| Takabisha | |
| Location | Fuji-Q Highland |
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| Status | Operating |
| Opened | 16 July 2011 |
| Cost | ¥3 billion[1] |
| Type | Steel - Euro-Fighter |
| Manufacturer | Gerstlauer |
| Height | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Length | 1,000 m (3,300 ft) |
| Max speed | 100 km/h (62 mph) |
| Inversions | 7 |
| Duration | 1:52 |
| Max vertical angle | 121° |
| Acceleration | 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62 mph) in 2 seconds |
| Height restriction | 130 cm (4 ft 3 in) |
| Trains | Several trains with a single car. Riders are arranged 4 across in 2 rows for a total of 8 riders per train. |
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Takabisha is a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter steel roller coaster located at the Fuji-Q Highland theme park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan.[2] It received worldwide media attention when it opened due to it having a drop angle of 121° – the steepest coaster in the world at the time.[3][4] The Japanese name Takabisha translates to "dominant" in English.[5]
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On 11 May 2011, Fuji-Q Highland announced to the world that they would be opening Takabisha – the world's steepest roller coaster.[1][6][7][8] Testing for the ride began around the 8 June 2011[9] with media and special invited guests being able to ride Takabisha one month later.[10] The ride officially opened to the public on 16 July 2011.[4]
Takabisha is a custom Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter roller coaster. The 1,000-metre (3,300 ft) ride begins with a sudden drop into pitch black darkness before entering a slow heartline roll. In just two seconds, the car is launched by linear motors down a 63-metre (207 ft) long tunnel to a speed of 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph). It then exits out of the station building and directly into a large inverted top hat. Immediately following the exit of this inversion the car goes into a banana roll, corkscrew and then two airtime hills. The ride is slowed on a set of block brakes and returns into the station building. The track then turns a sharp 180° turn to the right before going back out of the building and onto the vertical chain lift hill. This hill takes riders up to a height of 43 metres (141 ft). Once at the top, the car slowly inches towards the record-breaking 121°, beyond-vertical drop. Once the car is released from the top of the hill, it hurtles back down towards the ground and enters a dive loop, an inline loop and finally the seventh inversion, an immelmann loop.[6][9][11][12] The whole ride is over within 2 minutes.[2]
When Takabisha opened on 16 July 2011 it gained the Guinness World Record for the steepest roller coaster made from steel.[3] It officially took the world record from Fraispertuis City's Timber Drop S&S El Loco roller coaster, which had gained the record only two weeks earlier.[13][14] Timber Drop's record was set at 113.1° while Takabisha's drop measures at an angle of 121°.[13] This Guinness World Record is the fourteenth set by Fuji-Q Highland.[1]
| Preceded by Timber Drop 113.1° |
World's steepest roller coaster 16 July 2011 – Present 121° |
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