Barrington man ready to continue run on ‘American Ninja Warrior’

Rahn, 24, grew up in Cherry Hill before moving to the borough.  He was unable to complete the course last year but advanced to the finals this year with the eighth-fastest time in the Baltimore semifinals. 

In a savvy marketing move, Jamie Rahn, 24, of Barrington succeeded in standing out by dying his hair a bright yellow-green and branding himself ‘Captain NBC’ for his appearance on ‘American Ninja Warrior.’ 

“American Ninja Warrior” is a grueling obstacle course competition that originated in Japan as “Sasuke.”  The show was rebroadcast as “Ninja Warrior” on G4 for years before it became popular enough that it started a U.S.-based competition to send winners to Japan. 

More recently, G4 teamed with NBC to produce “American Ninja Warrior.”  The show is true to the original in that it challenges competitors with astonishingly difficult tasks that take tremendous levels of strength, skill and concentration to complete. 

The winner of this season of “American Ninja Warrior” will collect $500,000. 

NBC’s broadcast of first-stage efforts will run at 8 p.m. tonight and Sept. 2.  G4 broadcast its episode last night.