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This all about the greatest TV show it called susuke here but U.S verson it Ninja Warrior
Here what it all about
Sasuke is a Japanese sports entertainment television special that airs on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) between Japanese television drama seasons, and consists of a competition in which 100 competitors attempt to complete four obstacle course stages. Each 3-hour special covers an entire competition, and there have been 20 specials, approximately one new special per season, since September 26, 1997. Sasuke as Ninja Warrior in the United States.
There have been several programs related to Sasuke. Kunoichi, is a version of Sasuke restricted to female competitors only and consisting of obstacles focused more on balance and speed. There have been special competitions for children and the elderly.
Through an interview or audition as well as trial rounds to test physical ability, the field of applicants is narrowed to 100 who will be allowed to compete in the 1st Stage. Sasuke consists of four stages of increasing difficulty that the competitors must complete. For the purposes of fairness, in the 18th competition, a 1200-meter run was held before the event. This run determined the competitors' numbers. Each competition is taped prior to the air date and broadcast as a 3-hour show edited for time.
First Stage
One hundred participants are given the opportunity to attempt the First Stage, a course which primarily tests one's speed. The object is to hit the buzzer at the end of the course before the allotted time expires. If a competitor goes out of bounds or comes into contact with the water in any of the pits below the course, he is disqualified.
Typically, 85 to 90 of the 100 original entrants are eliminated in this stage. However, in the 4th competition, a record 37 of the original 100 competitors made it past the first stage. After the 4th, and again after the 17th competition, the first stage was thoroughly redesigned to be much more difficult and prevent large numbers of people from moving on. In fact, a G4 special inside the making of the 18th Sasuke competition revealed that the redesign of the first stage for that competition was done with the intention of seeing all 100 challengers fail it. This did not happen, however, and that has only spurred the production team on to make this and all stages to follow even harder.
That goal was almost met in the 19th competition, where much to everyone's surprise, only two competitors cleared the first stage (neither of the two being Sasuke All-Stars), a record in Sasuke history. The only time something similar has happened was in the first Kunoichi, where again, only two competitors cleared the first stage. Executive producer Ushio Higuchi said in interviews later that even he was surprised at the results, anticipating that around 10 to 12 people would survive in spite of the production team's attempts at making the first stage unbeatable
Second Stage
Those with enough skill to complete stage one then take on an even more gruelling set of obstacles in stage two. Fewer than 200 competitors have ever reached the Second Stage. Like stage one, the obstacles alter throughout the competitions, but all hold to the same principle: if the competitor makes a single mistake they fall into the water below. The obstacles determine the time limit, and it is usually between 50 seconds and 100 seconds.
Unlike the First Stage, which has always required the competitors to hit a buzzer at the end of the course to stop the clock and pass the course, the Second Stage did not have a buzzer at its end until the 8th Competition. Before then, the competitors simply walked through an open gate to stop the clock. From the 8th Competition onward, the buzzer opens the gate. If the competitor busts open the gate without hitting the button, they are disqualified. In addition, the course judges can hold the gates closed if a competitor committed a foul earlier in the Second Stage that would result in their disqualification, such as using the Chain Reaction gloves on the Spider Walk as Mr. "SASUKE" Katsumi Yamada had done in the 12th competition. (See his page for more details.)
On average, 10 to 15 competitors attempt the Second Stage on each competition. A record 37 competitors attempted the Second Stage during the 4th Competition. Also during the 4th Competition, a record 11 competitors cleared the Second Stage. During the 5th Competition, however, only three men made it to the Second Stage due to new, tougher obstacles in the First Stage. In the 19th Competition, neither of the two qualified competitors cleared the circuit (a fall and a timeout on the Salmon Ladder), marking the earliest end of a SASUKE competition
Third Stage
The third stage has no time limit, allowing contestants to go at their own pace. Contestants are allowed a few seconds of rest between obstacles during which they can apply "sticky spray" to improve their grip. While the first two stages focus on speed and agility, this course almost exclusively tests one's upper body strength and stamina.
Out of 2,000 overall competitors and less than 200 Second Stage competitors, around 100 have attempted the Third Stage. The Third Stage is so grueling that, on average, someone passes it only every other competition. Only fourteen individuals have ever passed it, and only three have passed it more than once.
Final Stage
To date, the Final Stage has known three forms. Each of these share a single, common goal: climb the big tower and reach the button at the top before time expires. If the competitor does not reach the top platform in time, the rope is cut and the competitor falls (they are caught by a safety line). Reaching the top is referred to as kanzenseiha (完全制覇), translated roughly as "complete domination", and rendered on Ninja Warrior as "total victory".
Of all the competitors to attempt to claim victory, only seventeen have been admitted to the final stage, and only three of them have gotten there more than once (Akira Omori in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd competitions, Shingo Yamamoto in the 3rd and 7th, and Makoto Nagano in the 11th, 12th, 13th, and his victory in the 17th). Currently there are only two victors: Kazuhiko Akiyama defeated Sasuke in the 4th Competition, and Makoto Nagano in the 17th.
The original Final Stage consisted of climbing a 15 metres (49 ft) rope. The contestant must start climbing from a seated position.
The second version of the Final Stage was unveiled in the 7th Competition, when Shingo Yamamoto became the first to attempt it. The height of the tower was increased to 22.5 metres (74 ft). It consists of a 12.5 metres (41 ft) Spider Climb followed by a 10 metres (33 ft) Rope Climb. After 15 seconds, the walls of the Spider Climb spread apart. This ensnared Jordan Jovtchev during the 8th Competition, when he failed to complete the Spider Climb before it began spreading, and fell off the tower.
The prize for completing the Final Stage was ¥2,000,000 (about US$18,618). The prize has now increased to ¥4,000,000 (about US$37,236) since the completion of the 17th tournament.
Typically, only one or two people make it to the Final Stage if they make it at all. However, the 3rd competition saw a record 5 competitors attempt the Final Stage. After the 4th competition, though, the Final Stage was only achieved on average every other tournament.
Ninja warrior or Susuke all-star
Makoto Nagano -- a 36-year-old fisherman living near Kagoshima and the second man to complete the course. He spends 300 days a year at sea captaining his ship, the 28th Konpira Maru, where he works as a commercial fisherman as well as train for the competition. Clips of him training are shown frequently during the broadcast and include him doing sit-ups off the side of the boat, handstands on the top mast, and hanging off a bridge crossing it like the Cliff Hanger obstacle. In 2005 his height and weight were recorded as 5 feet, 3 inches and 134 pounds. After failing to scale the Warped Wall in the 7th and 8th Competitions, Nagano made it to the Third Stage and failed on the Pipe Slider in the 9th. He failed the Jump Hang in the 10th competition and since then has reached the Third Stage in every competition except the 15th in which he failed on the Metal Spin (Second Stage), the 19th where he failed on the Flying Chute (First Stage), and the 20th where he failed the Downhill Jump (Second Stage). He has reached the Final Stage four times (in the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 17th Competitions), more than any other competitor, and finally completed it in the 17th Competition. His three consecutive Final Stage appearances are a record shared with Akira Omori, who accomplished the feat in the first three competitions.
Nagano's results:
7th competition (87) - Failed Warped Wall - 1st Stage
8th competition (41) - Failed Warped Wall - 1st Stage
9th competition (61) - Failed Pipe Slider - 3rd Stage
10th competition (999) - Failed Jump Hang - 1st Stage
11th competition (96) - Failed Rope Climb - Final Stage
12th competition (100) - Failed Rope Climb - Final Stage (by 0.11 seconds)
13th competition (100) - Failed Rope Climb - Final Stage
14th competition (100) - Failed Jumping Bars - 3rd Stage
15th competition (100) - Failed Metal Spin - 2nd Stage
16th competition (100) - Failed Devil's Swing - 3rd Stage
17th competition (99) - Completed Final Stage (2.5 seconds to spare)
18th competition (96) - Disqualified himself on Cliff Hanger^ - 3rd Stage
19th competition (100) - Failed Flying Chute - 1st Stage
20th competition (2000) - Failed Downhill Jump - 2nd Stage
Kazuhiko Akiyama -- a 35-year-old massage therapist and former crab diver from Tokoro, Hokkaidō. He is the first competitor to have completed Sasuke, doing so on his third try in the 4th Competition. He has had varying levels of success since, primarily due to failing eyesight. Before becoming a crab fisherman, entering his family business, he was in the Japan Self-Defense Forces where he took up Greco-Roman wrestling. In 2005 his height and weight was recorded at 5 feet, 3 inches and 123 pounds. He made his debut in the 2nd competition and only missed the 5th. Akiyama announced a retirement from Sasuke after the 17th competition to focus on his fatherhood and work, but then he returned to Sasuke to compete in Sasuke 20, ultimately failing on the First Stage's Halfpipe Attack.
Akiyama's results:
2nd Competition (100) Failed Wall Lift - Second Stage
3rd Competition (99) Failed Wall Lift - Second Stage
4th Competition (86) Completed Final Stage (6.0 seconds to spare)
5th Competition - did not compete
6th Competition (100) Failed Jump Hang - First Stage
7th Competition (99) Failed Jump Hang - First Stage
8th Competition (99) Failed Jump Hang - First Stage
9th Competition (100) Failed Quintuple Step - First Stage
10th Competition (981) Failed Warped Wall - First Stage
11th Competition (99) Failed Body Prop - Third Stage
12th Competition (97) Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
13th Competition (91) Failed Crooked Wall - First Stage
14th Competition (71) Failed Warped Wall - First Stage
15th Competition (81) Failed Warped Wall - First Stage
16th Competition (71) Failed Metal Spin - Second Stage
17th Competition (71) Failed Circle Slider - First Stage
18th Competition - did not compete
19th Competition - did not compete
20th Competition (1901) Failed Halfpipe Attack - First Stage
Toshihiro Takeda -- a 32-year-old fire rescue worker from Ibi District, Gifu Prefecture. He has reached a level of fame both in Sasuke and in his career that he became the poster boy for Japan's firefighting recruitment drive for 2006. Takeda always competes in his orange firefighter trousers and a blue or white fire rescue t-shirt. Takeda has passed the First Stage in all except the 7th Competition where he timed out on the Rope Climb, the 10th Competition where he fell on the Jump Hang, the 19th Competition where he timed out after the Warped Wall, and the 20th Competition where he timed out on the Rope Ladder. He is the only All-Star to not compete in the final stage. He had considered retirement after the 17th competition, but his son convinced him to return to Sasuke.
Takeda's results:
5th Competition (74) Failed Spider Walk - Second Stage
6th Competition (93) Failed Body Prop - Third Stage
7th Competition (96) Failed Rope Climb - First Stage
8th Competition (71) Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
9th Competition (97) Failed Globe Grasp - Third Stage
10th Competition (997) Failed Jump Hang - First Stage
11th Competition (97) Failed Body Prop - Third Stage
12th Competition (95) Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
13th Competition (98) Failed Cliff Hanger - Third Stage
14th Competition (97) Failed Cliff Hanger - Third Stage
15th Competition (96) Failed Devil's Swing - Third Stage
16th Competition (98) Failed Cliff Hanger - Third Stage
17th Competition (91) Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
18th Competition (86) Failed Salmon Ladder - Second Stage
19th Competition (96) Failed Warped Wall - First Stage
20th Competition (1995) Failed Rope Ladder - First Stage
Shingo Yamamoto -- a 33-year-old oil company manager from Tokyo, he is the only person to have competed in every Sasuke competition, and the only person to have attempted the first and second version of the Final Stage. During his first attempt in the 3rd Competition he was only about 3 meters short, but his second appearance in the 7th Competition ended almost immediately when he dislocated his shoulder just seconds after beginning the Spider Climb. He usually competes in his gas station uniform shirt and cap (always with Esso/Mobil branding); both times he competed without it, the 1st Competition and 4th Competition (in which he failed on the Balace Bridge). Much note is made of his career and personal successes, including his promotions at the Hasegawa service station, where he started as a gas jockey in the 1st Competition, manager at the 6th, and was announced as a district manager at the 17th; his marriage after the 5th; and the building of his home in Tokyo, complete with a Sasuke training course. In the 20 Tournaments he has entered, he has passed the First Stage 12 times, the Second Stage 10 times, and the Third Stage twice.
1st Competition (7) Failed Hammer Dodge - Second Stage
2nd Competition (20) Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
3rd Competition (13) Failed Rope Climb - Final Stage
4th Competition (98) Failed Balance Bridge - First Stage
5th Competition (98) Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
6th Competition (96) Failed Rolling Log - First Stage
7th Competition (97) Failed Spider Climb - Final Stage
8th Competition (98) Failed Rope Climb - First Stage
9th Competition (98) Failed Rumbling Dice - Third Stage
10th Competition (998) Failed Rope Climb - First Stage
11th Competition (98) Failed Cliff Hanger - Third Stage
12th Competition (96) Failed Cliff Hanger - Third Stage
13th Competition (76) Failed Wall Lift - Second Stage
14th Competition (98) Failed Curtain Cling - Third Stage
15th Competition (95) Failed Body Prop - Third Stage
16th Competition (97) Disqualified on Jump Hang^ - First Stage
17th Competition (98) Failed Body Prop - Third Stage
18th Competition (61) Failed Flying Chute - First Stage
19th Competition (81) Failed Jumping Spider - First Stage
20th Competition (1981) Failed Halfpipe Attack - First Stage
Bunpei Shiratori -- a 40-year-old health-services government employee from Inba Village, Chiba Prefecture. He is a track and field athlete specializing in the triple jump; he even competes in his track uniform. In 2005, his height and weight were recorded as 5 feet, 9 inches and 145 pounds. He reached the Final Stage in the 12th competition, his only time doing so, and timed out on the Rope Climb. During the 15th Competition, Bunpei overcame heat exhaustion to complete the First Stage and advance to the Climbing Bars (Bridge of Destiny) in the Third Stage; temperatures that day were reportedly at 100 degrees Fahrenheit. He has built a full-sized model of the course in his backyard known as the Shiratori Shrine, where he trains. He invites the other Sasuke All-Stars to train there, and even invited the G4 American Ninja Challenge finalists, Colin Bell and Brett Sims, to his course in 2007. Unfortunately, due to a back injury, Shiratori was unable to compete in Sasuke 20
Shiratori's results:
9th Competition (79) Failed Warped Wall - First Stage
10th Competition - did not compete
11th Competition (66) Failed Wall Lift - Second Stage
12th Competition (77) Failed Rope Climb - Final Stage
13th Competition (99) Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
14th Competition (96) Failed Balance Tank - Second Stage
15th Competition (94) Failed Climbing Bars - Third Stage
16th Competition (96) Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
17th Competition (81) Failed Body Prop - Third Stage
18th Competition (95) Failed Jumping Spider - First Stage
19th Competition (82) Failed Flying Chute - First Stage
20th Competition - did not compete (injured)
Katsumi Yamada -- 42 years old from Harima, Hyōgo Prefecture, he is known as "Mr. Sasuke" or Mr. Ninja Warrior. Due to Yamada's success in the earlier competitions, he was once thought to be the most likely to complete the entire course. The only time he reached the Final Stage was in the 3rd Competition, when he timed out just a few inches from the buzzer. In the 6th and 10th Competitions Yamada reached the end of the Pipe Slider only to fail the jump to the final mat. He is particularly notable for his unusual devotion to the Sasuke competition; many times he has sworn to retire from the competition only to resurface again, at one point alienating his family in the process. Despite his frequent claims that he will never compete again, Yamada has only missed the 13th Competition. After failing on the Pipe Slider in the 10th Competition, he never returned to the Third Stage. Since being disqualified in the 12th competition on the Second Stage (for finishing the Second Stage wearing gloves that contestants start with, for safety reasons on the Chain Reaction, but are required to remove before the third obstacle, the Spider Walk), he has never completed the First Stage. Since the factory where he once worked has closed down, he never acquired another full-time job, and spends the rest of his time training. There is a rumor that Yamada is training his son to compete in upcoming tournaments.
Yamada's results:
1st competition (92) - Failed Hammer Dodge - Second Stage
2nd competition (91) - Failed Spider Walk - Second Stage
3rd competition (89) - Failed Rope Climb - Final Stage
4th competition (100) - Failed Cliff Hanger - Third Stage
5th competition (100) - Failed Spider Walk - Second Stage
6th competition (99) - Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
7th competition (100) - Failed Rope Climb - First Stage
8th competition (100) - Failed Warped Wall - First Stage
9th competition (99) - Failed Wall Lift - Second Stage
10th competition (1000) - Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
11th competition (100) - Failed Balance Tank - Second Stage
12th competition (98) - Disqualified on Spider Walk^ - Second Stage
13th competition - did not compete
14th competition (99) - Failed Jump Hang - First Stage
15th competition (99) - Failed Bridge of Blades - First Stage
16th competition (99) - Failed Rope Climb - First Stage
17th competition (100) - Failed Warped Wall - First Stage
18th competition (73) - Failed Rope Ladder - First Stage
19th competition (91) - Failed Jumping Spider - First Stage
20th competition (1999) - Failed Jumping Spider - First Stage
^Although Yamada completed the Second Stage, he was disqualified for wearing gloves on the "Spider Walk" obstacle
Shunsuke Nagasaki -- This 20-year-old is the newest member of the Sasuke All-Stars, and one of the most promising of recent competitors. A skilled trampolinist who is scheduled to perform in the Beijing Olympics in 2008, he has won several medals in the Trampoline World Cups and Doha Asian Games. Shunsuke first appeared at the 14th Competition and became the youngest person to reach the Second Stage. Although that record has since been broken, Nagasaki still holds the distinction of being the youngest competitor to reach the Third Stage, which he did at age 18, during the 15th competition. However, despite popular belief, he is not the youngest competitor to reach the Final Stage, which he did at age 19, during the 17th competition. That record belongs to Takayuki Kawashima who, at age 18, made it to the Final Stage in the 1st Competition. In the 18th competition, due to the modifications in the Cliff Hanger, he failed the Third Stage. In the 19th competition, he was eliminated in the First Stage by falling off the Flying Chute; this was his first time failing the First Stage. In 2007 his height and weight was recorded as 5 feet, 8 inches and 152 pounds. Shunsuke did not compete in the 20th SASUKE competition, possibly due to his training for the 2008 Olympics
Kunoichi is a women's obstacle course competition held in Japan and broadcast on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It is a spin-off of Sasuke, another obstacle course series.
Kunoichi All-Stars
Ayako Miyake - This three-time consecutive Kunoichi champion has earned her the nickname "Queen of Kunoichi". Weighing only 90 pounds (41 kg), Ayako is also an acrobatic dancer, working for Muscle Musical. She achieved total victory in the 4th, 5th, and 6th competitions. In the 7th Competition however, she fell on the last obstacle of the Second Stage, the last part of the Swinging Beams, which was a metal beam without a rope support like the last two. Her failure left the other competitors in visible shock. Her current age is 31 years.
Rie Komiya - This is one of the top competitors on Kunoichi and is notable for advancing all the way to the Third Stage in her first tournament (4th Competition) and later to the Final Stage in the 5th Competition. She is a Japanese newscaster and went into modeling after her appearance on Kunoichi. She was also one of only 4 competitors who defeated the First Stage in the 7th competition, but she failed on the Climbing Bars in Second Stage.
Yuko Mizuno - After almost completing the Final Stage in the 2nd and 3rd Competitions, she was thought to be the most likely competitor to complete the Final Stage, and was once thought to be the "Queen of Kunoichi". In the 3rd Competition, Yuko missed the button by 0.10 seconds. Since then, she has only made it to the Third Stage once (in the 5th competition), and hasn't passed the First Stage in the 4th, 6th and 7th competition. Besides being a Kunoichi competitor, she is also a celebrity athlete, and a regular Sasuke competitor. Fans also call her Ms. Kunoichi, for her similar status to Mr. Sasuke, Katsumi Yamada.
Maho Tanaka - She is a professional snowboarder/wakeboarder. Maho was considered an All-Star of Kunoichi by the second time she has competed. She is known for her impressive speed nearly matching Ayako Miyake's records. Also she made it to the Final Stage during her first appearance, in the 6th tournament, where she completed the Third Stage most difficult obstacle, Domino Hill, at a very quick pace, that exceed any competitors' time who attempted or completed that obstacle (including Ayako Miyake). As she made it past the first Three Stages, it seems that she wasn't nervous about any obstacles standing in her way, but by the time she reached the Final Stage, she was unsure about her footing, constantly looking down, and began to lose speed on the Brick Climb, which by the time she completed time was already up. In the 7th tournament, she was the only competitor to reach the Third Stage, however she was defeated by the obstacle that she had defeated in the previous tournament, Domino Hill.
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This all about the greatest TV show it called susuke here but U.S verson it Ninja Warrior
Here what it all about
Sasuke is a Japanese sports entertainment television special that airs on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) between Japanese television drama seasons, and consists of a competition in which 100 competitors attempt to complete four obstacle course stages. Each 3-hour special covers an entire competition, and there have been 20 specials, approximately one new special per season, since September 26, 1997. Sasuke as Ninja Warrior in the United States.
There have been several programs related to Sasuke. Kunoichi, is a version of Sasuke restricted to female competitors only and consisting of obstacles focused more on balance and speed. There have been special competitions for children and the elderly.
Through an interview or audition as well as trial rounds to test physical ability, the field of applicants is narrowed to 100 who will be allowed to compete in the 1st Stage. Sasuke consists of four stages of increasing difficulty that the competitors must complete. For the purposes of fairness, in the 18th competition, a 1200-meter run was held before the event. This run determined the competitors' numbers. Each competition is taped prior to the air date and broadcast as a 3-hour show edited for time.
First Stage
One hundred participants are given the opportunity to attempt the First Stage, a course which primarily tests one's speed. The object is to hit the buzzer at the end of the course before the allotted time expires. If a competitor goes out of bounds or comes into contact with the water in any of the pits below the course, he is disqualified.
Typically, 85 to 90 of the 100 original entrants are eliminated in this stage. However, in the 4th competition, a record 37 of the original 100 competitors made it past the first stage. After the 4th, and again after the 17th competition, the first stage was thoroughly redesigned to be much more difficult and prevent large numbers of people from moving on. In fact, a G4 special inside the making of the 18th Sasuke competition revealed that the redesign of the first stage for that competition was done with the intention of seeing all 100 challengers fail it. This did not happen, however, and that has only spurred the production team on to make this and all stages to follow even harder.
That goal was almost met in the 19th competition, where much to everyone's surprise, only two competitors cleared the first stage (neither of the two being Sasuke All-Stars), a record in Sasuke history. The only time something similar has happened was in the first Kunoichi, where again, only two competitors cleared the first stage. Executive producer Ushio Higuchi said in interviews later that even he was surprised at the results, anticipating that around 10 to 12 people would survive in spite of the production team's attempts at making the first stage unbeatable
Second Stage
Those with enough skill to complete stage one then take on an even more gruelling set of obstacles in stage two. Fewer than 200 competitors have ever reached the Second Stage. Like stage one, the obstacles alter throughout the competitions, but all hold to the same principle: if the competitor makes a single mistake they fall into the water below. The obstacles determine the time limit, and it is usually between 50 seconds and 100 seconds.
Unlike the First Stage, which has always required the competitors to hit a buzzer at the end of the course to stop the clock and pass the course, the Second Stage did not have a buzzer at its end until the 8th Competition. Before then, the competitors simply walked through an open gate to stop the clock. From the 8th Competition onward, the buzzer opens the gate. If the competitor busts open the gate without hitting the button, they are disqualified. In addition, the course judges can hold the gates closed if a competitor committed a foul earlier in the Second Stage that would result in their disqualification, such as using the Chain Reaction gloves on the Spider Walk as Mr. "SASUKE" Katsumi Yamada had done in the 12th competition. (See his page for more details.)
On average, 10 to 15 competitors attempt the Second Stage on each competition. A record 37 competitors attempted the Second Stage during the 4th Competition. Also during the 4th Competition, a record 11 competitors cleared the Second Stage. During the 5th Competition, however, only three men made it to the Second Stage due to new, tougher obstacles in the First Stage. In the 19th Competition, neither of the two qualified competitors cleared the circuit (a fall and a timeout on the Salmon Ladder), marking the earliest end of a SASUKE competition
Third Stage
The third stage has no time limit, allowing contestants to go at their own pace. Contestants are allowed a few seconds of rest between obstacles during which they can apply "sticky spray" to improve their grip. While the first two stages focus on speed and agility, this course almost exclusively tests one's upper body strength and stamina.
Out of 2,000 overall competitors and less than 200 Second Stage competitors, around 100 have attempted the Third Stage. The Third Stage is so grueling that, on average, someone passes it only every other competition. Only fourteen individuals have ever passed it, and only three have passed it more than once.
Final Stage
To date, the Final Stage has known three forms. Each of these share a single, common goal: climb the big tower and reach the button at the top before time expires. If the competitor does not reach the top platform in time, the rope is cut and the competitor falls (they are caught by a safety line). Reaching the top is referred to as kanzenseiha (完全制覇), translated roughly as "complete domination", and rendered on Ninja Warrior as "total victory".
Of all the competitors to attempt to claim victory, only seventeen have been admitted to the final stage, and only three of them have gotten there more than once (Akira Omori in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd competitions, Shingo Yamamoto in the 3rd and 7th, and Makoto Nagano in the 11th, 12th, 13th, and his victory in the 17th). Currently there are only two victors: Kazuhiko Akiyama defeated Sasuke in the 4th Competition, and Makoto Nagano in the 17th.
The original Final Stage consisted of climbing a 15 metres (49 ft) rope. The contestant must start climbing from a seated position.
The second version of the Final Stage was unveiled in the 7th Competition, when Shingo Yamamoto became the first to attempt it. The height of the tower was increased to 22.5 metres (74 ft). It consists of a 12.5 metres (41 ft) Spider Climb followed by a 10 metres (33 ft) Rope Climb. After 15 seconds, the walls of the Spider Climb spread apart. This ensnared Jordan Jovtchev during the 8th Competition, when he failed to complete the Spider Climb before it began spreading, and fell off the tower.
The prize for completing the Final Stage was ¥2,000,000 (about US$18,618). The prize has now increased to ¥4,000,000 (about US$37,236) since the completion of the 17th tournament.
Typically, only one or two people make it to the Final Stage if they make it at all. However, the 3rd competition saw a record 5 competitors attempt the Final Stage. After the 4th competition, though, the Final Stage was only achieved on average every other tournament.
Ninja warrior or Susuke all-star
Makoto Nagano -- a 36-year-old fisherman living near Kagoshima and the second man to complete the course. He spends 300 days a year at sea captaining his ship, the 28th Konpira Maru, where he works as a commercial fisherman as well as train for the competition. Clips of him training are shown frequently during the broadcast and include him doing sit-ups off the side of the boat, handstands on the top mast, and hanging off a bridge crossing it like the Cliff Hanger obstacle. In 2005 his height and weight were recorded as 5 feet, 3 inches and 134 pounds. After failing to scale the Warped Wall in the 7th and 8th Competitions, Nagano made it to the Third Stage and failed on the Pipe Slider in the 9th. He failed the Jump Hang in the 10th competition and since then has reached the Third Stage in every competition except the 15th in which he failed on the Metal Spin (Second Stage), the 19th where he failed on the Flying Chute (First Stage), and the 20th where he failed the Downhill Jump (Second Stage). He has reached the Final Stage four times (in the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 17th Competitions), more than any other competitor, and finally completed it in the 17th Competition. His three consecutive Final Stage appearances are a record shared with Akira Omori, who accomplished the feat in the first three competitions.
Nagano's results:
7th competition (87) - Failed Warped Wall - 1st Stage
8th competition (41) - Failed Warped Wall - 1st Stage
9th competition (61) - Failed Pipe Slider - 3rd Stage
10th competition (999) - Failed Jump Hang - 1st Stage
11th competition (96) - Failed Rope Climb - Final Stage
12th competition (100) - Failed Rope Climb - Final Stage (by 0.11 seconds)
13th competition (100) - Failed Rope Climb - Final Stage
14th competition (100) - Failed Jumping Bars - 3rd Stage
15th competition (100) - Failed Metal Spin - 2nd Stage
16th competition (100) - Failed Devil's Swing - 3rd Stage
17th competition (99) - Completed Final Stage (2.5 seconds to spare)
18th competition (96) - Disqualified himself on Cliff Hanger^ - 3rd Stage
19th competition (100) - Failed Flying Chute - 1st Stage
20th competition (2000) - Failed Downhill Jump - 2nd Stage
Kazuhiko Akiyama -- a 35-year-old massage therapist and former crab diver from Tokoro, Hokkaidō. He is the first competitor to have completed Sasuke, doing so on his third try in the 4th Competition. He has had varying levels of success since, primarily due to failing eyesight. Before becoming a crab fisherman, entering his family business, he was in the Japan Self-Defense Forces where he took up Greco-Roman wrestling. In 2005 his height and weight was recorded at 5 feet, 3 inches and 123 pounds. He made his debut in the 2nd competition and only missed the 5th. Akiyama announced a retirement from Sasuke after the 17th competition to focus on his fatherhood and work, but then he returned to Sasuke to compete in Sasuke 20, ultimately failing on the First Stage's Halfpipe Attack.
Akiyama's results:
2nd Competition (100) Failed Wall Lift - Second Stage
3rd Competition (99) Failed Wall Lift - Second Stage
4th Competition (86) Completed Final Stage (6.0 seconds to spare)
5th Competition - did not compete
6th Competition (100) Failed Jump Hang - First Stage
7th Competition (99) Failed Jump Hang - First Stage
8th Competition (99) Failed Jump Hang - First Stage
9th Competition (100) Failed Quintuple Step - First Stage
10th Competition (981) Failed Warped Wall - First Stage
11th Competition (99) Failed Body Prop - Third Stage
12th Competition (97) Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
13th Competition (91) Failed Crooked Wall - First Stage
14th Competition (71) Failed Warped Wall - First Stage
15th Competition (81) Failed Warped Wall - First Stage
16th Competition (71) Failed Metal Spin - Second Stage
17th Competition (71) Failed Circle Slider - First Stage
18th Competition - did not compete
19th Competition - did not compete
20th Competition (1901) Failed Halfpipe Attack - First Stage
Toshihiro Takeda -- a 32-year-old fire rescue worker from Ibi District, Gifu Prefecture. He has reached a level of fame both in Sasuke and in his career that he became the poster boy for Japan's firefighting recruitment drive for 2006. Takeda always competes in his orange firefighter trousers and a blue or white fire rescue t-shirt. Takeda has passed the First Stage in all except the 7th Competition where he timed out on the Rope Climb, the 10th Competition where he fell on the Jump Hang, the 19th Competition where he timed out after the Warped Wall, and the 20th Competition where he timed out on the Rope Ladder. He is the only All-Star to not compete in the final stage. He had considered retirement after the 17th competition, but his son convinced him to return to Sasuke.
Takeda's results:
5th Competition (74) Failed Spider Walk - Second Stage
6th Competition (93) Failed Body Prop - Third Stage
7th Competition (96) Failed Rope Climb - First Stage
8th Competition (71) Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
9th Competition (97) Failed Globe Grasp - Third Stage
10th Competition (997) Failed Jump Hang - First Stage
11th Competition (97) Failed Body Prop - Third Stage
12th Competition (95) Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
13th Competition (98) Failed Cliff Hanger - Third Stage
14th Competition (97) Failed Cliff Hanger - Third Stage
15th Competition (96) Failed Devil's Swing - Third Stage
16th Competition (98) Failed Cliff Hanger - Third Stage
17th Competition (91) Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
18th Competition (86) Failed Salmon Ladder - Second Stage
19th Competition (96) Failed Warped Wall - First Stage
20th Competition (1995) Failed Rope Ladder - First Stage
Shingo Yamamoto -- a 33-year-old oil company manager from Tokyo, he is the only person to have competed in every Sasuke competition, and the only person to have attempted the first and second version of the Final Stage. During his first attempt in the 3rd Competition he was only about 3 meters short, but his second appearance in the 7th Competition ended almost immediately when he dislocated his shoulder just seconds after beginning the Spider Climb. He usually competes in his gas station uniform shirt and cap (always with Esso/Mobil branding); both times he competed without it, the 1st Competition and 4th Competition (in which he failed on the Balace Bridge). Much note is made of his career and personal successes, including his promotions at the Hasegawa service station, where he started as a gas jockey in the 1st Competition, manager at the 6th, and was announced as a district manager at the 17th; his marriage after the 5th; and the building of his home in Tokyo, complete with a Sasuke training course. In the 20 Tournaments he has entered, he has passed the First Stage 12 times, the Second Stage 10 times, and the Third Stage twice.
1st Competition (7) Failed Hammer Dodge - Second Stage
2nd Competition (20) Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
3rd Competition (13) Failed Rope Climb - Final Stage
4th Competition (98) Failed Balance Bridge - First Stage
5th Competition (98) Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
6th Competition (96) Failed Rolling Log - First Stage
7th Competition (97) Failed Spider Climb - Final Stage
8th Competition (98) Failed Rope Climb - First Stage
9th Competition (98) Failed Rumbling Dice - Third Stage
10th Competition (998) Failed Rope Climb - First Stage
11th Competition (98) Failed Cliff Hanger - Third Stage
12th Competition (96) Failed Cliff Hanger - Third Stage
13th Competition (76) Failed Wall Lift - Second Stage
14th Competition (98) Failed Curtain Cling - Third Stage
15th Competition (95) Failed Body Prop - Third Stage
16th Competition (97) Disqualified on Jump Hang^ - First Stage
17th Competition (98) Failed Body Prop - Third Stage
18th Competition (61) Failed Flying Chute - First Stage
19th Competition (81) Failed Jumping Spider - First Stage
20th Competition (1981) Failed Halfpipe Attack - First Stage
Bunpei Shiratori -- a 40-year-old health-services government employee from Inba Village, Chiba Prefecture. He is a track and field athlete specializing in the triple jump; he even competes in his track uniform. In 2005, his height and weight were recorded as 5 feet, 9 inches and 145 pounds. He reached the Final Stage in the 12th competition, his only time doing so, and timed out on the Rope Climb. During the 15th Competition, Bunpei overcame heat exhaustion to complete the First Stage and advance to the Climbing Bars (Bridge of Destiny) in the Third Stage; temperatures that day were reportedly at 100 degrees Fahrenheit. He has built a full-sized model of the course in his backyard known as the Shiratori Shrine, where he trains. He invites the other Sasuke All-Stars to train there, and even invited the G4 American Ninja Challenge finalists, Colin Bell and Brett Sims, to his course in 2007. Unfortunately, due to a back injury, Shiratori was unable to compete in Sasuke 20
Shiratori's results:
9th Competition (79) Failed Warped Wall - First Stage
10th Competition - did not compete
11th Competition (66) Failed Wall Lift - Second Stage
12th Competition (77) Failed Rope Climb - Final Stage
13th Competition (99) Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
14th Competition (96) Failed Balance Tank - Second Stage
15th Competition (94) Failed Climbing Bars - Third Stage
16th Competition (96) Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
17th Competition (81) Failed Body Prop - Third Stage
18th Competition (95) Failed Jumping Spider - First Stage
19th Competition (82) Failed Flying Chute - First Stage
20th Competition - did not compete (injured)
Katsumi Yamada -- 42 years old from Harima, Hyōgo Prefecture, he is known as "Mr. Sasuke" or Mr. Ninja Warrior. Due to Yamada's success in the earlier competitions, he was once thought to be the most likely to complete the entire course. The only time he reached the Final Stage was in the 3rd Competition, when he timed out just a few inches from the buzzer. In the 6th and 10th Competitions Yamada reached the end of the Pipe Slider only to fail the jump to the final mat. He is particularly notable for his unusual devotion to the Sasuke competition; many times he has sworn to retire from the competition only to resurface again, at one point alienating his family in the process. Despite his frequent claims that he will never compete again, Yamada has only missed the 13th Competition. After failing on the Pipe Slider in the 10th Competition, he never returned to the Third Stage. Since being disqualified in the 12th competition on the Second Stage (for finishing the Second Stage wearing gloves that contestants start with, for safety reasons on the Chain Reaction, but are required to remove before the third obstacle, the Spider Walk), he has never completed the First Stage. Since the factory where he once worked has closed down, he never acquired another full-time job, and spends the rest of his time training. There is a rumor that Yamada is training his son to compete in upcoming tournaments.
Yamada's results:
1st competition (92) - Failed Hammer Dodge - Second Stage
2nd competition (91) - Failed Spider Walk - Second Stage
3rd competition (89) - Failed Rope Climb - Final Stage
4th competition (100) - Failed Cliff Hanger - Third Stage
5th competition (100) - Failed Spider Walk - Second Stage
6th competition (99) - Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
7th competition (100) - Failed Rope Climb - First Stage
8th competition (100) - Failed Warped Wall - First Stage
9th competition (99) - Failed Wall Lift - Second Stage
10th competition (1000) - Failed Pipe Slider - Third Stage
11th competition (100) - Failed Balance Tank - Second Stage
12th competition (98) - Disqualified on Spider Walk^ - Second Stage
13th competition - did not compete
14th competition (99) - Failed Jump Hang - First Stage
15th competition (99) - Failed Bridge of Blades - First Stage
16th competition (99) - Failed Rope Climb - First Stage
17th competition (100) - Failed Warped Wall - First Stage
18th competition (73) - Failed Rope Ladder - First Stage
19th competition (91) - Failed Jumping Spider - First Stage
20th competition (1999) - Failed Jumping Spider - First Stage
^Although Yamada completed the Second Stage, he was disqualified for wearing gloves on the "Spider Walk" obstacle
Shunsuke Nagasaki -- This 20-year-old is the newest member of the Sasuke All-Stars, and one of the most promising of recent competitors. A skilled trampolinist who is scheduled to perform in the Beijing Olympics in 2008, he has won several medals in the Trampoline World Cups and Doha Asian Games. Shunsuke first appeared at the 14th Competition and became the youngest person to reach the Second Stage. Although that record has since been broken, Nagasaki still holds the distinction of being the youngest competitor to reach the Third Stage, which he did at age 18, during the 15th competition. However, despite popular belief, he is not the youngest competitor to reach the Final Stage, which he did at age 19, during the 17th competition. That record belongs to Takayuki Kawashima who, at age 18, made it to the Final Stage in the 1st Competition. In the 18th competition, due to the modifications in the Cliff Hanger, he failed the Third Stage. In the 19th competition, he was eliminated in the First Stage by falling off the Flying Chute; this was his first time failing the First Stage. In 2007 his height and weight was recorded as 5 feet, 8 inches and 152 pounds. Shunsuke did not compete in the 20th SASUKE competition, possibly due to his training for the 2008 Olympics
Kunoichi is a women's obstacle course competition held in Japan and broadcast on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It is a spin-off of Sasuke, another obstacle course series.
Kunoichi All-Stars
Ayako Miyake - This three-time consecutive Kunoichi champion has earned her the nickname "Queen of Kunoichi". Weighing only 90 pounds (41 kg), Ayako is also an acrobatic dancer, working for Muscle Musical. She achieved total victory in the 4th, 5th, and 6th competitions. In the 7th Competition however, she fell on the last obstacle of the Second Stage, the last part of the Swinging Beams, which was a metal beam without a rope support like the last two. Her failure left the other competitors in visible shock. Her current age is 31 years.
Rie Komiya - This is one of the top competitors on Kunoichi and is notable for advancing all the way to the Third Stage in her first tournament (4th Competition) and later to the Final Stage in the 5th Competition. She is a Japanese newscaster and went into modeling after her appearance on Kunoichi. She was also one of only 4 competitors who defeated the First Stage in the 7th competition, but she failed on the Climbing Bars in Second Stage.
Yuko Mizuno - After almost completing the Final Stage in the 2nd and 3rd Competitions, she was thought to be the most likely competitor to complete the Final Stage, and was once thought to be the "Queen of Kunoichi". In the 3rd Competition, Yuko missed the button by 0.10 seconds. Since then, she has only made it to the Third Stage once (in the 5th competition), and hasn't passed the First Stage in the 4th, 6th and 7th competition. Besides being a Kunoichi competitor, she is also a celebrity athlete, and a regular Sasuke competitor. Fans also call her Ms. Kunoichi, for her similar status to Mr. Sasuke, Katsumi Yamada.
Maho Tanaka - She is a professional snowboarder/wakeboarder. Maho was considered an All-Star of Kunoichi by the second time she has competed. She is known for her impressive speed nearly matching Ayako Miyake's records. Also she made it to the Final Stage during her first appearance, in the 6th tournament, where she completed the Third Stage most difficult obstacle, Domino Hill, at a very quick pace, that exceed any competitors' time who attempted or completed that obstacle (including Ayako Miyake). As she made it past the first Three Stages, it seems that she wasn't nervous about any obstacles standing in her way, but by the time she reached the Final Stage, she was unsure about her footing, constantly looking down, and began to lose speed on the Brick Climb, which by the time she completed time was already up. In the 7th tournament, she was the only competitor to reach the Third Stage, however she was defeated by the obstacle that she had defeated in the previous tournament, Domino Hill.
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