MATT RICHARDSON:
The largest city in the world, home to a staggering
38 million people and some of the best restaurants
on the planet. On the menu today, a dash of daring, a sprinkle of speed
and a pinch of the preposterous as 50 teams and thousands of fans
converge with a hunger for chaos, a thirst for creativity,
and a craving for the kooky. [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING] Who will deliver
gastronomic greatness and who will overcook
the main course? This is the Red Bull
Soapbox Race Tokyo. [THEME MUSIC PLAYING] WILL BEST:
Konnichiwa and welcome to Tokyo, the magnificent capital city
of Japan. MATT RICHARDSON: This metropolis
has futuristic tech, amazing culture, and more Michelin star restaurants
than anywhere else in the world. WILL: The 38 million inhabitants
of the Greater Tokyo Area are certainly spoiled for choice
when it comes to fine dining, but also, vending machines. MATT: Apparently, there's one
every 12 meters in this city. They sell cold drinks, hot pizza, and even bread in a can
and wasp larvae. Which apparently
is high in nutritional value and has a nutty but smoky flavor. MATT: Leaving the buzz of
the city streets behind, find some calm at one of the
thousand plus temples and shrines. WILL: Like this one, Togo,
it's right in the heart of one of the most bustling
parts of the city, but it's a place for people
to find peace and tranquility and enlightenment. MATT: From finding inner Zen
to spending some serious Yen in one of Tokyo's world class
shopping districts like Harajuku, which has been a Mecca for Japanese
teenage culture since the 70s. WILL: Yeah,
fusing the modern and futuristic with the quirky and traditional for that instantly recognizable
Harajuku style. MATT: And talking of utterly,
inspired and wonderful, it's the Red Bull Soapbox Race Tokyo. Thousands of fans are here to witness
our competitors battle out to be Red Bull
Soapbox Race Champions 2019. WILL: So, as our 60 teams
make the final tweaks to their homemade dream machines, let's remind ourselves
what today is all about. [ALL CHEER]
Yeah! MATT: Championing eccentricity
since the year 2000, the Red Bull Soapbox Race sees
amateur teams of friends, family, and workmates
racing barmy homemade creations down a course
littered with obstacles, all with just gravity to power them. DARREN FLETCHER: Oh, he's gone. MATT:
Fun is always the order of the day, but this is a contest
and to decide the winner each team is scored
on three categories. Firstly, a panel of judges marks
the creativity and craftsmanship of each soapbox. Then, points are given
for a 30-second performance immediately before the run. And finally, those scores are added
to the total time taken to complete the course.
Sorry... DARREN: Oh, look at that. MATT:... if they complete the course. Get more overall points
than anyone else and you've just earned yourself
universal bragging rights as Red Bull Soapbox Race Champions. There's just one thing standing
in the way, the course itself and this one
at the Yomiuri Amusement Park is a white-knuckle ride
with a sting in the tail. WILL: Today, the Red Bull Soapbox
Race has arrived in Yomiuri Land Amusement Park
in Tokyo and we cannot wait
for the carnival of creativity that is coming our way very soon. MATT: Absolutely. And joining us for
all of today's action is Becky Evans, the Drift Queen herself. Now, Becky, Tokyo is a place
very close to your heart. Why is it so special? BECKY: Because Tokyo in Japan,
there's so much creativity here. I mean, I love drifting. This is the birthplace of drifting
and you know what, everything comes back
to Tokyo itself. WILL: Now, you love a customization
when it comes to cars. What do you make of what you saw
in the pit lanes? BECKY: You know what, the guys here
have really put thought into this, attention to detail,
the way the cars are engineered. And I think there's going to be
plenty of Soapboxes that are going to take the course on
and absolutely smash it. MATT: Absolutely.
The course is absolutely brilliant. We got a chance to check it out
yesterday. Let's take a look. MATT:
Here in the land of the rising sun, it's time to shine
with your performance in front of thousands of fans
and the judges. Before heading down a course
that is totally unique starting with this Red Bull Soapbox
Race first, a double start ramp. BECKY: After the double start ramp,
our pilots will have to navigate a 90-degree right-hander
followed by this tricky chicane. Now, fortune favors the bold here, but take these twists and turns
too tightly and you're going to make
in front of the hay bale or two. Beyond this point,
the course gets a whole lot steeper. MATT:
This is the imposing samurai gate, promising a bumpy ride
to our competitors who travel underneath
this impressive monument. Show some real warrior spirit
and make it through this feature, and you will be rewarded
with something we've never seen at a Red Bull Soapbox Race before. BECKY: This is unique, a seesaw
bang in the middle of the track. You've got a couple of options
though, you can either take it steady
and operate the seesaw like so or take it at full speed,
use it like a ramp, but that's only for the fearless. MATT: After two kickers,
the finish line is almost in sight. Well, after this massive
left-hand berm, appropriately called The Wall,
I'm predicting a lot of action here. For a course in the middle
of an amusement park, it's going to be
a real rollercoaster. WILL: Now,
that is a fearsome looking course with some quite serious obstacles. What are you looking at for
in particular? BECKY:
For me, it's the seesaw. We've never seen one of these
at Red Bull Soapbox Race before and we just don't know how the teams
are going to tackle it. MATT: It's the berm for me,
always the berm. If they go at that with any speed,
that could be troublesome. WILL: Well, I'm looking at
for that first right-hander. I mean, talk about baptism of fire
straight down the ramp and into that. MATT: Yeah, absolutely.
Now, our teams are rearing to go, the audience is here, it's time to hand over to the
authority on all thing soapbox. It's Darren Fletcher. DARREN: Thank you very much.
So, here we are in Yomiuri Land Amusement Park in the West of Central Tokyo for a soapbox course
that could be historic. I think this is going to be fantastic
today with so many unique obstacles
in the way of all of the teams. Loki of Natural, the first team
that's going to try it today. Loki is like the Marvel character,
he's the brother of Thor, I'm told. And the soapbox theme is Old Money as they want to help improve
the economy. Nakagara Tatahumi is our pilot. So, 36 for creativity,
35 for performance. Now, it's about the speed. [CROWD CHEERING] The two tiers start ramp
is the first problem. Oh, they've gone already. Oh, that's spectacular
right from the start. The chicane was the issue because they were trying to swerve
a very cumbersome soapbox from right to left and back again. This is the issue, look,
too much speed, not enough agility and they just couldn't hold it. All the weight was going
towards the left as they look at it, and they couldn't get it back again. It looked a heavy old soapbox, didn't it, as well and when it
started to go, there was no way back and I think they think,
well, you know what, forget that. Cat Music Guitar Majors. 35 for creativity. They are guitar students
in a local music college. [PLAYING ROCK MUSIC] And the performance gets them 20
out of 50. So, they've got work to do here. There's the onboard,
two-tier start ramp with the rain adding to the interest. Spectacular day through today. Don't like the wheels,
I've going to say that. This one looks like
it could be really fun. Handlebars, three wheels,
difficult course, can't control it, look, legs all over the place,
chicane. There's part of it. Get your feet up, man.
Right, here we go. This is where it should start
to get interesting. Samurai gate, we're going to
see the seesaw in a minute. How do they handle the seesaw?
Very easily actually. [CHEERS] Choice of kickers,
that's the one and they're gone... Oh, look at that. Oh, he took his eye of the ball and got too near the straw bales
and lost it. [CHEERS] He's still on the guitar though. He just let the wheel... There you go,
the wheel catches the bale, and then the front wheel goes
and over it goes. They've got a brilliant
vantage point up there. They're even going to
run around the berm. I can't wait to see somebody go over
that by the way with a better speed. Over the finish line.
[LAUGHS] It's a DNF, there is no time.
Look at that. Oh, catapulted around. WILL: Well done. That was probably
one of the most rock and roll crashes I have ever seen. Did you do it on purpose,
to go out in a blaze of glory? CAT MUSIC GUITAR MAJORS 1:
No, no, no, no, no. Miss. CAT MUSIC GUITAR MAJORS 2:
No, no, no, no, no. WILL: Oh, guys, no arguing. No
arguing. You made it to the bottom. You did very, very well.
Congratulations. DARREN: Okay.
So, the next team, Edo Wonderland. It's basically named after
the theme park where they all work and their job in the theme park
is to dress up as ninjas. So, they decided to do that today. [CROWD CHEERING] The creativity score was 31. The performance score,
out of 50 is a whopping 47. So, the judges really enjoyed that. The soapbox is designed
like a treasure box filled with old style Japanese coins. They've lost one fellow on the ramp. Look at the size of these wheels. They shouldn't buckle,
I'll put it that way. Whether he can steer it
remains to be seen. Being very cautious at the top,
through the chicane. He's got no idea of the perils
of the handlebar control system. Samurai gate. [BRAKES SQUEAKING] Squeezing the brakes, wants to go the controlled way
over the seesaw. [CROWD CHEERING] There's his kicker, right then. Here's the berm, here's the berm!
Oh, look at that. Oh, there's the berm. Oh, my word! There are tires, safety tires behind
there, but you just can't see them. He went straight over the top of it. Now, he can't spin it around
to get into the finish line. Look, yes, he can. 1:06:12. The berm is supposed to be
a corner, not a launch pad. Look at that,
straight over the back of it. That's a long way down. How the soapbox didn't land on him,
I'll never know. BECKY:
This has got to be one of the most fun filled Red Bull Soapbox Races
of all time. MATT: Absolutely. Join us after the
break for even more antics in Tokyo. [THEME MUSIC PLAYS] [THEME MUSIC PLAYS] BECKY: Welcome back to
the Red Bull Soapbox Race Tokyo. MATT: The crowd here are ready
and rearing to go for more action. Darren, who we've got next? DARREN:
Well, we have team Jump Fukuoka, which is a soapbox theme to celebrate the 50th Anniversary
of the Moon landing. And it basically means they want to
jump and reach for the moon. And the pilot dressed as E.T. who wasn't part of the Moon landing,
just in case you're wondering there. 29 for performance
that matches creativity. [SIREN BEEPS THEN BLARES] And off they go. Team Jump Fukuoka with E.T.
at the controls and those... Oh, look at the wheels.
The wheels have got no chance, the two at the back
are the smallest I've ever seen, that the two little stabilizers. This is like trying to ride
a pushbike down the course. No wonder he's going slow. Right. It's described this is
the gentle chicanes section, that's exactly what it was. Here's the samurai gate,
which is bouncy. Now, the pilot's got to pick
the kicker after the seesaw, so that's okay. Pick the first kicker.
Now we've got the... Oh, they're going to do
both of them, there you go. You've only got to do one, okay. Can it go high, can it go...
Oh, he's done it. He's managed. Oh, he's going to get around,
is he going to get around. Oh, he's in, there we go.
Oh, he's gone. Oh, he's gone. We can all see what might happen. I don't know about you,
but I was leaning with him. He was taking no chances
around the berm, and then he was leaning, to try and get him
over the finish without falling. There we go, just catches
a bit that's sticking out. [TRANQUIL MUSIC PLAYING] Now, we have
Two People Without Sharks. I know lots of people without sharks,
but 24 for creativity. The pilot and the co-pilot
are a couple. And the bit of it on the sign
that you've just seen basically say go fishing, catch, conquer. [SIREN BEEPS THEN BLARES] Very small. Small wheels, small soapbox,
long way to go. They can't even get it started
on the ramp. What's happened here?
Take the brakes off. [LAUGHS]
Oh, what's happened here? They're already slower
than the fastest time we've seen so far by the way. It won't move, look. [DARREN LAUGHING] Give it a push. [DARREN CONTINUES LAUGHING] [CROWD SHOUTS] Is that it? Oh, no, it's going now.
Quick, get back in, quick, quick. [CROWD APPLAUDING] Well, that's it. It looks like they
finished, if you get what I mean. Will and Matt gave the next soapbox
a once over in the pits before the race. WILL: Well, there's one thing you
definitely can't enough of in Japan and that is rice,
and these guys certainly haven't gone against the grain in that department because this is actually,
it's made of real rice. -Amazing.
-I've never actually seen real rice. MATT: You're in Japan, Will.
You've seen lots of real rice. WILL: Yeah, but as in like
on still on the branch. MATT:
It's not a branch, but I love this because it's got a traditional theme
about it, and it's really well built
in my opinion, you know, it's got hollow bars, it's very light weight,
it's got quick wheels. I think this could be
one of the runs of the day. WILL: I have to say I totally
disagree with Matt. I'm sorry. I don't know where they're getting
this amazing build quality from. It's made of two little
quite dodgy looking bikes, just sort of held together by bits of
plywood and sort of plastic-y tubes. I don't think the build quality
is up too much. MATT: What's happened to you?
Why are you being so negative? Come on, no more mister rice guy. DARREN: Oh, my word. It gets better by the way
as it goes on, stick with us. Inaho Rider and if you've never seen
real rice before, there's real rice. Real rice, hey. What have we been eating
for all these years? Hideki Kawasaki is the pilot, and it is designed
after a traditional type of rice farming equipment. 36 on performance, 30 on creativity. It will probably be rice and gentle
from the start. Off we go, the moments of truth.
Inaho Rider. It was described at the top
as two bikes bolted together
with a bit of plywood. So far, they're doing all right. [CROWD CHEERING] Look at the concentration
on Hideki's face. He means business today. The samurai gate,
bouncing through there. Over the seesaw. Opts for the second kicker,
so far so good. Oh, so far so good. Here's the berm, he's all over the
place, now he's all over the place. Oh, he's got it back. Can he get it?
Oh, he's going straight as well. [CROWD APPLAUDING] Oh, he took such a chance
around the berm, such a chance. And they made it in 48:03 and there's relief
etched all over his face. He's gone up,
he's managed to get it down, he's heading for the straw bales,
and he's over the finish and he sat there thinking
how on Earth have I done that? [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING] Scrap Monkey. Yoshiyuki Kamaki is our pilot. Firefighter inspired cart using the traditional firefighter
happy uniform, and decent scores 42 for creativity
and 40 for the performance. Can they get down? Big wheels at the front, small wheels
at the back, warning sign. [WOMEN CHEERING] Wider at the front, narrow
at the back two, if you can see. Not a great field of vision either
for the pilot, lot of speed though, I'll give you that, lot of speed,
through the chicane. This could be interesting
if they keep going like this. Too early to celebrate. I know that. Samurai gate. Oh, he's gone.
Samurai gate, oh, nosedive. The first team that's had
a problem through there. It's very uneven,
the planks make it difficult. The uneven nature of it
makes it difficult. If you got the wrong line through
there, it could be a real problem. Here we go, wobble, wobble,
wobble, oh, overload. Just caught the front wheel
into one of the gaps, and the momentum from back to front,
over you go and that's that. At least they're going to enjoy it, that's what the Red Bull Soapbox Race
is all about. Everybody having fun
and enjoying the day. Banana Cabaret,
these look a lively bunch. [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING] 40 for creativity. Soapbox theme
is the Three Wise Monkeys, "See no evil, hear no evil,
speak no evil.” The berm will do all three of those,
if you're not careful. Suzuki is the pilot. [SIREN BLARES] Here we go. Decent creativity scores,
decent performance scores, now they need the speed elements
of it, they need the run. [CHEERS] Just the finish is difficult
so far today here in Tokyo. Good speed at the top. Nice and controlled through there. [CHEERING] Here's the samurai gate where you've got a get a bit of speed
through there. Now the seesaw. Oh, they're nice
and gentle through there. That's going to lose them
a bit of time. Needed to be a bit braver maybe
through that section. Over the kicker, they're not really bothered
with the berm, and over the finish line,
well, they're in one piece. They'll set the time 47:55,
which is good. I just think it could have been
faster still, but it was a well-designed soapbox and they get their rewards
for being careful. WILL: Very serene run
from this pair of cheeky monkeys. Was that quick?
Did it feel quick to you? BANANA CABARET 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah,
but amazing, very fun. WILL: Very fun and amazing.
What about you, big guy? BANANA CABARET 2: I'm enjoying very
much, thank you very much. WILL:
Oh, you said you did enjoy very much. [ALL IMITATING MONKEYS CHATTERING] WILL: Well, I know, he's tickling me.
Back to you, Darren. Help, help. [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING] DARREN: Dog Trackers,
Tashiro and Pa Shiro Kai. Creativity score of 36,
father and son team. The soapbox theme is after dogs
and dog catchers because dogs never give up
and neither will the team. Great crowd here today,
by the way as you just saw, and 39 for the performance. It's a double-edged team this,
bearing in mind, the son's doing the steering
and dad's controlling the brakes. How you know when to do which?
I don't know. Off we go. Looks sturdy enough,
looks well designed apart from the fact that two people
have got to do different things and it's shaking at the moment. Look at the wobble,
look at the wobble. Surely,
they can't get this to the bottom. It's wobbling all over the place. Samurai gate. Seesaw coming up. Here's the seesaw up and down,
no problem, they're all right. Pick a kicker, picked the second
kicker through the leaves. Here's the berm, they can see the
finish and know they're nearly there. Oh, they're not nearly there,
they've gone straight over, and dad's coming out of the back and
the son had gone on to the deck, wow. Into the tires, oh, they can laugh,
it's all right laughing up there. Oh, look at that, no messing about. Let's get to this finish line,
they're saying. Well, they say dogs never give up, dogs can't take berms very well
either. [CROWD CHEERING] Oh, 1:02.23,
that really doesn't matter. What about that? Look at this. You can't go straight on
over the berm, look at that. Watch dad, watch dad, here it comes,
he's hanging... Oh, there we go. [LAUGHS]
Oh, my word! BECKY:
Join us after the break. MATT: For more thrills and spills at
the Red Bull Soapbox Race in Tokyo. [THEME MUSIC PLAYS] [THEME MUSIC PLAYS] BECKY: Welcome back to the Red Bull
Soapbox Race Tokyo. MATT: Oh, don't we look cool, Becky,
I love this. BECKY: I'm feeling it. Darren, who's up next? [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING] DARREN: Kanuma Y.E.G. Berries,
colorful lot, this. 33 for creativity.
Kijima Kouta is our pilot. They describe themselves
as berry crazy, but then again, they would,
wouldn't they? They signed up as contestants for
this in 2017, but couldn't get in. But they're here in 2019
to give it their best shot. And they're especially proud because
those strawberries are handmade. They'll be pleased with that as well. 42 out of 50 for the performance. Never too sure about the square ones
or the rectangular ones with the wheels inside. They're the bicycle stroke
pram wheels as well. Through the early chicane,
round the corner, that's a tight corner,
too tight for them. Sideswiped the bales. I think they reversed there
by the way, they went backwards. Wheels are a bit bent already,
never a good sign. Look at his little legs
going under there. They're still enthusiastic as well. Look at the wheels. Thousands here today, by the way,
Yomiuri Land Amusement Park in Tokyo. I've actually lost track
of where they are. Oh, there we are, the samurai gate. Just to add insult to injury
to the poor old wheels. Seesaw. Second kicker that seems to be
the preferred choice so far today. There's the berm, the dreaded berm, what are they going to do
around the berm. They're going to go over the berm
and down the berm and throw some strawberries out
and get to the finish line. [LAUGHS]
And they're all over the place. [CROWD CHEERING] Oh, the box of strawberries
goes over, over the finish line. He just seemed to lose control
of the berm, didn't he, the pilot? 1:17.48 by the way, the time. BECKY: I love this place.
There's Wi-Fi absolutely everywhere. WILL: Oh, yeah, I wouldn't be able to
read the password though. This is very pretty. I do like it. Look at this friendly little face,
lovely attention to detail. It's creative,
it's beautifully crafted. I love it. BECKY:
Turtles are robust though. I'm having a look at the wheels here
and it is very sturdy. But when I'm having a look inside, there's a lot of play
in the steering. WILL: Oh, was the technical term
for wobbly steering? -Yeah.
-Yeah. Basically. WILL:
Yeah, wobbly steering. Darren, what do we think,
turtle disaster? DARREN: Or turtle success.
We'll wait and see. [TRADITIONAL JAPANESE MUSIC PLAYING] There's a lot of interesting aspects
to the design. I'll give them that 34
for creativity. Team One or Eight. The turtle is from the popular
children's story Urashima Taro. And Mitsuhiro Takanaka is the pilot. And they've got 40 out of 50
for their performance today. [SIREN BLARES] DARREN:
Off and running. A little bit close
to the bales there. All right, around we go.
Now, it starts to get interesting through the tires
that make up the chicane and when they get around
the next corner, that's where you'll see
the samurai gate. Let's have a look at the seesaw. A little wobbly the wheels, wobbly
the wheels over the first kicker. Misses out the second one. Coming up to the dreaded berm,
up and high, down low. Oh, he's gone over. How many times have we seen it! It is turtle disaster. Mitsuhiro is going to be
dragged out of there. It's the wrong line. When you get too low
at the beginning, you've got to go high at the end, and there's nowhere to escape. 1:10.09. And it was all about the berm. The berm bites again. Next, we have Koi Love. Uh, Matsuka Nami is our pilot. Two ladies,
they're lifelong best friends. It's been their dream to compete in
the Soapbox Race for a long time. They've both fallen in love
with someone recently. It's a really special time
for them in their lives. And the Soapbox theme is Koi Carp
because Koi is a fish and also means love in Japanese. 28 for the performance
and 24 for creativity. So, they do need a good run now
based on those scores. Three elements of scoring today: Creativity, performance
and of course the time of your run. [CROWD CHEERING] Two-tier start ramp. Narrow big wheels, narrow big wheels,
narrow big wheels. [CROWD CHEERING] Through the chicane,
not taking any chances through there. This is where it all starts
to get interesting now. Here's the fun stuff
starting with the samurai gate. Oh, they've lost their line,
they've lost their line, but they're back on it
over the seesaw. I think they've lost
all elements of control now, and obviously
the brakes aren't been used, they've forgotten about them
over the kicker, here's the berm, they're wide, they're narrow,
and they're up, they're over. Oh, my word!
[LAUGHS] Concern on the face of the other
teammates, finish line in sight. Both of them are fine,
which is good to see. This is where they started
to unravel, and by the time they got to the berm,
no chance. Oh, look at that. That's another big crash at the berm, great to see that everybody's okay. WILL:
Brave, brave competitors. You did so well, you're pleased
you got so far down the track because I didn't think
you'd make it that far. I also heard that if you did make it
to the bottom, you're going to give a love heart
to your crush. -Is it me?
-Yeah. It is me. It is me. It is me.
Oh, thank you so much. Oh, thank you.
I knew these guys were good. Back to the top. Oh! [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING] DARREN: Omotenashi, the team. Omotenashi is the catch phrase
for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and has become a popular saying
in Japan, and the soapbox as you can see
is the good old treadmill. 27 creativity,
what about the performance score? 40. And Asatomo Kitagawa is the pilot, standing up, I might add,
standing up on the treadmill. Handlebars, standing,
cumbersome, potential trouble. Sit back and enjoy this one. Big sweeping turn, around the
tight corner, through the chicane. Moving towards the samurai gate. Nice and smooth through there. Seesaw. Seesaw's not been a problem really
for anybody so far, and Omotenashi decided to take the
first kicker and the second kicker, get your money's worth today. Here's the berm, up we go,
down we go. Oh, that was good. Can he keep it straight? Yes, over the finish line,
that's good. 47.87, the 2020 Japan Olympic based
theme soapbox has done really well. Nice and smooth, nice and quick,
got all the right lines, that's the way it should be done. I can't believe
everybody else is struggling so much. [TRADITIONAL JAPANESE MUSIC PLAYING] Kabuki next, Ito Saho the pilot. Now, the pilot's the owner of a café
in Harajuku and the rest of the team
are her customers. And the soapbox theme is
traditional Japanese Kabuki theatre to celebrate the race
being held here in Japan. 36 for performance added to 28
for creativity, and we are ready. Lot of moving parts on this soapbox. [SIREN BEEPS THEN BLARES] Very interesting way to go about it. I don't see the necessity
of the person lying down in front of the pilot, but, oh, it will become apparent
I suppose. Go on, let it go,
come on, here we go. I wouldn't want to lay there.
I can guarantee that. Drifting, drifting, drifting, gone. [DARREN LAUGHS] There didn't seem to be any desire to try and move back
into a straight line. Pilot's expression
never changes look, watch. Straight into the barrier. What a bizarre thing to do? Look, drifting,
never turned the steering wheel, the pilot never turned
the steering wheel. Yokohama CJ Café Lightning. 35 for creativity. This café is in Yokohama
just south of Tokyo and they aim to be
as fast as lightning. The soapbox theme is lightning with the team dressed
as the God of Wind and Thunder. [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING] 35, that's out of 50
for the performance. Yukihiro Yamakawa is the pilot. The brave old soul that has got to
get this one down to the bottom. Nice and quick at the top,
nice and smooth through there, giving themselves
a good base to build on. He's feeling the music
on the way down as well. Here's the samurai gate,
bouncy through there, wasn't it? Now the seesaw, could have gone
a bit faster over there. [CHEERS] Again, opting for the second
of the two kickers, that's the choice for the pilot. Here's the berm, that's a good line
around the berm and over the line. This is going to be fast,
one of the better ones today, 44.60. Everything fell into place there
for that team. I think that's the example of what
the line has to be through the berm. If you can get it right like that,
you're okay. MATT: You know, Darren, you and I've
seen a lot of Red Bull Soapbox races, but no matter how you spray a bike,
you can spray the wheels, you can spray the handlebars,
you can spray the tires, you can spray the saddle, it isn't
a soapbox, it's still a bike. WILL:
It is blue though, so. But it's also got this cage
around it, which puts a metal bar
right between the eyes of the driver, which is concerning to me. WILL:
And it's got some green. MATT:
It's actually quite good, yeah. DARREN: I don't quite know
what to make of this team, their soapbox, Bad Ten. [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING] And they've been on
Asia's Got Talent by the way. So, we will see. [DARREN LAUGHS] That's one version of the tablecloth
off the table, isn't it? Oh, crikey look at that.
That's got to hurt. [DARREN LAUGHING] They must get
a good performance score here. 42 out of 50, the fellows just taken
an elastic band in the face. 28 for creativity, by the way. I'm not filled with confidence that
this is going to get to the bottom. They've added balloons since the VT
was recorded yesterday, by the way as well. Look at this. No chance,
absolutely no chance, surely. Here we go. This is a white-knuckle ride
if ever I've seen one. Oh, he's all over the place, look,
come on. You can do it. He can hardly see. He can hardly steer it,
they're loving it. The samurai gate. Stabilizers are working well here. He's still going over the seesaw. Now the kicker wobbling, wobbling,
but not rolling. Here we go. Moving down towards the berm.
Here's the berm. He's gone high, he's gone wide,
oh, he's gone around it too. How did he stay on there? Oh, and he's over. And then he's rolled
and he's into the cabbage. Oh, my word! [CROWD APPLAUDING] Pull him out. Good Lord, what a run! [MEN SHOUTING] I'm with you. I'm with you,
my friend. I am with you. Watch this, brilliant.
How did he stay up there? Watch this and, oh, look at that. Oh, he's an inch away from disaster,
an inch away. The stabilizer
is over the other side. Look at that,
how on Earth does he manage that? And then straight into the greenery
at the end. Brilliant. [DARREN LAUGHING] Look at him in there. Oh, dear. MATT: This has to be one of the most
action-packed Red Bull Soapbox Races ever. BECKY: Join us back here in Tokyo
for even more. [THEME MUSIC PLAYS] [THEME MUSIC PLAYS] MATT: Welcome back to the Red Bull
Soapbox Race Tokyo, where people have traveled
from all over Japan for the chance
to be crowned champion. BECLY: Time to meet
our next round of racing hopefuls. DARREN: And first up,
it's Sailup Japan Dream Team. Ogawa Shayota is the pilot,
Watanabi Toro the co-pilot. The creativity score is 42,
so they really like it. They all work for the same company,
the soapbox theme is a pumpkin because they like Halloween
and they also like fairytales, so the pilot
is dressed up as Cinderella. [TRANQUIL MUSIC PLAYING] Oh, they like it. 48 out of 50,
so everything at the top is good. What it's like at the bottom
remains to be seen. Will Cinderella go to the ball? Will Cinderella
go to the finish line? Will Cinderella come a cropper
in the berm? We will see. [CROWD CHEERING] Here's the big right-hander,
which leads you to the samurai gate. After the samurai gate, it's the
seesaw and then you pick your kicker. Here we go then, the berm. Up, up, up, up, going to come down,
going to come down, but don't go down that way. Don't go down that way. It's okay to go up, but you've got to come down
and that's not the way to come down. Everybody is okay. But it's another spectacular one,
they got high, they got high, they couldn't get low
and into the tires. It's a real drop off there,
look at that how far down that is. Oh, look at that. I'm glad the co-pilot is okay
because he went down harder. This is the final soapbox of the day. Taketora, means bamboo tiger. [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING] 40 for creativity. The team is from
the Taketora Bamboo Shop and they specialize
in this unique tiger bamboo that only grows in one village
in Japan. The shop actually opened in 1894 and it had its 125th anniversary
the same day as this event. 35, performance. [SIREN BLARES] Is it going to be the big bamboo
or the bad bamboo, we're about to find out. Might they be bamboozled by the berm? Nice and straight forward
through the chicane. The pilot in control. No issue through the samurai gate. Steady, very, very steady
over the seesaw, that was a clear concern, kicker. They only got to get
around the berm, which sounds easy enough today
would indicate it's not... They're going to avoid it, no,
they're not, just nick it at the end, just nick on there at the end,
just to say you did it. And over the line. They'll post
the time 47.51 for Taketora. Avoided the berm at all costs, but they've got the time
and that's what matters to them. So, that's our final run
of a spectacular day here in Tokyo. Matt, who is the jewel of Japan? MATT: Dining out in 3rd spot
is Yokohama CJ Café Lightning. In 2nd place, bamboozling
the competition is team Taketora. But monkeying around in top spot
are Banana Cabaret, and they're with Will now. WILL: So, here they are, the winners
of the Soapbox Race Tokyo 2019, Banana Cabaret, guys,
make some noise for yourselves. ALL:
Yeah! WILL:
Brilliant stuff, brilliant stuff. How does it feel
to be crowned the Champions? BANANA CABARET 3:
So proud, you know, yeah, fantastic. WILL: And as you were going down
the course, what was going through your mind? BANANA CABARET 3: We thought we're
going to get number one. WILL: So, you knew it all along?
BANANA CABARET 3: Yeah, yeah. And you did it brilliant. Now, how
are you going to celebrate tonight? BANANA CABARET 3:
Banana party. WILL: The only way to celebrate
a soapbox win with a banana party. ALL:
Yeah! WILL: Brilliant stuff, worthy
winners. Well done, guys. Well done. -Thank you. Thank you so much.
-Thank you very much. [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING] MATT:
Well, there you have it, the Champions of the Red Bull
Soapbox Race Tokyo 2019. -What an incredible day!
-Yes. I have so many favorite moments, but top for me
has to be the Fire Engine, the attention to detail
was incredible. And when it went over,
it was really funny as well. -What were yours?
-Mine was Team Shark. BECKY: Number 7 is supposed to be
a lucky number in Japan, but they didn't even make it off the
start gate. I was gutted for them. WILL: Yeah, but it was quite funny,
nonetheless. My favorites were probably
the Koi Carp. They won my heart. Well, it has been
an amazing day's action here, but if you had to sum up
in just one word, what would it be? For me,
it would have to be courageous. BECKY:
Creativity. MATT:
Uh, chaos. BECKY:
Well, we'll see you again soon. That's it from all of us here at
Red Bull Soapbox Race Tokyo. Goodbye. [UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]
