Chie Tanabe

Chie Tanabe (田邊 智恵, Tanabe Chie^?, born March 29, 1971) is a Japanese stuntwoman and "suit actor" (an actor in a full-body rubber suit). She was formerly associated with Japan Enterprise Action.

Biography

Tanabe's married name is Chie Nishimura (西村 智恵, nishimura chie^?). In 1998, she became the first and, as of 2008, only woman to complete Stage 1 of Sasuke (known as Ninja Warrior in the United States), during the 2nd Competition.^[1] She could not, however, complete the Spider Walk in Stage 2, as she was not tall enough to properly negotiate the obstacle.^[2] Tanabe also competed in Kunoichi, the women's version of Sasuke, but failed in Stage 3 after a misstep. She initially did not plan to compete again due to her plans of having a baby, but she later competed in the 4th Competition, where she failed Stage 1's Hop Rocket, in the 5th Competition, where she the first stage angle run. in the 6th competition, she failed on the barrel roll. On the 7th competition, she ran out of time because of losing time on the spinning log. And on the 8th competition, she failed on the first stage swing jump.

Filmography

Actress

• Metropolitan Police Branch 82^[3]
• Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
• Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGo-V
• Gamble Queen

Suit actor

• Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman as Arthur G6
• Chōriki Sentai Ohranger as Tackle Boy
• Gekisou Sentai Carranger as Hazardian Dappu
• Tokusou Robo Janperson as Kyaoru (Carol)
• B-Robo Kabutack as Kabutack
• Hyper Doll as Mica Minazuki

Stunts

• Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger^[3]
• Ie Naki Ko
• Marutai no Onna
• Sakuya Yokai-Den

Voice

• Clock Tower 3 as Rooder's Ghost^[4]

References

1. ^ "第6回までの、ごく僅かな知識" (in Japanese). http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~chanki/Road_To/SASUKE/long_ago/a_little.html. Retrieved 2008-04-06. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "YouTube - Japan Action Club Actress Chie Tanabe Tests Her Might, dappu". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFIh-H9LPLI. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "IMDB: Chie Tanabe". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848941/. Retrieved 2008-04-05. 
4. ^ "Game Credits for Clock Tower 3". http://www.mobygames.com/game/ps2/clock-tower-3/credits. Retrieved 2008-04-05. 

External links

This article incorporates information from this version of the equivalent article on the Japanese Wikipedia.

• Chie Tanabe at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Tanabe Chie
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Date of birth	March 29, 1971
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