List of Sasuke competitions

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The following is a list of competitors who have managed to reach at least the second stage in each competition of Sasuke and also number of competitors who failed to finish the first stage. The results are listed according to who went furthest, along with the obstacle and stage they failed to complete. In the 10th competition, the number system ran from 901–1000 to indicate that 1000 attempts have been made to complete the first stage; in the 20th competition, it ran from 1901–2000 to indicate that 2000 attempts have been made to complete the first stage. In the 30th competition, it ran from 2901–3000 to indicate that 3000 attempts have been made to complete the first stage; then in the 40th competition, it ran from 3901-4000 to indicate that 4000 attempts have been made to complete the first stage.

Legend[edit]

  The competitor achieved Total Victory.
  The competitor is female.
  The competitor was injured while performing the obstacle.
  The competitor was disqualified.

1st competition[edit]

Aired: September 27, 1997

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 97 Akira Omori Final Failed Final Rope 11 Meters Up
No. 49 Takayuki Kawashima Final Failed Final Rope 10 Meters Up
No. 96 Ken Hasegawa Final Failed Final Rope 8 Meters Up
No. 72 Takashi Yo Final Failed Final Rope 8 meters Up
No. 89 Kane Kosugi Third Failed Pole Bridge
No. 18 Yoshihito Yamamoto Third Failed Pole Bridge
No. 78 Keiiti Sugimoto Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 54 Hidekazu Miyagi Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 94 Yukio Iketani Second Failed Hammer Dodge
No. 92 Katsumi Yamada Second Failed Hammer Dodge
No. 90 Hisaya Satō Second Failed Hammer Dodge
No. 59 Toyohisa Iijima Second Failed Hammer Dodge
No. 40 Eiichi Miura Second Failed Hammer Dodge
No. 22 Takashi Sakamoto Second Failed Hammer Dodge
No. 7 Shingo Yamamoto Second Failed Hammer Dodge
No. 31 Yuusuke Ōta Second Failed Moving Walls
No. 25 Kazuo Wakae Second Failed Moving Walls
No. 2 Shinichi Yano Second Failed Moving Walls
No. 88 Kiyomi Inoue Second Failed Spider Walk
No. 76 Naoto Amoto Second Failed
No. 64 Tomohiro Tada Second Failed
No. 47 Araki Motoharu Second Failed
No. 43 Zhō Koyama Second Failed
77 competitors First Failed

First and only competition to be held indoors at Tokyo Bay NK Hall.

2nd competition[edit]

Aired: September 26, 1998

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 97 Hikaru Tanaka Final Failed Final Rope 12 Meters Up
No. 99 Akira Omori Final Failed Final Rope 7.8 Meters Up
No. 95 Shigeyuki Nakamura Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 83 Hiroaki Yoshizaki Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 70 Masakazu Ebihara Third Disqualified on Pipe Slider
No. 65 Ken Hasegawa Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 42 Tatsuya Yamamoto Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 30 Eiichi Miura Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 20 Shingo Yamamoto Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 100 Kazuhiko Akiyama Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 93 Nozuma Tomashima Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 88 Shane Kosugi Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 39 Yoshihide Tanigawa Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 2 Takuyu Ueda Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 76 Takashi Yō Second Failed Hammer Dodge
No. 43 Yoshihito Yamamoto Second Failed Hammer Dodge
No. 91 Katsumi Yamada Second Failed Spider Climb
No. 84 Hiroyuki Satō Second Failed Spider Climb
No. 19 Hiroyuki Amano Second Failed Spider Climb
No. 18 Naoto Amano Second Failed Spider Climb
No. 11 Takashi Sakamoto Second Failed Spider Climb
No. 3 Yūji Suzuki Second Failed Spider Climb
No. 41 Chie Tanabe Second Failed Spider Walk
No. 66 Ishihara Second Failed
No. 64 Gōsuke Yokoyama Second Failed
No. 59 Kōichi Tamura Second Failed
No. 57 Kazufumi Kimura Second Failed
No. 56 Yūji Okumura Second Failed
No. 48 Komatsubara Second Failed
No. 35 Toru Takahashi Second Failed
No. 32 Seigo Shibada Second Failed
No. 23 Yoshiharu Itō Second Failed
No. 9 Hideki Naruo Second Failed
No. 5 Sieji Udagawa Second Failed
66 competitors First Failed

Ebihara pushed one side of the pipe harder than the other, causing the pipe to fall off the tracks.

3rd competition[edit]

Aired: March 13, 1999

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 89 Katsumi Yamada Final Failed Final Rope 14.5 Meters Up
No. 13 Shingo Yamamoto Final Failed Final Rope 12 Meters Up
No. 49 Minoru Matsumoto Final Failed Final Rope 8 Meters Up
No. 100 Akira Omori Final Failed Final Rope 8 Meters Up
No. 54 Tatsuya Yamamoto Final Failed Final Rope 8 Meters Up
No. 10 Ken Hasegawa Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 99 Kazuhiko Akiyama Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 69 Junpei Morita Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 34 Hiroyuki Asaoka Second Failed Hammer Dodge
No. 81 Tadao Itō Second Failed Moving Walls
No. 98 Yasutoshi Kujirai Second Failed Spider Walk
No. 17 Masaaki Tateyama Second Failed Spider Walk
No. 72 Haruhisa Miyazawa Second Failed Spider Walk
87 competitors First Failed

4th competition[edit]

Aired: October 16, 1999

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 86 Kazuhiko Akiyama Final Total Victory (6.00 seconds to spare)
No. 40 Eiichi Miura Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 3 Hiroyuki Asaoka Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 81 Naoki Iketani Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 94 Travis Schroeder Third Disqualified on Pipe Slider
No. 100 Katsumi Yamada Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 97 Kane Kosugi Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 95 Hiroaki Yoshizaki Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 71 Takuyu Ueda Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 43 Takayuki Kawashima Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 64 Shusuke Sato Third Failed Pole Jump
No. 1 Ichirō Atarashii Second Failed Reverse Conveyor
No. 82 Tadao Itō Second Failed Hammer Dodge
No. 55 Shigenori Kobayashi Second Failed Hammer Dodge
No. 20 Kenichi Yoshida Second Failed Hammer Dodge
No. 79 Katsushige Fukushima Second Failed Spider Climb
No. 78 Takuji Araki Second Failed Spider Climb
No. 70 Makoto Kondo Second Failed Spider Climb
No. 91 Tadanori Fukuyama Second Failed Moving Walls
No. 93 Masahi Saeki Second Failed Spider Walk
No. 77 Kazunori Eda Second Failed Spider Walk
No. 76 Hiroyuki Nagahama Second Failed Spider Walk
No. 56 Takashi Yamauchi Second Failed Spider Walk
No. 53 Takashi Hashidate Second Failed Spider Walk
No. 52 Shinji Matsushima Second Failed Spider Walk
No. 47 Ken Nakata Second Failed Spider Walk
No. 87 Taka Satō Second Failed
No. 75 Susumu Shigeno Second Failed
No. 73 Kōichi Kansake Second Failed
No. 65 Junpei Morita Second Failed
No. 54 Ryūgo Suzuka Second Failed
No. 48 Kenichi Ishijima Second Failed
No. 45 Masao Nishihama Second Failed
No. 35 Takimoto Second Failed
No. 28 Shinichi Aizawa Second Failed
No. 22 Munetaka Miyazawa Second Failed
No. 14 Hiroaki Takemoto Second Failed
63 competitors First Failed

When Schroeder tried to get the pipe across the tracks, he pushed one side harder than the other, causing it to fall off the tracks.

5th competition[edit]

Aired: March 18, 2000

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 98 Shingo Yamamoto Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 100 Katsumi Yamada Second Failed Spider Walk
No. 74 Toshihiro Takeda Second Failed Spider Walk
97 competitors First Failed

6th competition[edit]

Aired: September 9, 2000

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 99 Katsumi Yamada Third Disqualified on Pipe Slider
No. 83 Yoshiaki Hatakeda Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 93 Toshihiro Takeda Third Failed Body Prop
No. 98 Kane Kosugi Third Failed Body Prop
No. 97 Shane Kosugi Third Failed Body Prop
95 competitors First Failed

Yamada cleared the Pipe Slider, but after the landing he fell sideways off the mat.

Note: All five competitors who cleared the First Stage also cleared the Second Stage.

7th competition[edit]

Aired: March 17, 2001

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 97 Shingo Yamamoto Final Failed Spider Climb (injured)
No. 46 Kenji Takahashi Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 40 Hironori Kuboki Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 81 Shane Kosugi Third Failed Body Prop
No. 95 James Okada Third Failed Propeller Bars
No. 98 Kane Kosugi Second Failed Spider Walk
No. 88 Katsumi Yoshinaga Second Failed Chain Reaction
No. 54 Kozo Akimoto Second Failed Chain Reaction
92 competitors First Failed

Yamamoto climbed two and a half meters before slipping and dislocating his shoulder, falling to the safety mats below.

8th competition[edit]

Aired: September 29, 2001

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 91 Kane Kosugi Final Failed Final Rope 18 Meters Up
No. 59 Jordan Jovtchev Final Failed Spider Climb 11.5 Meters Up
No. 71 Toshihiro Takeda Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 81 Shōei Third Failed Body Prop†††
No. 46 Daisuke Nakata Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 62 Ryuichi Sakawa Second Disqualified on Chain Reaction ††
94 competitors First Failed

Jovtchev fell off the Spider Climb after the walls split at the 15 second limit.
†† Sakawa landed on the mat from the Chain Reaction, but as he landed, his foot touched the water, resulting in immediate disqualification. ††† Shoei went off course as he touched the Body Prop's board.

9th competition[edit]

Aired: March 16, 2002

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 61 Makoto Nagano Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 97 Toshihiro Takeda Third Failed Lamp Grasper
No. 71 Daisuke Nakata Third Failed Lamp Grasper
No. 98 Shingo Yamamoto Third Failed Rumbling Dice
No. 99 Katsumi Yamada Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 81 Naoki Iketani Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 41 Kinnikun Nakayama Second Failed Spider Walk
93 competitors First Failed

When Naoki Iketani cleared the Reverse Conveyor, time was expired before he could attempt the Wall Lifting.

10th competition[edit]

Aired: September 25, 2002

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 1000 Katsumi Yamada Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 961 Naoki Iketani Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 940 Daisuke Nakata Third Failed Lamp Grasper
No. 954 Hiroyuki Asaoka Third Failed Body Prop
No. 978 Kenichi Arai Second Failed Spider Walk
95 competitors First Failed

11th competition[edit]

Aired: March 21, 2003[1]

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 96 Makoto Nagano Final Failed Final Rope 20 Meters Up
No. 74 Shinji Kobayashi Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 98 Shingo Yamamoto Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 61 Naoki Iketani Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 95 Daisuke Nakata Third Failed Lamp Grasper
No. 97 Toshihiro Takeda Third Failed Body Prop
No. 99 Kazuhiko Akiyama Third Failed Body Prop
No. 41 Kinnikun Nakayama Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 66 Bunpei Shiratori Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 100 Katsumi Yamada Second Failed Balance Tank
No. 58 Hiroyuki Asaoka Second Failed Chain Reaction
89 competitors First Failed

Nakayama cleared the Wall Lift, but hit the red button a split-second too late.

12th competition[edit]

Aired: October 1, 2003

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 100 Makoto Nagano Final Failed Final Rope (0.11 seconds late)
No. 77 Bunpei Shiratori Final Failed Final Rope 21 meters Up
No. 72 Hiroyuki Asaoka Final Failed Final Rope 20 meters Up
No. 95 Toshihiro Takeda Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 97 Kazuhiko Akiyama Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 99 Jordan Jovtchev Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 96 Shingo Yamamoto Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 70 Manabu Satou Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 1 Koji Yamada Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 92 Masaaki Kobayashi Third Failed Body Prop
No. 98 Katsumi Yamada Second Disqualified on Spider Walk
89 competitors First Failed

Yamada cleared the second stage, but was disqualified for using his gloves on the Spider Walk.

13th competition[edit]

Aired: April 6, 2004

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 100 Makoto Nagano Final Failed Final Rope 22.4 Meters Up
No. 99 Bunpei Shiratori Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 98 Toshihiro Takeda Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 97 Masaaki Kobayashi Third Failed Curtain Cling
No. 90 Naoki Iketani Third Failed Body Prop
No. 76 Shingo Yamamoto Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 87 Kosuke Yamaguchi Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 71 Daisuke Nakata Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 38 Shigenori Ueki Second Failed Reverse Conveyor
No. 75 Hideaki Shimizu Second Failed Balance Tank
90 competitors First Failed

14th competition[edit]

Aired: January 4, 2005

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 68 Shinji Kobayashi Third Failed Devil's Swing
No. 100 Makoto Nagano Third Failed Jumping Bars
No. 97 Toshihiro Takeda Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 91 Jordan Jovtchev Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 80 Hiroyuki Asaoka Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 98 Shingo Yamamoto Third Failed Curtain Cling
No. 81 Naoki Iketani Third Failed Body Prop
No. 87 Masaaki Kobayashi Third Failed Body Prop
No. 76 Terukazu Ishikawa Third Failed Body Prop
No. 88 Kosuke Yamaguchi Third Failed Rumbling Dice
No. 83 Paul Hamm Second Disqualified on Wall Lifting ††
No. 67 Shunsuke Nagasaki Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 96 Bunpei Shiratori Second Failed Balance Tank
No. 89 Motoshi Kitaya Second Failed Chain Reaction
86 competitors First Failed

At the end of the Devil's Swing Kobayashi tried to grab the bar of the Pipe Slider, but he missed and the bar moved too far away from him. Although he continued to swing, he was unable to get through that gap and he fell.
†† Hamm cleared the Wall Lift as time ran out, but forgot to hit the red button as he burst through the gates, and was disqualified.

15th competition[edit]

Aired: July 20, 2005

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 96 Toshihiro Takeda Third Failed Devil's Swing
No. 94 Bunpei Shiratori Third Failed Climbing Bars
No. 70 Koji Yamada Third Failed Jumping Bars
No. 65 Shunsuke Nagasaki Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 93 Morgan Hamm Third Failed Curtain Cling
No. 95 Shingo Yamamoto Third Failed Body Prop
No. 100 Makoto Nagano Second Failed Metal Spin
93 competitors First Failed

Bunpei Shiratori was the last competitor to attempt the first stage due to suffering from heat exhaustion.

16th competition[edit]

Aired: December 30, 2005[2]

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 96 Bunpei Shiratori Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 91 Koji Yamada Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 100 Makoto Nagano Third Failed Devil's Swing
No. 98 Toshihiro Takeda Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 95 Jordan Jovtchev Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 89 Shunsuke Nagasaki Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 66 Kenji Takahashi Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 90 Naoki Iketani Third Failed Body Prop
No. 94 Paul Hamm Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 93 Masaaki Kobayashi Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 92 Shinji Kobayashi Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 73 Masashi Kameyama Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 71 Kazuhiko Akiyama Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 51 Tomoyuki Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 39 Hidenori Nagasawa Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 86 Yūta Izumiyama Second Failed Delta Bridge
84 competitors First Failed

When Nagano tried to grab the Pipe Slider bar from the Devil's Swing, he lost his grip on the bar and it slid far away from him. Thus, he was unable to reach the Pipe Slider when he jumped for it and he fell into the water.

17th competition[edit]

Aired: October 11, 2006[3]

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 99 Makoto Nagano Final Total Victory (2.56 seconds to spare)
No. 87 Shunsuke Nagasaki Final Failed Final Rope 18 meters Up
No. 91 Toshihiro Takeda Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 86 Paul Terek Third Failed Cliff Hanger
No. 67 Yuta Adachi Third Failed Body Prop
No. 81 Bunpei Shiratori Third Failed Body Prop
No. 98 Shingo Yamamoto Third Failed Body Prop
No. 96 Daisuke Nakata Third Failed Arm Rings
No. 95 Koji Yamada Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 92 Li En-Chi Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 51 Kota Honma Second Failed Spider Walk
89 competitors First Failed

18th competition[edit]

Aired: March 21, 2007[4]

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 96 Makoto Nagano Third Disqualified on Shin-Cliff Hanger
No. 97 Shunsuke Nagasaki Third Failed Shin-Cliff Hanger
No. 98 Kenji Takahashi Third Failed Shin-Cliff Hanger
No. XX†† Toshihiro Takeda Second Failed Salmon Ladder
No. 60 Takamasa Nagasaki Second Failed Salmon Ladder
No. 70 Yuji Washimi Second Failed Salmon Ladder
94 competitors First Failed

When Nagano crossed the second gap of the Cliff Hanger, he grabbed the top of the frame with one hand, therefore going off the course. Nagano pointed out his mistake and allowed himself to be disqualified.
†† No number given. Some sources have said he was No. 86, but this has not been proven to be true.

19th competition[edit]

Aired: September 19, 2007

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 79 Koji Yamada Second Failed Salmon Ladder
No. 86 Yuji Washimi Second Failed Salmon Ladder
98 competitors First Failed

Note: Only 2 competitors managed to clear the First Stage and neither managed to clear the Second Stage.

20th competition[edit]

Aired: March 26, 2008

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 1989 Levi Meeuwenberg Third Failed Shin-Cliff Hanger
No. 1924 Yoshiyuki Okuyama Second Failed Stick Slider
No. 2000 Makoto Nagano Second Failed Downhill Jump
97 competitors First Failed

21st competition[edit]

Aired: September 17, 2008

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 100 Makoto Nagano Third Failed Gliding Ring
No. 98 Toshihiro Takeda Third Failed Hang Climbing
No. 97 Daisuke Miyazaki Third Failed Devil Steps
No. 49 Li En-Chi Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 99 Levi Meeuwenberg Second Failed Salmon Ladder
No. 91 Tomohiro Matsunaga Second Failed Salmon Ladder
No. 75 Brian Orosco Second Failed Salmon Ladder
No. 88 Daisuke Nakata Second Failed Salmon Ladder
No. 83 Bunpei Shiratori Second Failed Downhill Jump
91 competitors First Failed

An error in design caused the ring to force down the track, causing Nagano to fail just as he managed to put the ring in the stopper.

22nd competition[edit]

Aired: March 30, 2009

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 77 Yuuji Urushihara Final Failed G-Rope (22.9m up)
No. 49 Hitoshi Kanno Third Disqualified on Spider Flip
No. 79 Li En-Chi Third Failed Shin-Cliff Hanger
No. 84 Yoshiyuki Okuyama Third Failed Shin-Cliff Hanger
No. 90 Hiromichi Sato Second Failed Metal Spin
95 competitors First Failed

When Kanno climbed the Spider Flip, he touched part of the frame with his foot and climbed along the side of the actual platform, therefore going off the course.

23rd competition[edit]

Aired: September 27, 2009

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 100 Makoto Nagano Final Failed G-Rope (0.21 seconds late)
No. 96 Hitoshi Kanno Final Failed G-Rope 18 Meters up
No. 84 Kenji Takahashi Third Failed Gliding Ring
No. 92 Yoshiyuki Okuyama Third Failed Spider Flip
No. 97 Toshihiro Takeda Third Failed Spider Flip
No. 95 Levi Meeuwenberg Third Failed Shin-Cliff Hanger
No. 93 Shingo Yamamoto Third Failed Arm Rings (injured)††
No. 94 Li En Chi Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 99 Yuuji Urushihara Second Failed Unstable Bridge
No. 73 Brian Orosco Second Failed Unstable Bridge
No. 42 Richard King Second Failed Unstable Bridge
No. 53 Yoshiki Ito Second Failed Salmon Ladder
No. 49 Satoshi Nakamura Second Disqualified on Salmon Ladder †††
No. 45 Naoya Tajima Second Failed Salmon Ladder
No. 50 Jun Sato Second Failed Salmon Ladder
No. 47 Kouji Hashimoto Second Failed Salmon Ladder
84 competitors First Failed

Nagano was given a second run of the first stage because the Slider Jump failed to work properly.
†† While on the Arm Rings, Yamamoto's shoulder dislocated again, so he immediately dropped into the water.
††† Nakamura was disqualified for using his foot to touch the frame of Salmon Ladder.

24th competition[edit]

Aired: January 1, 2010[5]

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 93 Yuuji Urushihara Final Total Victory (3.57 seconds left)
No. 85 Kouji Hashimoto Final Failed G-Rope 22 meters up
No. 94 Kenji Takahashi Final Failed G-Rope 20 meters up ^
No. 95 Yoshiyuki Okuyama Final Failed G-Rope 19 Meters up
No. 92 Li En-Chi Final Failed G-Rope 18 meters Up
No. 73 Naoya Tajima Third Failed Gliding Ring
No. 98 Toshihiro Takeda Third Failed Spider Flip
No. 97 Hiromichi Sato Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 84 Yuji Washimi Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 64 Terukazu Ishikawa Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 47 Tomohiro Kawaguchi Second Failed Unstable Bridge
No. 78 Jun Sato Second Failed Salmon Ladder
88 competitors First Failed

^ Kenji twisted up the G-Rope and got the safety wire tangled, causing him to stop.

25th competition[edit]

Aired: March 28, 2010[6]

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 80 Li En-Chi Third Failed Ultimate Cliff Hanger
No. 60 Kouji Hashimoto Third Failed Ultimate Cliff Hanger
No. 40 Kenji Takahashi Third Failed Ultimate Cliff Hanger
No. 50 Yoshiyuki Okuyama Third Failed Ultimate Cliff Hanger
No. 69 Brian Orosco Third Failed Doorknob Grasper
No. 90 Shingo Yamamoto Second Failed Balance Tank
No. 89 Hitoshi Kanno Second Failed Balance Tank
No. 18 Jun Sato Second Failed Unstable Bridge
No. 70 Toshihiro Takeda Second Failed Double Salmon Ladder
No. 100 Yuuji Urushihara Second Failed Double Salmon Ladder
No. 48 Levi Meeuwenberg Second Failed Slider Drop
89 competitors First Failed

Urushihara touched the water with his foot.

26th competition[edit]

Aired: January 2, 2011

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 95 Li En-Chi Third Failed Ultimate Cliff Hanger
No. 97 Yoshiyuki Okuyama Third Failed Ultimate Cliff Hanger
No. 84 David Campbell Third Failed Ultimate Cliff Hanger
No. 74 Brent Steffensen Third Failed Ultimate Cliff Hanger
No. 61 Paul Kasemir Third Failed Doorknob Grasper
No. 92 Brian Orosco Third Failed Roulette Cylinder
No. 98 Kouji Hashimoto Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 82 Travis Furlanic Second Failed Balance Tank
No. 87 Naoki Iketani Second Failed Double Salmon Ladder
No. 85 Terukazu Ishikawa Second Failed Double Salmon Ladder
90 competitors First Failed

27th Competition[edit]

Aired: October 3, 2011

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 99 Yuuji Urushihara Final Total Victory (6.71 seconds left)
No. 62 Ryo Matachi Final Failed Final Rope 18.8 meters up
No. 20 Kouji Hashimoto Third Failed Chain See-Saw
No. 98 David Campbell Third Failed Ultimate Cliff Hanger
No. 100 Makoto Nagano Third Failed Ultimate Cliff Hanger
No. 89 Paul Kasemir Third Failed Ultimate Cliff Hanger
No. 57 James McGrath Third Failed Ultimate Cliff Hanger
No. 63 Ryan Stratis Third Failed Ultimate Cliff Hanger
No. 96 Yoshiyuki Okuyama Third Failed Flying Bar
No. 87 Terukazu Ishikawa Third Failed Flying Bar
No. 90 Ryouma Kato Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 84 Yusuke Morimoto Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 79 Brent Steffensen Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 71 Travis Furlanic Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 60 Travis Rosen Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 6 Daisuke Morikami Second Failed Metal Spin
No. 93 Naoki Iketani Second Failed Double Salmon Ladder
No. 92 Wakky Second Failed Double Salmon Ladder
No. 85 Naoki Yokoyama Second Failed Double Salmon Ladder
No. 65 Yousuke Kaneko Second Failed Double Salmon Ladder
No. 56 Yuuya Kadono Second Failed Double Salmon Ladder
No. 55 Kazuma Asa Second Failed Double Salmon Ladder
No. 51 Jacob Smith Second Failed Double Salmon Ladder
No. 1 Hitoshi Kanno Second Failed Double Salmon Ladder (injured)
No. 70 Hidetsugu Setoda Second Failed Slider Drop
No. 66 David Rodriguez Second Failed Slider Drop
No. 29 Naoya Tajima Second Failed Slider Drop
73 competitors First Failed

Kanno withdrew before Double Salmon Ladder because of a shoulder injury.

28th Competition[edit]

Aired: December 27, 2012

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 88 Yuuji Urushihara Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 89 Hitoshi Kanno Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 58 Kazuma Asa Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 87 Ryo Matachi Second Failed Passing Wall
No. 44 Koki Someya Second Failed Swap Salmon Ladder
95 Competitors First Failed

29th Competition[edit]

Aired: June 27, 2013

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 79 Yusuke Morimoto Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 97 Hitoshi Kanno Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 96 Kazuma Asa Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 87 Kenji Takahashi Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 93 Shunsuke Nagasaki Second Failed Passing Wall
No. 56 Li En-Chi Second Failed Passing Wall
No. 73 Masashi Hioki Second Failed Backstream
No. 67 Terukazu Ishikawa Second Failed Backstream
No. 57 Daisuke Morikami Second Failed Backstream
No. 99 Yuuji Urushihara Second Failed Backstream
No. 98 Ryo Matachi Second Failed Backstream
No. 91 Keitaro Yamamoto Second Failed Backstream
No. 90 Yuuya Kadono Second Failed Backstream
No. 89 Yoshiyuki Okuyama Second Failed Backstream
No. 41 Kouji Hashimoto Second Failed Backstream
No. 36 Shingo Yamamoto Second Failed Backstream
No. 60 Taiga Hoshikawa Second Failed Backstream
No. 65 Toshiharu Takami Second Disqualified on Swap Salmon Ladder
No. 86 Wakky Second Failed Swap Salmon Ladder
No. 62 Hiromasa Katakabe Second Failed Swap Salmon Ladder
No. 61 Hidekazu Inoue Second Failed Cross Slider
79 competitors First Failed

Takami was disqualified for not landing properly on the fourth set of rungs.

30th Competition[edit]

Aired: July 3, 2014

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 2994 Ryo Matachi Final Failed Final Rope 23 meters up
No. 2967 Tomohiro Kawaguchi Final Failed Final Rope 15 meters up
No. 2973 Shinya Kishimoto Third Failed Vertical Limit
No. 2998 Kazuma Asa Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 2996 Hitoshi Kanno Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 2991 Drew Drechsel Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 2990 Li En-Chi Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 2986 Shunsuke Nagasaki Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 2935 Masashi Hioki Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 3000 Yusuke Morimoto Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 2969 Taiga Hoshikawa Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 2993 Yuuji Urushihara Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 2972 Daisuke Morikami Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 2974 Terukazu Ishikawa Second Failed Backstream
No. 2970 Hiromasa Katakabe Second Failed Backstream
No. 2968 Yuuya Kadono Second Failed Backstream
No. 2992 Shingo Yamamoto Second Failed Backstream
No. 2999 Makoto Nagano Second Disqualified on Swap Salmon Ladder
No. 2995 Kenji Takahashi Second Disqualified on Swap Salmon Ladder
No. 2980 Toshihiro Takeda Second Disqualified on Swap Salmon Ladder
No. 2932 Hiroshige Yamamoto Second Disqualified on Swap Salmon Ladder
No. 2984 Koki Someya Second Failed Swap Salmon Ladder
No. 2982 Wakky Second Failed Swap Salmon Ladder
No. 2971 Toshiharu Takami Second Failed Swap Salmon Ladder
No. 2981 Kinnikun Nakayama Second Failed Cross Slider
No. 2965 Kung Cheen-Howng Second Failed Cross Slider
No. 2914 Noritomo Morisawa Second Withdrew (injured)/Failed Cross Slider
73 competitors First Failed

Morisawa cleared the First Stage but withdrew before the Second Stage due to tweaking his neck.

31st Competition[edit]

Aired: July 1, 2015

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 91 Yusuke Morimoto Final Total Victory (2.59 seconds left)
No. 96 Hitoshi Kanno Third Failed Vertical Limit Kai
No. 97 Tomohiro Kawaguchi Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 95 Kazuma Asa Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 94 Drew Drechsel Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 89 Kenji Takahashi Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 72 Anastase Ragivaru Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 31 Masashi Hioki Third Failed Crazy Cliff Hanger
No. 49 Zhang Wang Yang Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 76 Yuuichi Okada Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 34 Hiroshige Yamamoto Second Failed Backstream
No. 84 Alexander Mars Second Failed Salmon Ladder Kudari
No. 79 Kai Fukanuma Second Failed Salmon Ladder Nobori
No. 40 Riku Hanamoto Second Failed Salmon Ladder Nobori
No. 86 Masamitsu Kikuchi Second Failed Cross Slider
No. 82 Kenji Darvish Second Failed Cross Slider
No. 75 Kung Cheen-Howng Second Failed Cross Slider
83 competitors First Failed

Failed the transition onto the Salmon Ladder Kudari

32nd Competition[edit]

Aired: July 3, 2016

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 93 Drew Drechsel Third Failed Vertical Limit Kai†
No. 76 Jun Sato Third Failed Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger
No. 62 Brent Steffensen Third Failed Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger
No. 85 André Sihm Third Failed Sidewinder R Kai
No. 97 Tomohiro Kawaguchi Third Failed Flying Bar
No. 94 Anastase Ragivaru Third Failed Flying Bar
No. 87 Shunsuke Nagasaki Third Failed Flying Bar
No. 66 Yusuke Suzuki Third Failed Flying Bar
92 competitors First Failed

† The Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger was tied with the Vertical Limit Kai which Drew fell almost immediately after making the transition. First time since SASUKE 9 a Cliffhanger variant is beaten on its introductory tournament.

Note: All 8 competitors who cleared the First Stage also cleared the Second Stage.

33rd Competition[edit]

Aired: March 26, 2017

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 96 Drew Drechsel Third Failed Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger
No. 98 Shunsuke Nagasaki Third Failed Flying Bar
No. 95 Kazuma Asa Third Failed Flying Bar
No. 97 Jun Sato Third Failed Flying Bar
No. 100 Yusuke Morimoto Third Failed Flying Bar
No. 83 Wataru Mori Second Failed Reverse Conveyor
No. 45 Masashi Hioki Second Failed Reverse Conveyor
No. 90 Toshihiro Takeda Second Failed Salmon Ladder Kudari
No. 77 Dai Igarashi Second Failed Salmon Ladder Kudari
No. 86 Ryoichi Tsukada Second Failed Salmon Ladder Nobori
No. 85 Masayuki Kikchi Second Failed Salmon Ladder Nobori
No. 81 Takeru Second Failed Salmon Ladder Nobori
No. 52 Seiki Takasu Second Failed Salmon Ladder Nobori
87 competitors First Failed

34th Competition[edit]

Aired: October 8, 2017.

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 100 Yusuke Morimoto Third Failed Vertial Limit Kai
No. 98 Tomohiro Kawaguchi Third Failed Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger
No. 97 Drew Drechsel Third Failed Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger
No. 96 Jun Sato Third Failed Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger
No. 87 Jessie Graff Third Failed Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger
No. 45 Masashi Hioki Third Failed Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger
No. 93 Anastase Ragivaru Third Failed Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger
No. 49 Satoshi Obata Third Failed Sidewinder Kai
No. 84 Yusuke Suzuki Third Failed Sidewinder Kai
No. 47 Hiroshige Yamamoto Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 99 Yuuji Urushihara Second Failed Reverse Conveyor
No. 89 Kenji Darvish Second Failed Reverse Conveyor
No. 83 Kenji Takahashi Second Failed Reverse Conveyor
No. 74 Keitaro Yamamoto Second Failed Reverse Conveyor
No. 38 Shogo Ugajin Second Failed Backstream
No. 81 Takeru Second Failed Backstream
No. 95 Shunsuke Nagasaki Second Failed Spider Walk
No. 88 Ryoichi Tsukada Second Failed Salmon Ladder Kudari
No. 80 Dai Igarashi Second Failed Salmon Ladder Kudari
No. 91 Toshihiro Takeda Second Failed Salmon Ladder Kudari
No. 46 Seiki Takasu Second Failed Salmon Ladder Kudari
No. 86 Takaharu Nakagawa Second Failed Salmon Ladder Nobori
No. 34 Minami Ono Second Failed Salmon Ladder Nobori
No. 40 Tatsuhiro Fujimatsu Second Failed Salmon Ladder Nobori
76 competitors First Failed

35th Competition[edit]

Aired: March 26, 2018

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 100 Yusuke Morimoto Final Failed Final Rope. 20 meters up
No. 99 Tomohiro Kawaguchi Third Failed Vertical Limit
No. 98 Drew Drechsel Third Failed Vertical Limit
No. 97 Jun Sato Third Failed Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger
No. 60 Masashi Hioki Third Failed Planet Bridge
No. 96 Kenji Darvish Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 89 Keitaro Yamamoto Second Failed Spider Drop
No. 92 Shunsuke Nagasaki Second Failed Spider Drop
92 competitors First Failed

36th Competition[edit]

Aired: December 31, 2018

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 100 Yusuke Morimoto Final Failed Final Rope (0.5 seconds late/24.5 meters up)
No. 92 Ryo Matachi Third Failed Vertical Limit
No. 95 Yuuji Urushihara Third Failed Vertical Limit
No. 73 Tatsuya Tada Third Failed Vertical Limit
No. 96 Jun Sato Third Failed Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger
No. 71 Masashi Hioki Third Failed Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger
No. 63 Naoyuki Araki Third Failed Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger
No. 99 Tomohiro Kawaguchi Third Failed Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger
No. 98 Kenji Darvish Third Failed Sidewinder
No. 89 Ben Toyer Third Failed Flying Bar
No. 93 Keitaro Yamamoto Second Failed Wall Lifting
No. 76 Wataru Mori Second Disqualified on Reverse Conveyor
No. 75 Shogo Ugajin Second Failed Reverse Conveyor
No. 97 Drew Drechsel Second Failed Reverse Conveyor ††
No. 83 Takaharu Nakagawa Second Failed Spider Walk
85 competitors First Failed

Wataru used his legs on the side of the Reverse Conveyor.
†† Drew slipped off course when sliding down the chute from the Backstream

37th Competition[edit]

Aired: December 31, 2019

Competitor Stage Obstacle
No. 88 René Kaselowsky Final Failed Salmon Ladder Jūgo Dan
No. 49 Tatsuya Tada Final Failed Salmon Ladder Jūgo Dan
No. 96 Yuuji Urushihara Third Failed Pipe Slider
No. 94 Jun Sato Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
No. 47 Yoshiyuki Yamamoto Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
No. 60 Masashi Hioki Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
No. 98 Jessie Graff Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
No. 48 Yoshinori Isa Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
No. 75 Yusuke Suzuki Second Failed Spider Walk
No. 55 Koji Saikawa Second Failed Salmon Ladder Kudari
90 competitors First Failed

38th Competition[edit]

Aired : December 29, 2020

Participant No. Competitor Stage Obstacle
100 Yusuke Morimoto Final Total Victory (2.52 seconds left)
49 Yoshiyuki Yamamoto Third Failed Cliff Hanger Dimension
95 Tatsuya Tada Third Failed Cliff Hanger Dimension
94 Jun Sato Third Failed Cliff Hanger Dimension
50 Yoshinori Isa Third Failed Flying Bar
99 Yuuji Urushihara Second Failed Wall Lifting
40 Hayate Kajihara Second Failed Wall Lifting
57 Masashi Hioki Second Failed Wall Lifting
82 Naoyuki Araki Second Failed Reverse Conveyor
14 Kōji Saikawa Second Failed Spider Drop
88 Hikaru Iwamoto Second Failed Salmon Ladder Descent
71 Ryo Matachi Second Failed Salmon Ladder Ascent
74 Rinne Sugeta Second Failed Salmon Ladder Ascent
90 Keitaro Yamamoto Second Failed Rolling Log
86 competitors First Failed

39th Competition[edit]

Aired: December 28, 2021

Participant No. Competitor Stage Obstacle
91 Tatsuya Tada Third Failed Vertical Limit
59 Masashi Hioki Third Failed Cliff Hanger Dimension
35 Hayate Kajihara Third Failed Cliff Hanger Dimension
55 Yoshinori Isa Third Failed Swing Edge
50 Yoshiyuki Yamamoto Third Failed Swing Edge
89 Ryo Matachi Third Failed Swing Edge
90 Keitaro Yamamoto Third Failed Sidewinder
77 Yusuke Suzuki Third Failed Sidewinder
71 Tomohiro Mutou Third Failed Sidewinder
9 Koji Saikawa Second Failed Wall Lifting
20 Rinne Sugeta Second Failed Reverse Conveyor
88 Hikaru Iwamoto Second Failed Reverse Conveyor
14 Yusuke Goto Second Failed Salmon Ladder Descent
31 Hideki Ajima Second Failed Rolling Log
86 competitors First Failed

When making the first transition, Yoshinori grabbed the frame of the obstacle and went out of bounds.

40th Competition[edit]

Airdate: December 27, 2022

Participant No. Competitor Stage Obstacle
4000 Yūsuke Morimoto Final Failed Final Rope
3950 Yoshiyuki Yamamoto Final Failed Final Rope
3973 Tatsuya Tada Final Failed Salmon Ladder Jugo Dan
3975 Keitaro Yamamoto Third Failed Pipe Slider
3999 Yuuji Urushihara Third Failed Vertical Limit
3974 Naoyuki Araki Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
3965 Hayate Kajihara Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
3972 Jun Satō Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
3993 Tomohiro Kawaguchi Third Failed Swing Edge
3924 Yoshinori Isa Third Failed Swing Edge
3977 Yusuke Suzuki Third Failed Sidewinder
3976 Tomohiro Mutou Third Failed Sidewinder
3990 Oliver Edelmann Second Failed Wall Lifting
3984 Stefanie Edelmann Second Failed Wall Lifting
3985 Jessie Graff Second Failed Reverse Conveyor
3910 Kōji Saikawa Second Failed Reverse Conveyor
3995 Shingo Yamamoto Second Failed Reverse Conveyor
3971 Ryoichi Tsukada Second Failed Backstream
3955 Masashi Hioki Second Failed Backstream
3991 Kane Kosugi Second Failed Backstream
3982 Ayano Oshima Second Failed Spider Drop
3943 Shunsuke Nagasaki Second Failed Spider Drop
3949 Hayato Takasuka Second Failed Spider Run
3987 Yoshikazu Fujita Second Failed Rolling Log
76 competitors First Failed

41st Competition[edit]

Airdate: December 27, 2023

Participant No. Competitor Stage Obstacle
100 Yūsuke Morimoto Third Failed Vertical Limit Burst
80 Keitaro Yamamoto Third Failed Vertical Limit Burst
59 Miyaoko Ryosuke Third Failed Vertical Limit Burst
98 Tatsuya Tada Third Failed Vertical Limit Burst
99 Yoshiyuki Yamamoto Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
97 Yuuji Urushihara Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
93 Rene Casselly Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
92 Daniel Gil Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
76 Jun Sato Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
44 Hayate Kajihara Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
16 Yuta Yamashita Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
77 Tomohiro Mutou Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
51 Masashi Hioki Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
45 Wasabi Third Failed Cliffhanger Dimension
79 Naoyuki Araki Third Failed Sidewinder
52 Shuzo Uchimaya Second Failed Wall Lifting
42 Yuta Nakashima Second Failed Backstream
90 Ryo Matachi Second Failed Salmon Ladder Nobori
60 Yusuke Goto Second Failed Rolling Log
41 Kaiou Nagano Second Failed Rolling Log
61 Shunsuke Nagasaki Second Withdrew/Injury
79 competitors First Failed

Nagasaki cleared the First Stage but withdrew before the Second Stage due to a leg injury.

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