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Do-Dodonpa - Wikipedia
Do-Dodonpa (formerly Dodonpa) was a steel launched roller coaster at Fuji-Q Highland in Japan that opened in 2001 as the world's fastest coaster, reaching 180 km/h in 1.56 seconds via compressed air propulsion. The ride was permanently closed in 2024 after multiple reports of riders sustaining broken bones led to its indefinite shutdown in 2021.
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Summary
Do-Dodonpa (formerly Dodonpa) was a steel launched roller coaster at Fuji-Q Highland in Japan that opened in 2001 as the world's fastest coaster, reaching 180 km/h in 1.56 seconds via compressed air propulsion. The ride was permanently closed in 2024 after multiple reports of riders sustaining broken bones led to its indefinite shutdown in 2021.
Tags
roller-coaster · fuji-q-highland · do-dodonpa · japan · amusement-park · compressed-air-launch · steel-coaster
Key entities
Fuji-Q Highland (location, 0.99) · S&S – Sansei Technologies (organization, 0.95) · Do-Dodonpa (technology, 0.99) · Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi (location, 0.9) · Top Thrill Dragster (technology, 0.85) · Cedar Point (location, 0.8) · Intermountain Lift, Inc. (organization, 0.8) · compressed air launch (concept, 0.9) · Six Flags Magic Mountain (location, 0.75)
Classification
reference · language en · status final
Provenance
claude-opus-4-6 via @stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0, confidence 0.85, 2 Jul 2026