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From TBS Website in SASUKE 42, some important note take from the website(Translate to English). It will be mention in comment below, please all audience follow the rules.

Firstly are the video finctions ever coming back. Secondly if not how are we supposed to watch stuff we haven't downloaded? Like where else can we find this stuff?

ANW, Australian Ninja, Ninja UK and Sasuke confirmed so far

For me, I don't think so, mainly because in Sasuke 6, he was on the Body Prop for quite a bit of time, and he fell off the obstacle when he reached out to the platform with his left foot (maybe because of all the energy he spent getting most of the way through). Plus, we only had Shingo Yamamoto take on stage 3 in Sasuke 5, and he failed the Pipe Slider when he rushed the dismount, so we didn't get to see if it was like Sasuke 4 where the bar kept sliding back. I think if the 2nd Pipe stayed in place for Sasuke 5, I think Takeda might've cleared the jump, it wasn't that big, and he's good at rope climbing since he was a Firefighter when he first competed in Sasuke 5, so if he got to the final stage, it would've came down to how quickly he could clear the Spider Climb. However, I would see that as a 20% chance between the Body Prop, maybe Cliffhanger (2nd version), and the Pipe Slider for Takeda to clear stage 3, and he's the only all-star to never clear the Pipe Slider and stage 3.

What do you all think?

Edit: Yes I know Takeda failed stage three all 13 times he attempted stage 3, someone claimed "we forget", then they say it, and I didn't forget.

Sasuke 6: Failed Body Prop. Sasuke 8: Failed Pipe Slider Sasuke 9: Failed Globe Grasper Sasuke 11: Failed Body Prop Sasuke 12: Failed Pipe Slider (broke his shoulder when he fell) Sasuke 13-14: Failed Cliffhanger both times Sasuke 15: Failed Devil's Swing (had one hand on Devil's Swing and the other hand on the Pipe Slider) Sasuke 16: Failed Cliffhanger Sasuke 17: Failed Pipe Slider Sasuke 21: Failed Hang Climb Sasuke 23-24: Failed Spider Flip both times (Failed jump in 23, couldn't pull himself up on to the first wall of the Spider Flip in 24 and fell, last time making it to stage 3).

I was recently watching the old Sasuke competitions and thought how much easier the courses seem compared to the more recent ones. Especially the laughable 3rd stage in Sasuke 1.
It would be really fascinating to see the more recent competitors run through the old courses/obstacles just to see how much they would dominate or underestimate some of the obstacles. I can easily see a lot of them clear them with little effort, but some still failing on some that haven't been around in years.

I’m writing a series of posts where I insert the Sasuke Sprinter, Yoshikyuki Okuyama, into each of the first 18 Sasuke tournaments to see how he would perform, and figured I should probably make a separate community for it. Would love to hear what y’all think if anyone’s interested in checking it out.

I used to be a huge fan of the show (though I kinda mellowed down around COVID period) but the show still holds a place in my heart and I wish I was half as fit as the contestants in the show. But anyways which tournaments in the show are your favourite and which ones are your least favourite?

For me if I had to choose it would be:

Favourites- Sasuke 27, 17, 31 (you can see the pattern)

Least favourites- Sasuke 28, 2, 19

What happen if two or more competitors achieve KANZEISHA in the same situation? Will the contestants with the fastest time win 2 million Yen, or both will share their money?

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For me, there are quite a few competitors I'd love to see compete again.

My #1 pick would be Kongu (Kenji) Takashi. I'm pretty sure he's still fast to this day, but unfortunately I don't think he'd ever make it back to stage 3 due to the reverse conveyor, and Sasuke 34 was the only time he legitimately failed stage 2, with the other being Sasuke 30 where the left rung on the 3rd set of rungs pulled back, the left side landed on the 1st level, then the rung popped back out. I'm leaning towards that being someone wanting to ruin his 100% clear rate on stage 2, and it prevented a possible kanzenseiha for Makoto Nagano (I was angry with both Takahashi and Nagano getting screwed over due to how glitchy this obstacle was, but Takahashi's disqualification I'm very suspicious about.) Takahashi would be 48 in Sasuke 42, and I think he'd likely beat stage 1 again, but max reverse conveyor, he was the only competitor to fail that obstacle by not timing out (had about 11 seconds left when he fell off, the klaxon sounded right after he fell off), and even if he gets back to stage 3, yeah, his history of failures on the cliffhangers would continue on the cliffhanger dimension.

Hiroyuki Asaoka would be another one I'd like to see compete at least one more time. I heard he fell on the rolling log in Sasuke 16, which shocked me because you wouldn't think he'd fall there considering he beat it on all of his other appearances, even back in Sasuke 3 when it was new but lethal in stage 1. He'd be 53 in Sasuke 42, so probably not clearing stage one, maybe max Soritatsu Kabe.

Travis Allen Schroeder would be one of the former American competitors I'd love to see compete again. I don't know why he stopped competing after Sasuke 5, as I remember him saying in the interview after his stage 1 run (timed out on the rope climb, 4th best run of the tournament) he said "I don't know, maybe next time." Perhaps life got in the way, I don't know. He'd be 51 I believe in Sasuke 42, and I do know he was in the Navy when he competed on Sasuke, although I don't know if he was a Navy SEAL, I know he was in the Navy, that much I know. He's got great strength, is fast, although he was 26 when he last competed, and you can only do so much at an advanced age even with former military experience. I'd say maybe max reverse conveyor in stage 2, just a wild guess considering his military experience, height, speed, and strength. Definitely not beating stage 3 given his immense size (like 6'3 or 6'4, probably 190lbs+, his weight was never disclosed, but he's very tall!), cliffhanger dimension max.

I'd love to see David Campbell compete again even just 1 last time. He's 47 now, and will be 47 in Sasuke 42. Of all 3 times he competed, he did the best of all the American representatives (Sasuke 22, rope ladder stage 1, Sasuke 26, ultimate cliffhanger transfer to the 4th ledge, stage 3, and Sasuke 27, ultimate cliffhanger, the spray according to him turned to slime before he could get to the landing platform just to the right on the 6th ledge, I believe he would've won had this not happened). I think he could've won in Sasuke 22 had his endurance been what it was on his 2nd and 3rd appearances. Unfortunately he's only beat stage 1 in Vegas once back in 2017, and didn't make it to stage 3 (fell on wingnut alley), and he got an autoimmune disorder back in 2019, so his time competing will likely come to an end in probably the next few years. He did win in Vietnam Sasuke back in 2016 at I believe age 38 (his full run is on his youtube channel), just not the fastest time, but that does make him the first American to win in any Ninja Warrior outside of the USA, and I think he's the oldest to win any Ninja Warrior show (again not the fastest time, but 38 wow!)

Since this is getting very long, I'll mention one last competitor to wrap this up. Hikaru Tanaka, he competed in both Sasuke 2 and 3, and went the furthest in Sasuke 2, timing out near the top of the tower, and in Sasuke 3 you'd think he would likely kanzen given very little modifications to the course after Sasuke 2, but unfortunately he rushed on to the rolling log, and after the first spin, he fell off. I don't know why he didn't compete again, you'd think he'd brush off that stage 1 fail and compete again in Sasuke 4, or even 5, but who knows, life might've got in the way. I think he was 26 in Sasuke 3 (he was 25 in Sasuke 2), so he'd be like I think either 51 or 52 in Sasuke 42. Given his background as a gymnast, if he trained, he might stand a chance at beating stage 1 again, although it's been 25 years since he last competed, but look at Kane Kosugi, he came back after 21 years and beat stage 1 again as if he never left! Some people are age defying, although you can only do that for so long, look at Makoto Nagano, I thought he would reach the final stage again at least once in his 40s, but unfortunately Sasuke 30 was his final chance for that to happen, ever since the Tacke was added to stage 1, the closest he came to beating stage 1 again was in his retirement run in Sasuke 32, he timed out just after he got off the Lumberjack, but before he could get over to the button and press it, and had he cleared the Soritatsu Kabe in 1 attempt, he would've made it back to stage 2, although I prefer how he timed out at the very end of stage 1 as opposed to falling into the water in stage 2 or timing out in stage 2 (I don't think he would've beat stage 2, even so, I don't think he would've beat the Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger).

Which former Sasuke competitors would you like to see compete again?

And the shockers fail in SASUKE 41 goes to Nakano shock exit in Quad Steps. Here a vote for season 40.

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The winner of “Best Performer Of Season 41” is … Miyaoka Ryosuke! Time for SASUKE 40

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A super fan asking where to watch all of the above.

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Speed. Americans tend to have shorter attention spans and that’s why the courses are geared towards getting a fast time.

I won’t spoil names but during the Sasuke World Cup, they let the intensity build up for one of the ninjas on stage 3. They showed him sizing up the obstacle for awhile before attempting it. On ANW, they’d probably have 3 runners go and finish by the time that clip ended.

I will now sit and hope that some saint adds English subtitles to the World Cup. I would love to understand everything.

Does a lack of a proper 2nd Stage mean that they are making a revamped 2nd Stage? It felt weird to not see the scaffolding behind the soritatsu kabe tbh. I didn’t realise it was so small but the area in between the trees seemed quite small.

Either public url or a private file you can DM me?

How do you feel about the event overall?

Japan Red, Japan Blue and Japan LEGENDS

Broadcast is tomorrow, please discussion the show as it airs here to avoid spoilers for other members

Anyone know?

The entire format from the wiki(https://sasukepedia.fandom.com/wiki/SASUKE\_World\_Cup\_1)

Stage 1 Rules:

• There were five heats in this stage, with each heat consisting of seven competitors (one competitor from each team).
• In each heat, the competitor who completed the course (or made the furthest) in the fastest time would earn 70 points for their respective team, the second place would earn 60 points and so on, till the seventh place would only earn 10 points.
• The points from each heat would be accumulated, and two teams who got the lowest points would be eliminated from the competition. The other 5 through.
• It is unknown how to solve the problem when there are 2 or more team are having equal score after 5 heats that contain team in 6th or 7th place.

Stage 2 Rules:

• This stage consisted of a side-by-side ?-metres Spider Climb, consisting of ? competitors (? competitor from each team).
• Each remaining team would choose a letter to determine their running order and attempts to have the fastest overall time. However, a 20-seconds penalty will be applied if a member fail to complete the course.
• The team that has the slowest time overall would be eliminated from the tournament.

Note: This was possibly due to the modification of stage 2 in SASUKE 42, which is why they replace by Spider Climb race.

Stage 3 Rules

• There were ? heats in this stage, with each heat consisting of four competitors (one competitor from each team).
• In each heat, each competitor earned 10 points for every transition from any obstacle completed with a maximum points of 150 earned for this stage. For example, the Swing Edge consisted of three X-shaped frames with two transitions can be performed. Hence, the total points earned is 20 points. The score from each obstacle will be mention in comment below.
• The points from each heat would be accumulated, and two teams who got the lowest points would be eliminated from the competition.
• In the event of 2 or more team having same time, time system will be used.

Note: Contestant earned points by JUMPING ON EACH OBSTACLES, not by how far they go like America Ninja Warrior(If there are at least more than 1 contestant eliminated in same place, which contestant reach in faster time score higher).

FINAL Stage Rules

• This stage consisted of Speed Climbing, Salmon Ladder Jūgo Dan and Tsuna Nobori, consisting of two competitors (one competitor from each team).
• The competitor who reached the top of the tower in the fastest time would be the champion of the tournament.