![]() The Third Stage was at first, a three part stage testing balance and endurance, it would be until the introduction of the Pipe Slider in SASUKE 2 and Cliffhanger in SASUKE 4 where it would soon become the stage we know today, an upper body strength test. A tournament has only once ended in the Second Stage - SASUKE 19, where only two competitors attempted and failed the stage. ![]() One third to one half of participants generally advance, although rare occasions (such as in SASUKE 6, SASUKE 12, SASUKE 15 and SASUKE 32) have seen all or nearly all competitors advance. The Second Stage was used to primarily test a competitor's speed, but upper body strength became crucial when the Salmon Ladder was added in SASUKE 18. Before SASUKE 4, over twenty competitors had cleared three out of the four times, but following the addition of obstacles such as the Jump Hang and Soritatsu Kabe, the most that have cleared is sixteen on two occasions. SASUKE 4 featured the most clears of any First Stage, with 37 advancing, and SASUKE 19 had the fewest clears, with only two advancing. It has grown and added more obstacles than the other stages over the years. The First Stage is designed to test a competitor's overall athletic ability. Due to time constraints, only about half of the First Stage attempts are generally aired, more or less depending on the number of people that advance. Competitions begin in the morning and are usually finished well past sunset. Each stage increases in difficulty and a competitor must complete a stage to advance. ![]() The format has remained the same since its inception, but with each Kanzenseiha (completion of the entire course), the course is drastically changed, and as a result fewer people pass each stage.Įach competition pits 100 competitors against a four-stage obstacle course. After several more months, SASUKE 27 was indeed aired with an improvement on the ratings, but ultimately, Monster9, the company that made SASUKE, went bankrupt, with Tokyo Broadcasting System earning the rights to SASUKE and SASUKE 28 aired in December of 2012 under the title of SASUKE RISING. This date passed without official word on neither SASUKE 27 nor SASUKE's ultimate cancellation. Shortly after SASUKE 26 aired with SASUKE's second lowest ratings ever (beaten only by the previous tournament), widespread internet rumors claimed that SASUKE would be one of many cancellations and would air its final tournament in March 2011. Despite Kinniku Banzuke's cancellation in 2002, SASUKE continued its semiannual airings. The next year, SASUKE became an independent program but was still considered a sub-program to Kinniku Banzuke. The first SASUKE was held in September of 1997 from Tokyo Bay NK Hall. SASUKE was at first an event in Kinniku Banzuke, a show that had previously required a specific skill in their obstacle courses (for instance, the ability to ride a unicycle). 3.4 Black Tigers (Yamada Gundan Kurotora).
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