Toshihiro Takeda is a firefighter from Gifu, the same as Koji Yamada (known in England as Yasushi Yamada). In his first tournament, the 5th Tournament, he cleared the new Warped Wall and was one of three to advance, with Katsumi Yamada and Shingo Yamamoto. The Second Stage's Spider Walk caught him out. Since then he has competed in every Ninja Warrior Tournament until the 25th, but is still the only All-Star not to have reached the Final Stage.