Episode 5 (2023)

==Intro==
It's a brand new day, and another batch of 100 contestants are invited to storm Takeshi's Castle, however they have to storm Ennosuke Ichikawa's castle first before they can move on to Count Takeshi.
==Games==
File:SlipperyWall2023Ep5.png|Slippery Wall
File:FromRightFromLeft2023Ep5.png|From Right, From Left
File:MushroomTrip2023Ep5.png|Mushroom Trip
File:BallCupping2023Ep5.png|Ball Cupping (comeback game)
File:SlimyQuiz2023Ep5.png|Slimy Quiz (comeback game)
File:TugofWar2023Ep5.png|Tug of War (comeback game)
File:SkippingStones2023Ep5.png|Skipping Stones
==Results==
From Right, From Left
Name (Age) 	Profile 	Result	Notes
Alvaro Camacho Criado (27) 	Ex Spanish Embassy Employee, from Spain 	Fail 	First bar
Erica Martinez (30) 	Support Engineer, from Spain 	Fail 	Sixth bar
Julian Onyali (38) 	Data Scientist, from UK 	Fail 	Second bar
Joshua Murphy (31) 	Diehard Fan of Takeshi's Castle, from USA	Fail 	Second bar
JP (39) 	Celebrity Impersonator 	Fail 	Fourth bar
Chiitan (Eternally 0 yrs old)	Back from Battles at the 2nd Castle 	Fail 	Third bar
AJ Erends (33) 	Internet Entertainer, from USA 	Fail 	Shown on third bar, unknown where he failed, Digest
Turu Tanioka (60) 	Owner of Car Repair Business 	Fail 	Second bar, Digest
David Ramirez (30) 	Translator, from Peru 	Fail 	Sixth bar, Digest
Keizo Nagao (60) 	Ex Bus Driver 	Fail 	Fell at platform, Digest
Shunji Sakaguchi (60) 	Paint Contractor 	Fail 	First bar, Digest
Takazumi Tamiya (32) 	Production Researcher 	Fail 	Fourth bar, Digest
Marc Aura Rodrigo (22) 	Ex Spanish Embassy Employee, from Spain 	Fail 	Fell at platform, Digest
Yutaka Kyan (37) 	Golden Bomber 	Fail 	Hanging onto the platform, Digest
Shion Iizuka (23) 	Tokyo Theater Girls 	Fail 	Second bar
Mone Fukushima (25) 	Tokyo Theater Girls 	Fail 	Fell at platform, Digest
Nagi Rinno (24) 	Tokyo Theater Girls 	Fail 	Second bar, Digest
Yui Chitose (23) 	Tokyo Theater Girls 	Fail 	Sixth bar, Digest
Risa Okuma (22) 	Tokyo Theater Girls 	Clear 	First contestant to clear
Yoshiyuki Yamamoto (29) 	The Best of Black Tigers 	Fail 	Third bar
Katsumi Yamada (56) 	Mr. SASUKE 	Fail 	Fell at platform
Mushroom Trip
Name (Age) 	Profile 	Result	Notes
Franziska Heumann (29) 	Hokkaido University Graduate Student, from Germany	Fail 	
Ivan Balliana (23) 	Hokaido University Graduate Student, from Italy 	Fail 	
Mango Amer (37) 	Sports Manager, from Jordan 	Fail 	
Diana Herraiz (34) 	Spanish Language Teacher, from Spain 	Fail 	
Javier Sanchez Delgado (31)	Tech Company Employee, from Spain 	Fail 	
Daithi O Haodha (25) 	Tohoku University Graduate Student, from Ireland 	Fail 	
Masayuki Okano (50) 	Ex National League Soccer Player 	Fail 	
Shoji Jo (47) 	Ex National League Soccer Player 	Fail 	Both Masayuki and Shoji fell in a very similar fashion
Yoshito Okubo (40) 	Ex National League Soccer Player 	Fail 	
Yukiko Matsuoka 	Housewife 	Fail 	Digest
Atsushi Matsuoka (47) 	Doctor 	Fail 	Digest
Yutaka Kyan (37) 	Golden Bomber 	Fail 	Digest
Chang Shin Yuan (31) 	Animator 	Fail 	His run not shown, seen pulling out of the water
Yuita (19) 	College Student 	Fail 	Digest
Mie Shimbayashi (30) 	Graduate Student 	Fail 	Digest
Taichi Utsumi (21) 	Band Boys and Men Trainee 	Fail 	Digest
Haru Yamaguchi (16) 	Currently in High School 	Clear 	First contestant to clear
Ryota Yoshida (18) 	Huge Fan of Eisaku Yoshida 	Clear 	Second contestant to clear, Digest
Comeback Games
Name (Age) 	Profile 	Game allocated	Result 	Notes
Nagi Rinno (24) 	Tokyo Theater Girls 	Ball Cupping 	Fail 	
(35) 	 	Ball Cupping 	Fail 	
Gintaro Yajima (36) 	Juliana No Tatari 	Slimy Quiz 	Fail 	
(35) 	 	Tug of War 	Fail 	Chose ball C
Joshua Murphy (31) 	Diehard Fan of Takeshi's Castle, from USA	Ball Cupping 	Fail (see notes)	Made a speech before playing, Received a Fighting Spirit Award for being close to success
Yutaka Kyan (37) 	Golden Bomber 	Slimy Quiz 	Clear 	
Chiitan (Eternally 0 years old)	Back from Battle 1 & 2 	Tug of War 	Clear 	Chose ball A
Skipping Stones
Name (Age) 	Profile 	Result 	Notes
Masato Yoshihara (28)	Boys and Men	Fail 	
Yuhi (29) 	Boys and Men	Fail 	
Kento Hiramatsu (27) 	Boys and Men	Fail (see notes)	Received a Fighting Spirit Award for showing boldness and coming close to the finish
Yukihisa Tamura (31) 	Boys and Men	Fail (see notes)	Received a Fighting Spirit Award for showing boldness and coming close to the finish
Takafumi Honda (29) 	Boys and Men	Fail (see notes)	Received a Fighting Spirit Award for showing boldness and coming close to the finish
==Cast==
To be completed
==Trivia==
*First appearance of the following games:
**From Right, From Left
*Final appearance of the following games:
**Mushroom Trip (2023)
*As well as Japanese contestants, this episode (along with the second part) also featured contestants taking part from around the world. Some of the contestants includes an American Takeshi's Castle geek, a British competitor along with some others.
*Only BOYS AND MEN contestants were shown on Skipping Stones in this episode, the remainder should be shown in the following episode.
Category:2023 Episodes
Category:Takeshi's Castle (2023)