From what I understand on Ichirou's part, his inactivity is due to his inaccessibility of facilities. And as I told Shadow via PM, I'll be taking up the Yonbi by binding the beast as a summon.
Now, this whole challenger list thing is an extremely grey area when it comes to IC hunt. But in a situation like this, it doesn't change a thing since if Rusaku claims to know that Ichirou is the Jinchuriki, then it wouldn't be so far off on a tangent to determine that the beast is in Amegakure. The only difference is that he'll find out that the beast is actually in my possession now during his hunt. But that is of course, if Rusaku has any knowledge of Ichirou being an Amegakure nin. Though the rules state that it's not a match until he's cornered Ichirou into one.
But yeah, I was the one who actually instructed Ichirou to make it an IC hunt. Mainly because I've appointed him as an appointed figure and authority. And by doing that, it doesn't guarantee that the challenger will actually make it out alive if they happen to win, because once the match is over in the middle of a village, then everything is on the table for the village to take revenge.
So since I'm getting the beast, I've gotta make a posting about my challenge preferences and such somewhere, right?