Looping Star (Nagashima Spa Land)

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{{Infobox roller coaster

|name=Looping Star

|image=Looping Star (Nagashima Spa Land).jpg

|caption=

|location=Nagashima Spa Land

|section=

|type=Steel

|type2=

|type3=

|status=Open

|opened=1 March 1982{{cite journal|title=昭和57年 ルーピングスターの新設|trans-title=1982 introduced "Looping star"| journal = 目で見る長島温泉の30年(Me de miru Nagashima Onsen no 30 nen (Visual 30 years of Nagashima Spa))|publisher=Nagashima Resort Co.Ltd. |year=1982}}

|manufacturer=Anton Schwarzkopf

|designer=Werner Stengel

|model=Looping Star

|track=

|lift=Chain lift hill

|height_ft=80.4

|drop_ft=

|length_ft=1942.3

|speed_mph=47.8

|inversions=1

|duration=1:18

|angle=

|capacity=1,700

|cost=

|acceleration=

|gforce=

|restriction_in=48

|rcdb_number=1178

|coordinates={{Coord|35.030611|136.732257|display=it}}

|trains=

|carspertrain=7

|rowspercar=2

|ridersperrow=2

|height_m=24.5|length_m=592|speed_km/h=76.9|restriction_cm=121.9}}

Looping Star (ルーピングスター) is a steel roller coaster located at Nagashima Spa Land in Mie, Japan. It is a Looping Star model built by Scwarzkopf in 1982, two years after the park’s Shuttle Loop roller coaster was built.

The trains on Looping Star use a single lap bar to hold riders in the seat. This restraint is effective since the centripetal forces from the loop and helices press riders in their seats, and are a common feature on Schwarzkopf’s looping coasters. However, the ride is known to be considerably shaky and rough. The ride originally opened with four trains, but currently operates with only two. The ride has an orange and white paint scheme with blue trains.