Takabisha Roller Coaster, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan

On 11 May 2011, Fuji-Q Highland announced to the world that they would be opening Takabisha - the world's steepest roller coaster. Testing for the ride began around the 8 June 2011 with media and special invited guests being able to ride Takabisha one month later. The ride is scheduled to officially open to the public on 16 July 2011.
Ride
Takabisha is a custom Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter roller coaster. The 1,000-metre (3,300 ft) ride begins with a sudden drop in pitch black darkness before entering into 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 exists out of the station building and directly into a large vertical loop. Immediately following the exit of this inversion the car goes immediately into a cobra 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 120°, 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, a cutback-style turn and finally the seventh inversion, an immelmann loop. The whole ride is over within 2 minutes.