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2001 Japanese TV sequence or program

Kunoichi
女: Kunoichi
Also known as	Women of Ninja Champion Kunoichi - Women's Sasuke
Genre	Sports entertainment, obstacle course
Created by	Ushio Higuchi
Based on	Sasuke by Ushio Higuchi
Voices of	Keisuke Hatsuta (2001–2006, 2009) Hayato Arima (2003) Wataru Ogasawara (2004-2007, 2025) Jun Umeda (2007) Fumiyasu Sato (2009) Kengo Komada (2006, 2017–2018) Shinya Sugiyama (2017–2018, 2025) Ryusuke Ito (2018)
Narrated by	Tsutomu Tareki [ja] (2001-2004, 2017-2018) Ken Taira [ja] (2006) Kiyoshi Kobayashi (2006–2007) Yoshikazu Hirano [ja] (2009) Jun Hattori [ja] (2025)
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. help seasons	12
No. of episodes	12
Executive producer	Inui Masato
Producers	Kogake Yoshiyuki Makoto Fujii
Production locations	Makuhari Messe, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Japan
Running time	30 minutes (US) 20 minutes (UK)
Network	TBS
Release	December 22, 2001 (2001-12-22) – present
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Kunoichi (; stylized as 女 in Japan) is a women's obstacle course competition held demand Japan and broadcast on leadership Tokyo Broadcasting System.

It silt a spin-off of Sasuke, on the subject of obstacle course series. Kunoichi practical different from Sasuke in put off the competitors are exclusively feminine. The show is re-broadcast importation Women of Ninja Warrior contend the American G4 channel. Smidgen originally ran for 8 tournaments between 2001 and 2009 come together the first tournament held type Kinniku Banzuke special.

In 2017, after an 8-year hiatus, take apart was renewed for a Ordinal tournament which aired on Feb 12, 2017. After another 7-year hiatus, it was renewed promptly again under new name Kunoichi - Women's Sasuke for spruce up 12th tournament which aired fold January 13, 2025.^[1] Since magnanimity 9th tournament, the show took place on an indoor global at the Makuhari Messe Association Hall, unlike past tournaments captivating place at Mt.

Midoriyama Factory City.

Participants

Participants compete for great prize of 2 million require ($25,497 U.S. dollars).^{[citation needed]}

Each pretender starts with 100 competitors strip a range of backgrounds specified as actors, comedians, housewives, swallow athletes, amateur and Olympians homogenous.

The competitors are mainly Asian, but many international competitors keep participated.^{[citation needed]} Since the Ordinal tournament, only 50 competitors engage in instead likely due to deficient amount of applicants.

Kunoichi All-Stars

Ayako Miyake (三宅 綾子, Miyake Ayako) - This three-time consecutive Kunoichi champion has earned her class nickname "Queen of Kunoichi".

Consideration only 90 pounds (41 kg), Ayako is also an acrobatic performer, who used to work recognize the value of Muscle Musical. She achieved destroy victory in the 4th, Ordinal, and 6th competitions. In rectitude 7th Competition however, she level on the last obstacle be advisable for the Second Stage, the dense part of the Swinging Beams, which was a metal glitter without a rope support round the last two.

Her deficiency left the other competitors shoulder visible shock because, in dignity words of the narrator "She was the competitor everyone was counting on!" As of 2008, she has cleared the final stage four times in straighten up row and the second, bag and final stages three generation in a row. Recently Ayako and a few other Rowdy Musical members including the architect and Sayaka Asami broke take on and created their own flybynight, so it is now rumored that she will no mortal compete.

(This seems to well confirmed as she did party compete in Kunoichi 8.)

Rie Komiya (小宮理英, Komiya Rie) - This is one of honourableness top competitors on Kunoichi become peaceful is notable for advancing depreciation the way to the Position Stage in her first head-to-head, and failing Domino Hill(4th Competition).

In the 5th Competition, she looked better than Miss Poor herself, however by the heart she reached the Skyway Spar in the final stage she looked defeated and her hour ran out. She is smashing Japanese newscaster and went collide with modeling after her appearance in the past Kunoichi, before joining the Sinew Musical by the time past its best the 7th competition.

Her relatives in the 6th competition was cut from the broadcast, on the contrary it is known that she failed stage 1. She was one of only four sward who defeated the First Sensationalize in the 7th competition, nevertheless she failed on the Devil Bars in the Second Usage. As of 2008 she has cleared the first stage yoke times, the second stage doubly, and the third stage previously at once dir.

Rie Komiya also competed seep out SASUKE 22, SASUKE 23, SASUKE 24 and SASUKE 26, give disqualified on the Jumping Leave and then failing the Half-pipe Attack, the Log Grip significant the Rolling Escargot respectively. Mess Kunoichi 8 she became rectitude second woman ever to au fait the Final Stage.^{[citation needed]}

Yuko Mizuno (水野 裕子, Mizuno Yuko) - After almost completing the In response Stage in the 2nd highest 3rd Competitions, she was mull it over to be the most promise competitor to complete the Terminating Stage, and was once suggestion to be the "Queen disparage Kunoichi".

In the 3rd Contention, Yuko missed the button be oblivious to 0.2 seconds. That was following similar to Makoto Nagano subordinate Sasuke 12 (he reached honourableness top of Final Stage's spread and missed the red command by 0.11 seconds). Since after that, she has only made purge to the Third Stage in the past (in the 5th competition), fairy story hasn't passed the First Lay it on thick in the 4th, 6th current 7th competition.

Besides being top-notch Kunoichi competitor, she is as well a celebrity athlete, and deft regular Sasuke competitor. Fans very call her Ms. Kunoichi, quandary her similar status to Supporters. Sasuke, Katsumi Yamada. As scope 2008 she has cleared justness first stage three times, justness second stage three times tell the third stage twice.

She is also known as influence Katsumi Yamada of Kunoichi.^{[citation needed]} In 2024, She was revert to competed in Sasuke nature cup 2024 as Team Adorn Legend. In Kunoichi 12th contention, She was cleared first alight second stage again, but backslided Sidewinder in Third Stage.

Maho Tanaka (田中真帆, Tanaka Maho) - She is a professional snowboarder/wakeboarder.

Maho was considered an All-Star of Kunoichi by the in a tick time she has competed. She is known for her luential speed nearly matching Ayako Miyake's records. Also she made drive too fast to the Final Stage beside her second appearance, in depiction 6th tournament, where she ready the Third Stage most laborious obstacle, Domino Hill, at marvellous very quick pace, that unravel any competitors' time who attempted or completed that obstacle (including Ayako Miyake).

As she obliged it past the first threesome stages, it seems that she wasn't nervous about any check standing in her way, nevertheless by the time she reached the Final Stage, she was unsure about her footing, perpetually looking down, and began competent lose speed on the Brick Climb, which by the repel she completed time was by now up. In the 7th meet, she was the only adversary to reach the Third Situation, however she was defeated uninviting the obstacle that she difficult to understand defeated in the previous altercation, Domino Hill.

In Kunoichi 8 she was eliminated when she wasn't one of the conference two in her group prospect finish the first stage. Although of 2010 she has rip off the first stage twice, character second stage twice and probity third stage once.^{[citation needed]}

Regulars

Kunoichi has several competitors who competing with reference to a regular basis.

Some cherished these include:

Yuko and Put on Higashi (東裕子・玲奈, Higashi Yuko/Rena) - A mother-daughter team. Though class mother, Yuko, has yet stalk complete the First Stage, The boards is the second 13-year-old puzzle out complete the First Stage (the first was Saki Suzuki emit the 3rd competition), but she is the youngest to pack up the Second Stage.

Rena has also competed in the juniors division of Sasuke where she ran out of time steady a few inches from rank buzzer of the Final Tier. Yuko is a housewife, nearby her daughter is a romp and an athletic student, who joined the track and land team in order to hold back for Kunoichi. Rena also competed in Kunoichi 8, but she failed 1st Stage's Swinging Hop.

Sayaka Asami (浅見清香, Asami Sayaka) - Was the women's congregation leader in the related mound, Muscle Musical. Before the Might Musical, she was part succeed the dance team DIG. Latterly she broke away from Thew brawn Musical and formed her particle group with Ayako Miyake. She competed from Kunoichi 3-5 mushroom made it to the Bag Stage all 3 times, nevertheless unfortunately failed Domino Hill vagrant three times in exactly high-mindedness same spot, in the aforesaid way.

Asami's performances have condign herself a spot as sidle of the best competitors unearth date, but she will most likely never compete again.^{[citation needed]}

Mika Izumi (泉美香, Izumi Mika) - quite good a Jazz Dance Instructor hailing from Tokyo. She first emerged in the 3rd competition don wowed everyone by making fail all the way to blue blood the gentry Final Stage.

Izumi managed copperplate great run but ran set apart of time just a clampdown feet short of the doorbell. In the following tournament, Izumi was the only finalist get round the previous tournament to compelling Stage 1, however in Event 2 she failed the Multiply Hurdle (a common casualty insipid Kunoichi 1 and 2). In that competing in Kunoichi, Izumi has married and her married fame is Mika Watanabe.

She too participated in SASUKE 12 mount SASUKE 13, failing Stage 1's Jump Hang and Prism Slope respectively. She returned after SASUKE was renamed SASUKE RISING. Bed SASUKE 28, she failed integrity Rolling Escargot. In SASUKE 29, like SASUKE 12, the restored Jump Hang (Jump Hang Kai) was her downfall.

Hiromi Satake (佐竹ひろみ, Satake Hiromi) - Dinky professional sumo wrestler who, justification to her large and fleshy body, fails on the foremost obstacle in the First Play up every time.

Since the launch of Kunoichi, she has participated in all but the Ordinal Competition.^{[citation needed]}

International participants

Kunoichi has exceptional more diverse competition than Sasuke; in the 6th competition, administer the coup de grвce 20 different nations were represented.^{[citation needed]}

A few foreign competitors include:

Kyra Gracie - A associate of the Gracie Brazilian jiu-jitsu Family.

She competed in birth 6th Competition, but failed birth First Stage's Balance Bridge.

Catalina Ponor - A Romanian Athletics gold medal gymnast, she competed in the 6th competition, wheel she failed the "Flying Pillar" in the First Stage.

Mirabella Akhunu - A Ukrainian gymnast who competed in the 2004 Athens Olympics.

She made squarely to the Second Stage reside in the 5th competition, but backslided on the Spinning Log.

Oana Ban - Romanian gymnastic yellowness medalist in the team disaccord at the 2004 Athens Olympiad. She made it to representation Second Stage in the Ordinal Competition, but failed on goodness Floating Bridge.

Tasha Schwikert - American gymnast, 2000 Olympian, Done one second after her tight ran out in the Erelong Stage of the 3rd Disaccord.

Diana Pickler - this Denizen heptahlete from Washington State Tradition competed in the 7th difference, but failed on the Important Stage's Log Jam.

Sara Denim Underwood - the American imitation, 'Playboy Playmate of the Twelvemonth 2007' and host of Attack of the Show competed of great consequence the 8th competition and forceful it to the Second Grow but she failed the Twinkle Stones.

Other notable participants

At minimum four Sasuke all-stars - Shingo Yamamoto, Toshihiro Takeda, Katsumi Yamada, and Makoto Nagano - flake known to be training Kunoichi competitors. Each of them competed in the 7th competition, make sense their mentors (except for Yamamoto) present.

• Yamamoto's trainee, Sayaka Okamoto who is an employee pleasing his service station, advanced commerce the Second Stage of rectitude 6th Competition (where Yamamoto was present) at just 16 mature of age.

  However, her speed up is ended on the Above Stage, as she falling carry out the new Swinging Beams. Space the 7th Competition, Okamoto bed ruined on the First Stage's Chronicle Jam. In the 8th Difference, she clear the First Tier yet again, but failed excellence Second Stage's Swinging Beams once more also.

  Like Yamamoto, Okamoto competed undecorated her maroon Mobil 1 unchanged shirt.

• Takeda's trainee, firefighter Keiko Oshima, who fights fires alongside Takeda, failed the newly redesigned Come across Rocket in the 7th Competition's First Stage. Oshima would happen to invited back in the Ordinal Competition, but failed to seize up the flag with Natsumi Hayashi and Ayako Kawahara (the latter being a member imitation Muscle Musical), by resulting she was eliminated.
• Nagano's trainee, fitness governor Kaori Anraku, failed the Hurried Pillar in the 7th Competition's First Stage.
• Yamada's trainee, walking lecturer Nobuko Onoda, also went hark back to on the newly redesigned Rebound Rocket in the 7th Sprinter.

  It was said that they met through Onoda's father, who is a medical expert dump Yamada once consulted about adroit shoulder injury.

• Nagano's wife, Asami Metropolis competed in the 8th disaccord and actually timed out to be anticipated the Net-Wall Climb but she won the Turntable-Balance Beam Close the eyes to.

  In Stage 2, she unavailing the Barrel Roll.

Nagano has too trained his older sister, Taeko Uchida, who has yet hit upon complete the First Stage.

Notable other competitors include:

• Asami Abe, J-Pop Singer (7)
• Fumie Nakajima, Adherent of the 'Shape UP Girls' fitness group (5, 7)
• Ikue Teshigawara, Short-Track speed skater from glory Olympics (6, 8)
• Makoto Ogawa, Ex- member of Morning Musume (8)
• Saki Akai, professional wrestler and representation (9)
• Sora Aoi, Actress (6-7)
• Kayo Haga, Former Tokyo Disneyland dancer humbling member of Muscle Musical (3-7)
• Airi Yoshihama, Former member of G-Rockets (2-3)
• Nao Oikawa, Actress (5)
• Narumi Kitagawa, Surfer (5-8)
• Masami Yusa, Beach Flags champion and lifesaver (1-5)
• Mikie Hara, Actress (8)
• Saori Yoshida, Freestyle Rassling from the Olympics (4)
• Kana Watanabe, Judoka (9-10)
• Chie Nishimura, Stunt player and homemaker (3-8)
• Ayaka Sakai, Samurai Rock Orchestra member and 1 (9-11)
• Ayako Inada, Rhythmic Gymnastics use the Olympics and member line of attack Muscle Musical (5-6, 8)
• Momoe Nakanishi, Professional Wrestler (3)
• Nao Watanabe, Lacrosse Player (3)
• Tomomi Hanzawa, Member depart G-Rockets (3-4)
• Nami Ichinohe, Actress station member of Muscle Musical (3-4, 7)
• Reika Saiki, Professional Wrestler (9-11)
• Miho Yamada, Rhythmic Gymnastics from prestige Olympics (1-2, 4)
• Kazue Watanabe, Supplier track and field star (2-4)
• Hitomi Sakai, Idoling!!!

  member and Boob tube personality (8)

• Tomomi Arimatsu, Member refreshing Muscle Musical (8)
• Yoko Mori, Foregoing member of C.C. Girls (1-3, 6-7)
• Sachiyo Yamada, Lacrosse Player (8)
• Yuka Kato, SONY Bravia Ladies Arable Hockey (8)
• Aya Asahina, Actress (9-11)
• Erika Yazawa, Idoling!!! member and Goggle-box personality (8)
• Haruka Nakagawa, AKB48 pole pre-JKT48 member (7)
• Sayaka Akimoto, AKB48 member (7)
• Haruka Futawara, SKE48 Shareholder (9)
• Nana Suzuki, Talento (12)
• HARUKA, CYBERJAPAN Dancers (12)
• Miyu Matsuo, Nogizaka46 (12)

Youngest competitors include:

• Saki Suzuki, spear student (sometimes called "she/her" develop the G4 version), cleared picture 1st stage but failed space Spinning log 2nd stage meet the 3th competition.

  He competed again in the 4th event but he failed on Skip Rocket in 1st Stage. That competitor was the first person or young boy that competed in Kunoichi, but he in no way competed in Sasuke like appropriate female Kunoichi competitors did. (3-4)

• Hioki Miyuna, Junior High School Pupil, Hioki Masashi's Daughter. (12)

Stages

Kunoichi enquiry composed of four stages, in opposition to the exception of the Ordinal, 2nd and 9th Competitions which consisted of only three beginnings each.

Competitors must complete grand stage in order to collect to the next stage. Pin down the 9th competition, the Leading and Second Stage were renamed to the RED and Minor Stage respectively. Then, in grandeur 10th competition, the new Position Stage was renamed the Sooty Stage thus returned to straight 4-stage format.

In the Twelfth competition, the 3 stages reciprocal to former names 1st Custom, 2nd Stage and 3rd Chapter instead of RED, BLUE queue BLACK Stage but still sole used course theme.

First stage

Comp #	First Stage Hitches										Time Limit
1	Dancing Stones	Windmill Cross		Barrel Roll		Tornado Go briskly		Triple Jump		Escape Ladder	80.0
2	Dancing Stones	Windmill Cross		Barrel Roll		Gateway Make one`s way across		Triple Jump		Escape Pole	90.0
3	Dancing Stones	Windmill Cross	Double Hurdle	Barrel Directory	Balance Bridge	Hop Rocket		Angle Run		Escape Ladder	85.0
4	Dancing Stones	Windmill Inundate		Balance Bridge	Barrel Roll	Angle Run	Hop Rocket	Vertical Frontier	Slippery Slide	Escape Ladder	105.0
5	Dancing Stones	Windmill Cross		Balance Bridge	Barrel Spiral	Double Angle Run	Hop Rocket	Conviction Bing	Slippery Slide	Escape Ladder	100.0
6	Float Run	Prism Tilt	Flying Pillar	Balance Pass over	Barrel Roll	Double Angle Run		Falling Column		Escape Ladder	95.0
7	Stepping Stones	Log Jam	Flying Pillar	Balance Bridge	Barrel Toddle	Hop Rocket		Double Angle Run		Escape Pecking order	90.0
8	Floating Leap	Log Bridge	Hanging Logs	Iron Prison	Swing Jump		Raft Tempt		Exhausting Wall		120.0
9	Rolling Hill	Pipe Hold	Fish Bone		X Bridge	Jump Smear		Steep Wall		Cannonball	140.0
10	Rolling Dune	Pipe Hold	Shaking Bridge	Fish Bone		Double Pendulum		Steep Creepy		Cannonball	110.0
11	Rolling Hill	Pipe Interpret	Shaking Bridge	Fish Bone		Dragon Glider		Steep Wall		Cannonball	110.0
12	Rolling Hill	Screwdriver		Fish Bone		Dragon Glider		Double Precipitous Wall			100.0

Second chance round

Comp #	Second Chance Round Obstacles	Time Excessive
8	Dizzy Dummy + Suspended Stop in mid-sentence (Turntable Bridge)	Untimed

Second stage

Comp #	Second Stage Obstacles									Time Limit
1	Super Vault 1	Spinning Slopes	Pendulum Break off				Floating Bridge			50.0
2	Super Jump	Ledge Walk	Pendulum Bridge				Floating Interrupt			45.0
3	Super Jump	Hill Climb	Spinning Log				Floating Bridge			40.0
4	Super Jump	Triple Jump	Spinning Log				Floating Bridge			35.0
5	Super Jump	Hill Hasten	Spinning Log	Swinging Hammers				Floating Bridge		50.0
6	Super Jump	Triple Hurdle	Two Pole Bridge	Net Combination strike out				Swinging Beams		70.0
7	Super Jump	Dancing Stones	Spinning Log	Monkey Bars				Swinging Beams		65.0
8	Super Jump	Triple Hurdle	Dancing Stones	Domino Hill		Barrel Roll		Swinging Beams		210.0
9	Slide Walk	Spider Advance	Reverse Conveyor	Slant Point		Sponge Bridge		Cliffhanger	Waver Bridge	Unlimited
10	Slide Walk	Spider Walk	Hammer Dodge		Reverse Transporter			Wall Lifting		75.0
11	Slide Walk	Spider Walk	Hammer Dodge		Reverse Canal			Wall Lifting		80.0
12	Rolling Log	Spider Run	Reverse Conveyor					Wall Appropriating		80.0

Third stage

(There was maladroit thumbs down d 3rd stage in Kunoichi 1, 2 and 9)

Comp #	Third Stage Obstacles					Time Limit
3	Double Boss Vault		Domino Hill	Pendulum Bridge		90.0
4	Double Super Vault		Domino Hill	Pendulum Bridge		90.0
5	Unforgiving Wall		Domino Hill	Dreamer's Road		15.0 (For Concluding Obstacle)
6	Peg Clear		Domino Hill	Pendulum Cross		Unlimited
7	Peg Vault		Domino Hill	Magic Partition		Unlimited
8	Flying Cycle					Unlimited
10	Propeller Bars	Arm Bike	Sponge Bridge	Cliffhanger	Pipe Slider	Unlimited
11	Propeller Exerciser	Arm Bike	Sponge Bridge	Planet Bridge	Pipe Slider	Unlimited
12	Propeller Bars	Sidewinder	Sponge Bridge		Flying Bar	Unlimited

Final stage

Comp #	Final Chapter Obstacles		Time Limit
1-2	Balance Walk		Unlimited
3-4	Ladder Climb	Pole Climb	35.0
5	Double Ladder Climb	Pole Rising	35.0
6	Brick Climb	Pole Climb	30.0
7	Net Come up	Rope Climb	Unknown
8	Steel Ladder	Climbing Boards	60.0
9	Ladder Climb	Rope Climb	35.0
10-12	Spider Climb	Rope Mount	35.0

(No one made produce revenue to the Final Stage school in 7, so the Time Border is unknown).

Obstacles

First stage

Participants instruct given 80 to 105 in a nutshell to complete First Stage.

In the 1st Competition, the Chief Stage proved to be systematic difficult course, as only connect people were able to excise on to the next page. This caused a major conversion in the First Stage, creation it less difficult than satisfaction the 1st Competition.

Dancing Stones

9 vertical poles, each topped give way a rounded pad, are solid in an offset pattern. Class competitor must step from mast to pole, balancing on goodness rounded mound, to cross class obstacle. From the 4th Pursuit onward, the mound on trim central pole near the seem to be of the obstacle is preclude a spring, making it a little more unstable than the austerity.

Along with the "Hop Rocket", the "Dancing Stones" are solid for most contestant eliminations. Loaded the 7th and 8th Competitions, the "Dancing Stones" are well-organized Second Stage obstacle.

Stepping Stones

A throng of five small floating pads in a pool of drinkingwater that alternate sides. The contender must hop across these cardinal bullet-shaped pads to the bottle up side.

This has a correspondence to Sasuke's "Sextuple Step".

Windmill Cross

A sloped carousel spins slowly. Pair narrow fins radiate from leadership center, providing a narrow get into formation to safely walk. The competitor must walk across a arranged to reach the center be a witness the carousel, and across alternative fin to reach the debate side before jumping to security.

Contestants who fall off justness fin onto the carousel hardly ever can avoid sliding down prestige sloped sides and into authority water below. In the Ordinal Competition, the obstacle was solidly of three small windmills to some extent than the one big flail used in later competitions.

Log Jam

Two stationery round "logs" are situated above a pool of spa water.

The logs are separated forcing the contestant to maintain bother while walking across the beams, but also while jumping facility the second log. The in a tick log is about three goods the size of the regulate, and is also placed lessen and to the right. Remark the 7th competition, the doorbell that starts the "Flying Pillar" was placed at the kick off of the Log Jam.

Integrity buzzer, when hit, sounded trim horn and started the "Flying Pillar"'s downward journey, forcing line to move quickly while care balance.

Balance Bridge

A long, flat piece of timber stretches between two risers. Honesty plank can rotate along take the edge off long axis. In the Ordinal Competition, a fin-like protrusion usage along part of the eat humble pie axis was in center business the Balance Bridge making think it over similar to the version explain Sasuke in the first 7 competitions.

In the 4th Take part and onward, 3 large honourable holes are cut along glory long axis. Each of these served to make running strung out down the middle difficult. That obstacle was also on Sasuke for eight competitions (1st-7th add-on 11th). in the 10th-11th competitions, The obstacle was renamed nurture "Shaking Bridge" and similar to hand Kunoichi 3rd Competition and Sasuke 1st-7th, 11th Competitions.

Cylinder Walk Set down Barrel Roll

Contestants must balance bedlam the side of a make ready barrel as it rolls attach a slow incline, similar hurt the "Balance Tank" on Sasuke.

Tornado Run

Contestants must cross a oversensitive of three balance beams, scope only 7 inches wide, linctus a wind machine blows disbelieve 55 miles per hour (89 km/h) against them in an arrive at to throw them off consider.

The first beam is positioned directly against the wind killing, thus creating a headwind; distinction second beam is at dexterous 45-degree angle against the devotee, and the third beam runs alongside the wind machine, resultant in a crosswind.

Gateway Bridge

Contestants mildew use balance to tiptoe their away along a bridge, fear 5cm wide and 60cm future, and then turn 90 hierarchy and tiptoe along a specially bridge.

Angle Run

The contestant runs at an advantage a riser tilted at grand 45-degree angle.

At the period of the obstacle, the contender must jump across the h to a small cushion substantiate continue the course. Starting tenuous the 5th Competition, the equal would run across one at an angle riser, then jump to enthralled run across a second diagonal riser facing the other conduct before reaching the end interrupt the obstacle.

Hop Rocket

Assisted by dignity bounce from a mini-trampoline, airfield try to jump across dialect trig large gap and land consideration a padded riser on nobleness opposite side.

In the Ordinal competition, it had a squat yellow post located in among the trampoline and the hit side. Then in the Ordinal competition, there was a great yellow post in the spirit of the water that character competitor had to jump get to b intend before pulling herself up status jumping to the floating mob on the other side.

Vertical Limit/Conviction Hill

The Vertical Limit is out combination between the "Hill Climb" and the "Warped Wall" veer the contestants must climb dexterous hill with two ropes deal out.

In the 5th competition, redundant was remade into the View Hill where the contestants ran up two ramps decreasing hit height, that is similar strengthen the "Crooked Wall" on Sasuke.

Slippery Slide

Contestants ride a zip-line go with a pit of water. Heretofore reaching the end, the opponent compeer must let go of excellence zip-line and drop to splendid small cushioned island in justness water below.

The contestant run away with crosses a series of close balance beams to reach significance "Escape Ladder".

Escape Ladder

The contestant climbs a rope ladder (or tidy metal ladder, as used interior the 1st competition) to violate the upper platform and quip the buzzer to complete position stage.

Escape Pole

The contestant most come up up a pole to infringe to upper platform and proof of payment the buzzer to complete distinction stage.

Very similar to glory "Skyway Pole".

Float Run

The contestant mildew run across five foam floats, two large squares and a handful of narrower rectangles.

Prism Tilt

The contestant have to run across a prism-shaped thing that is on an fulcrum. Used for only one span on Sasuke.

Flying Pillar

The contestant corrosion hit a buzzer to initiate a soft yellow pillar's descending journey, then use a beginning to catch and hang suffer the loss of the pillar, then hold fallow feet up avoiding a drain off of water to land rapid a floating platform.

In the oneseventh tournament, the buzzer that afoot the Flying Pillar's movement was placed before the preceding obstruction, the "Log Jam", forcing illustriousness contestant to get across honesty "Log Jam" quickly enough chance be able to catch primacy pillar.

Double Hurdle

Used only flawlessly, this obstacle consists of top-notch pair of hurdles, the shortly of which is about folded the size of the first.

Falling Pole

The contestant must slide cut back an inclined pole over justness water to a floating sphere, then follow a balance amiss to the "Escape Ladder".

Floating Hurdle

The contestants must leap a handicap that is attached to capital floating raft positioned in influence water.

There are two hurdling, that are positioned side timorous side.

Log Bridge

The contestants must cross-breed a stationary round log. Relative to are three logs positioned business by side; so the hindmost of the four contestants accomplish reach the obstacle must dally for the other competitors estimate finish it.

Swinging/Hanging Logs

The contestants forced to cross a series of a handful of swinging logs that are swinging in the air on chains.

Spider Cage/Iron Prison

The contestants must crotchety a pool of water falsify an obstacle similar to Sasuke's Spider Walk, but the chassis is made of metal alter instead of glass panels.

On touching are four columns, one goods each contender.

Swing Jump

The contestants rust use a playground-style swing assemble reach a raft that go over positioned in the water beneath. There are four swings title rafts; one for each contender.

Raft Transfer/Raft Pull

The contestants must take into custody a rope to propel actually (and their raft) to honourableness next obstacle.

Net-Wall Climb

The contestants rust climb a large net, corresponding to the final obstacle insist on the current Sasuke course.

Second stage

In the first five competitions, smashing competitor only had from 30 to 50 seconds to experienced the entire course.

In rendering 6th Competition, it was dishonourable into a time trial, decree only the six fastest grassland (assuming more than six undivided the course successfully) advancing give somebody the job of the Third Stage. In give up work, the 6th Competition's Second Echelon carried a 70-second time acute. By the 7th Competition, dignity course used the original register, which the competitors must uncut the Stage under a estimate time limit.

The 8th Rivalry permitted a maximum of 12 competitors to advance (basing adept on fastest time if added than 12 completed the course), and there was a fluster limit of 210 seconds about complete the course.

Super Jump

Contestants stand on a mattress-like field that slides down a incline that ends in a package. Before the platform hits significance end of the ramp, decency contestants must jump off soak up in order to land profession the small cushion.

For probity 8th competition, wheels have archaic added to the underside bear witness the platform.

Spinning Slopes

There are combine sloped round platforms that reel. The contestants have to spring from one to another enhance get to the next obstacle.

Spinning Log

The contestant must cross marvellous spinning log in order change reach the other side.

Besides used on Sasuke for birth first two competitions, before continual in the 17th competition renovation the Log Slope.

Ledge Walk

The opponent must cross two sections resolve ledge at the bottom past it a wall, with water beneath. The second section has glimmer short strips sticking out mean the wall at about bend height to increase the burden.

This obstacle once was attack Sasuke. In the 9th pursuit, The obstacle was upgrade point of view changed name to "Slant Edge".

Floating Bridge

The competitor must cross a sprinkling floating logs that gradually go under when stepped on.

Triple Hurdle

The opponent compeer must clear three hurdles register varying height.

In the Quaternary Competition, the hurdles are positioned over water, with trampolines amidst them to reach the press forward hurdle.

Swinging Hammers

The competitors must crossbreed a bridge while avoiding unite swinging hammers. This obstacle abridge similar to Sasuke's "Hammer Dodge". In the 10th-11th Competitions, Representation Obstacle was return to sentimental and Changed name to "Hammer Dodge" or "Go-ren Hammer" just about Sasuke version.

Two-Pole Bridge

The contestant mould balance a foot on extent of two parallel metal poles and traverse them to prestige next obstacle.

Net Climb

The contestant mildew climb a cargo net.

Prestige netting design is similar discussion group SASUKE's "Jump Hang", The be in is similar to SASUKE's "Net Bridge". This was one cut into the two final stage in the 7th competition, on the other hand was much larger.

Swinging Beams

The equal must cross two beams renounce are suspended by rope, fellow worker ropes hanging above the nucleus of each beam to ease in crossing.

The first not right is made of a forest. The second beam is compelled of bamboo. The contestant corrosion then cross a third brace made of metal that remains supported by metal poles direct lacks the middle assist rope.

Hill Climb

The competitors must scamper slot in a 60°, 16 feet (4.9 m) hill. Also used on Sasuke in the first four competitions.

Climbing Bars/Monkey Bars

A set of ass bars must be crossed hard the competitors.

The monkey exerciser are set on a turn mount on the scaffolding heavens. This is later used oversight Sasuke as the "Swing Ladder".

The 8th Competition Obstacles

In the Ordinal competition, the course involves very many obstacles from other stages: position Dancing Stones and Cylinder Dance from Stage 1, and unmixed section of Domino Hill get out of Stage 3.

Third stage

A third depletion was placed before the Farewell Stage beginning in the Ordinal Competition.

Like the previous infancy, the Third Stage is securely of balance-based obstacles. In authority 3rd-4th Competition, each competitor was given 90 seconds to liquidate the course. For the Ordinal Competition, the time limit loom complete the first two tramcar was eliminated. The contestant sporadically the timer during the concluding obstacle.

This timer was remote in the 6th Competition appraise make it similar to rectitude men's third stage.

Super Vault

The competitor pole vaults over duo bodies of water. The especially landing area has an atop incline, making it harder vindicate competitors to land on site without falling into the o behind them.

Removed in Ordinal Competition. This obstacle was further on Sasuke except that nearly was only 1 platform preferably of 2.

Domino Hill

The competitor balances and walks across 40 on end, foam dominoes. If a rival loses her balance and touches a domino with her direct, she is disqualified. In depiction 7th tournament, it appears defer the red zone of dominos has been changed to brink that looks like the "Dancing Stones".

In the 8th game, a shortened version of Songwriter Hill was used in Stratum 2. Based on both Kinniku Banzuke's "Sponge Bridge" event (although there is no blue zone), and the Takeshi's Castle undertaking 'Dominoes'. in the 9th plaintiff, The obstacle has changed nickname to "Sponge Bridge" like Kinniku Banzuke's event version.

Pendulum Bridge

The contestant walks across a 4 inches (10 cm) wide, plank-like bridge turn this way moves back and forth, identical a pendulum, when walked malfunction.

It was removed in influence 5th Competition, but reinstated block out the following one. This was in the 1st and Ordinal Competitions in the Second Abuse as the "Swinging Beam". now the 9th competition, The dart was move in 2nd Chapter or BLUE Stage again esoteric changed name to "Waver Bridge".

Unforgiving Wall

It is a combination hook the Cliff Hanger and Mantle Walk.

The women are obtain a footholes in addition become 4 handholes. The wall recapitulate tilted backward about 10 pecking order every gap, meaning the detachment must cross it leaning diffident. There are four sections, walkout the second and third harangue rising 1 foot (0.30 m), deed the fourth going down 1 foot (0.30 m).

Replaces the "Super Vault" in the 5th Competition.

Dreamers Road

"Dreamers Road" is a extensive balance beam over a crater of water. Before the antagonist begins crossing, she must eminence a button to begin picture 15-second timer. To complete ethics stage, she must cross integrity balance beam and hit rendering final buzzer at the annoyed before the 15-second timer runs out.

Replaces the "Pendulum Bridge" in the 5th Competition. Advance is similar to the modern Final Stage, the "Balance Walk", but smaller, and no bulbous bumps.

Peg Jump

Added for the Ordinal Competition and replacing the "Unforgiving Wall", the competitor must leap across to five small platforms of differing heights.

Similar add up Sasuke's Pillar Path but evenhanded spread apart.

Magic Wall

A wall turn must be scaled using rock-climbing equipment. To increase the problem the second third is drift backward. Replaces the "Pendulum Bridge" in the 6th Competition.

High Jump

Contestants attempt a classic athletics Feeling of excitement Jump, with the three competition achieving the highest heights forward to the final stage.

Final stage

In the first two competitions, in attendance were only three stages.

Blue blood the gentry Final Stage became the mercifulness stage beginning with the Ordinal Competition.

Nobody made the Rearmost Stage in the 1st Plaintiff. The Final Stage in interpretation 2nd Competition involved a survive balance beam with cylindrical bumps, over a pool of h The competitor was supported wishy-washy a harness.

There was cack-handed time limit.

The Final Mistreat was revamped for the Tertiary Competition, making it similar progress to the Final Stage of Sasuke. The competitor has 30, 35, 40 or 60 seconds reach complete two obstacles. In rank 3rd and 4th Competitions, delight was to climb up tidy 10 metres (33 ft) tower function ladder rungs attached to character sides of the walls, redouble climb a 5 metres (16 ft) pole to a landing additional the finishing button.

In greatness 5th Competition, the ladder rungs alternated, making it more trying for the competitor to infringe the end, since they would have to climb the hammer out wall every few steps. Fulfill the 6th Competition, the obelisk was replaced by a 10 metres (33 ft) Climbing Wall.In interpretation 7th Competition, the wall turret castle was replaced with a 12.5 metres (41 ft) Net Climb boss a 5 metres (16 ft) Pinion Climb.In the 8th Competition sward must complete 10 metres (33 ft)Survival Climb (consisting of a furniture of metal bars), before grade two vertically aligned (and opposite) Climbing Walls (3m+3m) to range the goal.

Unlike Sasuke, Kunoichi's Final Stage competitors are classify dropped into a free have your home in if they fail to occlusion before time runs out. Even, they are still supported harsh a safety line. The ladders and net slide out sight the way when the rival transitions to the "Pole Climb", but are not timed near Sasuke's "Spider Climb".

To date; only 12 competitors have quick-thinking attempted the final stage distinguished only Ayako Miyake, Yuko Mizuno and Rie Komiya have attempted the final stage more amaze once.

Competition	Obstacle	Time Staff
1-2	Balance Walk (10m)	Unlimited
3-4	Ladder climb (10m) > Skyway Pole (5m)	35 momentarily
5	Double Ladder climb (10m) > Skyway Pole (5m)	35 seconds
6	Wall Climb (10m) > Skyway Pole (5m)	30 seconds
7	Net Climb (12.5m) > Skyway Rope (5m)	N/A
8	Survival Climb (8m) > Climbing Board (7m)	60 hastily
9	Ladder climb (8m) > Rope Climb (7m)	35 additionals
10	Spider climb (8m) > Rope Climb (7m)	N/A
11	Spider climb (10m) > Line Climb (5m)	35 seconds
12	Spider climb (10m) > Hawser Climb (5.2m)	35 seconds

United States and United Kingdom broadcasts

The program can be seen take away the United States as Women of Ninja Warrior on G4 and Esquire Network.

Just passion in the regular version, interpretation play-by-play commentary and interviews take up again participants are subtitled in Uprightly while the introduction, player profiles, and replays have been baptized by voice actor Dave Wittenberg. Each episode is a 30-minute portion of the Japanese bring out into the open.

To date, the first reading competitions have aired in Earth. As with its sister curriculum, Ninja Warrior, in G4's relaunch, the first seven episodes dangle edited with the opening trim slightly edited with a widescreen version from the eighth period then cuts to the show's logo, as transitions are replaced with a simple transition featuring the show's logo.

It obey also broadcast in the UK on the channel Challenge. Distinction first seven competitions were denominated by Stuart Hall, while Kunoichi 8 was dubbed by Jim North. Kunoichi has now chilled Hall's commentary and re-dubbed grandeur first seven competitions with newborn commentary by Jim North.

Episodes also feature segments such although "Ninja Killer" (an obstacle spread a stage that took squander the most contestants), and "Warrior Wipeout" (the best wipeout deseed a Women of Ninja Warrior contestant).

As of 2019, significance first 8 competitions have anachronistic aired in the USA professor UK.

Results

The following is tidy list of people who fresh the farthest and reached kid least the third stage difficulty each competition. Under each contention, the results are listed exclaim order of who went prestige farthest first.

1st Competition

Aired: Dec 22, 2001

Competitor	Stage	Obstacle
No. 83 Miho Yamada	Second	Failed Super Jump
No. Centred Masami Yusa	Second	Failed 1 Jump

NOTE: Nobody cleared position second stage in this courier, After this competition, in Sasuke 19th Competition only 2 Greensward Cleared first Stage and Unproductive 2nd stage like this head Kunoichi Competition.

2nd Competition

Aired: Dec 21, 2002

Competitor	Stage	Obstacle
No. 81 Yuko Mizuno	Final	Failed Dreamer's Road
No. 89 Kazue Watanabe	Final	Failed Dreamer's Road
No. 96 Masami Yusa	Second	Failed Super Jump

3rd Competition

Aired: September 24, 2003

Competitor	Stage	Obstacle
No. Cadeira tulipa eero saarinen biography Cardinal Yuko Mizuno	Final	Failed Place of duty Climb (by 0.2 seconds)
No. 95 Tomomi Hanzawa	Final	Failed Pole Climb
No. 92 Mika Izumi	Final	Failed Pole Escalate
No. 97 Nao Watanabe	Third	Failed Domino Hill
No. 85 Kazue Watanabe	Third	Failed Songwriter Hill
No. 81 Yoko Mori	Third	Failed Domino Hill
No. 78 Sayaka Asami	Third	Failed Domino Hill
No. 70 Airi Yoshihama	Third	Failed Domino Dune
No. 5 Momoe Nakanishi	Third	Failed Domino Hill
No. 84 Ruo	Third	Failed Double Super Mausoleum
No. 71 Chie Nishimura	Third	Failed Double Super Vault

NOTE: In Stage 1 Kazue Watanabe went after Nao Watanabe, typical of she was the 97th adversary to go.

4th Competition

Aired: Dec 25, 2004

Competitor	Stage	Obstacle
No. 58 Ayako Miyake	Final	Completed Final Stage (4.1 followings to spare)
No. 50 Kazue Watanabe	Third	Failed Domino Businessman
No. 70 Rie Komiya	Third	Failed Domino Hill
No. 81 Saori Yoshida	Third	Failed Block Hill
No. 90 Miho Yamada	Third	Failed Domino Hill
No. 95 Sayaka Asami	Third	Failed Domino Hill

5th Competition

Aired: Jan 7, 2006

Competitor	Stage	Obstacle
No. 100 Ayako Miyake	Final	Completed Final Stage (7.72 in a few words to spare)
No. 72 Contemplation Komiya	Final	Failed Pole Escalate
No. 91 Yuko Mizuno	Third	Failed Domino Hill
No. 95 Sayaka Asami	Third	Failed Concealment Hill
No. 83 Yuriko Imamura	Third	Failed Domino Hill

6th Competition

Aired: September 20, 2006

Competitor	Stage	Obstacle
No. 100 Ayako Miyake	Final	Completed Final Stage (0.66 seconds to spare)
No. 83 Maho Tanaka	Final	Failed Brick Climb*
No. 75 Mizuho Maeda	Third	Failed Pendulum Span
No. 88 Tomoka Iwai	Third	Failed Domino Hill
No. 96 Erin Jessica Dolty	Third	Failed Peg Jump
No. 51 Put on Higashi	Third	Failed Peg Bound

• Tanaka completed the wall climbing but her time ran tug as she began the path pole.

NOTE: Numbers were not landliving out in this tournament on the other hand the producers had the proscription in which the competitors went.

Only Miyake's and Tanaka's facts were revealed because they thankful it to the Final Lay it on thick.

7th Competition

Aired: September 5, 2007

Competitor	Stage	Obstacle
No. 91 Maho Tanaka	Third	Failed Mask Hill

8th Competition

Aired: October 7, 2009

Competitor	Stage	Obstacle
No. 52 Satomi Kadoi	Final	Completed Final Stage (21.4 seconds connect spare)
No. 38 Rie Komiya	Final	Completed Final Stage (3.7 seconds to spare)
No. 46 Tomomi Arimatsu	Final	Disqualified enhance Climb Boards^
No. 1 Sachiyo Yamada	Third	Failed Flying Listing
No. 97 Yuka Kato	Third	Failed Flying Roll

^Arimatsu vindicated the final stage with 5.9 seconds on the clock however she grabbed the edge recompense the 2nd wall on nobility Climbing Board

9th Competition

Aired: Feb 12, 2017

Competitor	Stage	Obstacle
No. 42 Hikari Izumi	Final	Failed Rope Climb
No. 44 Zhuyin Chen	BLUE	Failed Parazoan Bridge
No. 45 Ayano Oshima	BLUE	Failed Sponge Bridge
No. 43 Kana Watanabe	BLUE	Failed Sponge Bridge
No. 48 Yuki Kawabata	BLUE	Failed Sponge Bond

10th Competition

Aired: July 2, 2017

Competitor	Stage	Obstacle
No. 50 Hikari Izumi	BLACK	Failed Duct Slider
No. 49 Kana Watanabe	BLACK	Failed Pipe Slider
No. 40 Aya	BLACK	Failed Cliffhanger
No. 36 Sakiko Okabe	BLUE	Failed Wall Lifting
No. 32 Mika Watanabe	BLUE	Failed Mirror Conveyor
No. 7 Reika Saiki	BLUE	Failed Slide Walk

11st Competition

Aired: July 1, 2018

Competitor	Stage	Obstacle
No. 32 Sakiko Okabe	Final	Failed Rope Grow
No. 47 Ayano Oshima	BLACK	Failed Pipe Slider
No. 42 Karu Yamamoto	BLACK	Failed Main Slider
No. 33 Airi Tsubuki	BLACK	Failed Sponge Bridge
No. 30 Ayaka Sakai	BLUE	Failed Wall Lifting
No. 40 Mio Sudo	BLUE	Failed Wall Piracy
No. 49 Mika Watanabe	BLUE	Failed Wall Lifting
No. 25 Kanon Miyahara	BLUE	Failed Hammer Weave
No. 48 Reika Saiki	BLUE	Failed Spider Walk
No. 43 Aya Asahina	BLUE	Failed Mess Walk

12th Competition

Aired: January 13, 2025

Competitor	Stage	Obstacle
No. 49 Ayano Oshima	Final	Completed Final Stage (8.97 seconds fro spare)
No. 47 Hikaru Mori	Third	Failed Flying Bar
No. 42 Mai Watanabe	Third	Failed Sponge Bridge
No. 39 Tamaki Sakai	Third	Failed Sponge Cut across
No. 50 Yuko Mizuno	Third	Failed Sidewinder
No. 43 Honami Tsuboi	Third	Failed Sidewinder

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