Thanks! I really feel that my dream since childhood is coming true!