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Kinniku Banzuke (筋肉番付) is a franchise of weekly Japanese television programs and specials. It is the premier sports entertainment variety show of the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). Kinniku Banzuke is considered a genre-defining Japanese Gameshow, continuing forward after the success of TBS' previous series, Takeshi's Castle. Kinniku Banzuke received widespread international broadcast, and was known as Unbeatable Banzuke in most regions.

The popularity of the displays of amazing physical strength and technique by professional players and luck of general participants drove TV Asahi to move its anime time slot up one hour and caused the cancellation of Heisei Kyouikuiinkai (平成教育委員会) on Fuji TV.

1993-1996: Origin and early format
On December 29th, 1993, TBS broadcast a new television special known as Sportsman No.1 Ketteisen (スポーツマンNo.1決定戦). Sportsman No.1 was conceived by TBS Sports employee Ushio Higuchi. Higuchi had previously worked on the coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics, and received acclaim for his work on the editing and production. In 1993, he pitched the idea of a television program called "The King of Sports", where athletes from various fields would compete in a Pentathlon of skill based events. This program eventually aired as Sportsman No.1, and its first season contained Sprinting, Push-ups, Vaulting, Tug of war, and Obstacle course racing.

Following Sportsman No.1's third broadcast in March 1995, TBS sought to capture the unexpected success of the program and create a weekly program based on the format. On July 8th, 1995, Kinniku Banzuke began airing its pilot season as a weekly broadcast. While the overall format and events was still based on Sportsman No.1, Kinniku Banzuke allowed any member of the general public to compete in public competitions to earn a spot on the main program.

Kinniku Banzuke was a smash hit, and after the pilot season concluded on September 16th, 1995, Kinniku Banzuke was moved to a prime time broadcasting slot, and was expanded from 30 minutes up to 1 hour.

For it's first 3 regular seasons, Kinniku Banzuke continued to follow the formatting of Sportsman No.1, while slowly introducing new competitions, such as Beach Flags and backflips.

1996-2002: Shift to new formats
In May 1996, Kinniku Banzuke introduced two new formats of events that changed the concept of the show permanently.

The first new type of events were "9 Panel" events. In these events, athletes attempt to hit a series of numbered targets using a ball. This format was conceived after Ushio Higuchi witnessed a baseball player who was competing on Sportsman No.1 use a home made set of targets as part of his warm up routine. Two 9 Panel events known as "Struck Out" (Baseball, Pitching) and "Kick Target" (Soccer) debuted as the initial examples. Over time, this was expanded to include Bowling, Basketball, Tennis, Volleyball, Shooting, Batting, Diving, Frisbee.

The second new type of events were "9 Area" events, where competitors must complete a 9 area obstacle. Ushio Higuchi had come up with a concept called "Handstand Jungle", where competitors must complete a series of obstacles while walking entirely on their hands. This event was eventually picked up under the name "Hand Walk". As with 9 Panel events, Hand Walk was a success and led to several dozen other 9 Area events over the course of the series.

In order to maintain longevity on these events, all events on Kinniku Banzuke featured the concept of iterative improvement. Whenever a specific event was beaten by competitors, the show would redesign the event from the ground up to be more difficult, and add a roman numeral to it's name to signify the change. An example of this is "Hand Walk IV".

In 1997, TBS took the 9 Area format farther with the debut of the "Hand Walk Tower", its first special event. Special events on Kinniku Banzuke were named variants of events that featured some unique change. In the case of Hand Walk Tower, competitors were required to clear three increasingly difficult stages in order to win, rather than just one. TBS extended this idea further in September 1997 with the broadcast of Sasuke, a special designed around obstacle courses that utilize speed, strength and stamina. As of 2022, Sasuke is still broadcasting as a standalone program.

Both of these formats became increasingly prominent on Kinniku Banzuke, and by 2000 they were the sole focal point of the show. TBS created a series of late night spinoffs that focused on the personal training and the original competitive events from Sportsman No.1, so that they could focus exclusively on 9 Panel and 9 Area events in the main broadcasts. These spinoffs included Muscle Seiei (筋肉精鋭) (2000-2001), Muscle Angya (筋肉行脚) (2001), Kane the Muscle (ケイン・ザ・マッスル)  (2001-2002) and Tōkon Kinniku (闘魂筋肉) (2002).

Starting in 1997, Kinniku Banzuke began inviting popular celebrities on a recurring basis, and eventually giving them their own segments such as Kane Kosugi's Shaolin Temple training and Akira Oomori's Muay Thai. By 2002, Kane Kosugi had become such a staple of the show, that producer Ushio Higuchi and Kane Kosugi developed a feature length film inspired by his role on Kinniku Banzuke, known as Muscle Heat

In 2001, Kinniku Banzuke introduced two new content segments of note: Kunoichi, a female-only version of Sasuke that focused primarily on balance, and Muscle Musical, a touring stage show featured celebrity athletes. Muscle Musical regularly appeared as documentary segments in Kinniku Banzuke, and the performers would frequently appear in the show.

The use of the program's mascot, Kongou-kun (金剛くん), originally only featured during the broadcast, expanded in 1996 into the program's opening sequence and every game's introduction. Simultaneously in 1999, a brandmark for the program, different from its logotype, was created: the English initials, "MR". However, as of 2000, only the mascot remained, and the "MR" brandmark vanished, having only appeared for that brief time.

2002: "Power Island" incident
On May 5, 2002, three show participants were injured during the filming of a new event entitled "Chikarajima" ("Power Island"), an obstacle course with a temple-like setting stationed outside. Two of the individuals received medical attention immediately following their attempt. Following the suspension of filming, TBS reached out to the other contestants and was informed of a third unreported injury, whom they forwarded to receive a medical assessment. While two of the injuries were minor sprains, one contestant severely injured their cervical vertebrae.

The accidents occurred during the "Rock Attack" and "Rock Valley" areas of the Power Island course. In "Rock Attack", contestants try to catch a giant ball that comes down a 15-degree slope, they must then push the ball back up the slope where a platform leads to the rock valley waterway. In "Rock Valley", they attempt to bridge a gap by traversing on top of the ball, which weighs about 30 kg and has a diameter of 1.8 meters, across the aforementioned waterway 2.5 meters wide and 1.4 meters deep. This obstacle was extremely similar to the obstacle "Odama" featured in two seasons of Sasuke that had aired only months before. "Odama" was subsequently removed from Sasuke and has never reappeared.

Takunori Isa, a 20-year-old junior at Tokai University, fell over 2 meters into the waterway during the "Rock Valley" obstacle. Wei Tao, a 19-year-old Chinese freshman at Kyoto University, was knocked down when he tried to catch the ball in "Rock Attack" and was rolled over by the ball.

The May 4, 2002 episode would prove to be the final episode of Kinniku Banzuke in itss initial form. Show production was officially put on hiatus, and the show was effectively cancelled. The dormant space was filled with a special edition of Count Down TV, CDTV Gold, entitled Za! Gekitou! Daikazoku!! (ザ!激闘!大家族!!). At the time of it's cancellation, Kinniku Banzuke was halfway through it's 27th season.

2002-2005: Rebranding and continuations
Due to the nature of the Power Island incident, TBS was required to pass a formal Health & Safety audit conducted by the government before they could continue broadcasting. In the report published by TBS, it was indicated that several of the twenty-four events they had scheduled to film over the next six months following the incident would have to be scrapped and reworked to meet safety requirements. It was noted that while most 9 Panel events, and events such as Daruma 7 were safe, the 9 Area obstacle courses were the specific area of concern.

3 weeks after the Power Island incident, TBS announced that Kinniku Banzuke would be returning in October 2002, but would rebranded to a new name. While it was never officially confirmed, it was widely believed that this was to distance themselves from negative media attention, as they had recently undergone two other scandals with other television programs in a short time frame.

On October 12th, 2002, TBS began broadcasting it's new season of Kinniku Banzuke, under the name Taiiku Oukoku (体育王国). Lead presenter Ichirou Furutachi reprised his role from Sportsman No.1, Sasuke and Kinniku Banzuke, alongside a team of new cohosts (RIKACO, Toshiki Kashū, Aya Hirayama, Gori, Hiroki Kawata, Masaru Nagai (Season 1-2), Noboru Kaneko (Season 3-4)).

Taiiku World featured a large selection of events returning from Kinniku Banzuke, alongside a handful of new events. Despite the hiatus, Taiiku World continued to bring in viewers, and broadcast for 4 seasons. As with Kinniku Banzuke, Taiiku World had late night spinoffs to suppliment the main broadcasts, starting with Cyborg Damashii (サイボーグ魂) (2002-2003) and Yoru no Taiiku (夜の体育) (2003).

At the conclusion of the fourth season of Taiiku World, Ichirou Furutachi decided to leave his role as lead host for the series. TBS took this opportunity to rebrand the show once again, and on October 15th, 2003 debuted its third incarnation, Ougon Kinniku (Golden Muscle) (黄金筋肉 (ゴールデンマッスル)). This iteration was hosted by frequent Kinniku Banzuke guest Yūko Mizuno, alongide Jay Kabira, Yūko Mizuno and Asami Mizukawa (Season 1-2).

As with Taiiku World, Golden Muscle prominently featured events from Kinniku Banzuke for its first two seasons. Its third season, beginning on April 13th, 2004, featured a significant tonal shift towards martial arts and documentary style programming. On June 29th, 2004, Golden Muscle ended at the conclusion of its third season, which marked the first time in Kinniku Banzuke's history where there was no clear plan for a new broadcast.

On February 15th, 2005, TBS broadcast a new special called Kinniku Oukoku (筋肉王国). This program was the third continuation attempt for Kinniku Banzuke, and featured exclusively events from Sportsman No.1 and previous Kinniku Banzuke installments. It is unknown if Muscle Kingdom had been intended as an ongoing, as only 1 week prior to its broadcast, series producer Ushio Higuchi left TBS to form his own production studio, Monster9.

2005-2008: Monster9 and network changes
Following Ushio Higuchi's department from TBS and the founding of Monster9, Higuchi sought to continue both the Kinniku Banzuke series, as well as its cross-promotion with Muscle Musical. On April 3rd, 2005, the first episode of Umi Kinniku O (海筋肉王) broadcast on Fuji TV. The next day, a special competition called Viking (バイキング) broadcast, also on Fuji TV. These programs featured the same general concepts and events as Kinniku Banzuke and Sasuke previously had, but were stylized with a pirate theme and used to promote Muscle Musical's upcoming stage production, "VIKING".

Despite a midday broadcast time of 1:35pm to 2:00pm, Umi Kinniku O broadcast for eight seasons. During season three, it was renamed Umi Kinniku O: Viking (海筋肉王 〜バイキング〜) as an attempt to unify the two programs, before being renamed to Viking during the fifth season.

In the Fall of 2006, FujiTV began broadcasting a parody of Sasuke called "Saruke" as a segment on the program Chimpan News Channel (チンパン ニュース チャンネル), which aired concurrently with the seventh season of Viking.

At the end of 2006, Ushio Higuchi's Fuji TV contracts were cancelled, wih the CEO stating that he was not running things adequately. The remaining episodes of Viking aired over the following weeks, and the series finale of Saruke was put on hiatus while Fuji TV and Higuchi resolved their separation.

On June 13th, 2007, Supo Kaji (スポ★カジ) broadcast on TV Asahi as the fifth main continuation of the Kinniku Banzuke franchise. Sports Casino was a 6 episode pilot project, aired as a segment of the program S-Quiz (Special Quiz Project すくいず!). Once again, it featured 9 Panel and Athletics events taken from Kinniku Banzuke.

Sports Casino pulled in enough crowd that TV Asahi agreed to promote the project to a prime time spot, and on October 23rd, 2007, Taiiku no Jikan (体育の時間) began broadcasting as a weekly series. Taiiku no Jikan saw the return of brand new 9 Area courses, to round out the events present in Sports Casino. Taiiku no Jikan ran for two seasons, before ending on February 26th, 2008.

During this time, Higuchi had also continued his trend of having late night programs accompany the main series. BODY (2005-2006) and Sasuke Mania (サスケマニア) (2006-2008) existing to suppliment the three remaining Kinniku Banzuke specials that were still independently broadcasting on TBS (Sportsman No.1, Sasuke and Kunoichi). Muscle Channel (マッスルch) (2007) broadcast on BS-TBS, and acted as a behind the scenes program, and promotion for his Kinniku Banzuke theme park "Muscle Park". Muscle World (マッスルワールド) (2008-2009) focused on Muscle Musical and special athletics events, and featured revivals of several Kinniku Banzuke event, such as Super Rider.

2009-2011: Revival Attempts and Bankruptcy
In 2009, Higuchi was offered a contract for a new Kinniku Banzuke continuation back at his original network, TBS. On March 4th, 2009, 3 Minutes (3ミニッツ) began broadcast. This program featured variations of Kinniku Banzuke events in an altered format where every event had a time limit of exactly 3 minutes. The first broadcast of 3 Minutes performed exceedly poorly, and the show was cancelled immediately, despite having additional episodes already filmed.

On January 7th, 2010, the 39th and final broadcast of Sportsman No.1 aired. This episode had edited in segments featuring re-runs of icon performances from past TBS installments of Kinniku Banzuke, as an attempt to drum up hype for another revival attempt.

Before any additional continuations could occur, Monster9 declared bankruptcy in November 2011 and production on all of Higuchi's series was suspended. As part of the bankruptcy process, all of Monster9's assets were forfeit including the obstacles and materials used to produce the previous years worth of television programs.

This left the Kinniku Banzuke series, as well as its related series Sportsman No.1, Sasuke and Kunoichi in limbo.

2012-Present: Reboots
Only one month prior to Monster9's Bankruptcy, TBS began airing a new premier Sports Entertainment show called Honoo no Taiiku Kai TV (炎の体育会TV). Taiiku Kai had originated in 2000 as a series of three Kinniku Banzuke crossover specials, starring talent provided by Johnny & Associates's idol group Johnny's Jr. The core concept was that celebrities would take on the Kinniku Banzuke challenges, and compete against famous athletes. 2011's series revived and continued this concept.

Following Monster9's liquidation, TBS acquired partial rights to several of the origina Kinniku Banzuke events, and began integrating them into the series. Numerous 9 Panel events such a Struck Out and Kick Target returned under their original name. While TBS was initially kept classic events as a segment while focusing on new concepts, by 2017 the original Kinniku Banzuke events had become a prominent staple and appeared in nearly every episode. As of 2022, Taiiku Kai is still broadcasting on a bi-weekly schedule, and still includes events that are modern verions of the original Kinniku Banzuke events.

TBS also revived the spinoff series following Monster9's closure, with Sasuke RISING and Saikyo Sports Danshi Chojo Kessen (最強スポーツ男子頂上決戦) broadcasting as revivals of Sasuke and Sportsman No.1 in 2012, and Kunoichi being revived in 2017. These projects were lead by a former assistant producer on the Kinniku Banzuke series, Masato Inui. Masato Inui was directly involved with event design and production on the original series, and was credited with creating events such as Sasuke.

Meanwhile, Ushio Higuchi created a new studio Gold Eggs (ゴールドエッグス) in December 2011 to continue his business ventures into amusement parks and education. In 2017, Gold Eggs began broadcasting a new series, KuroOvi: The Ultimate Hero (究極のヒーローは誰だ!新スポーツエンターテインメント KuroOvi選手権) via YouTube and Family Gekijo. KuroOvi once again was an attempt by Higuchi to reboot the Kinniku Banzuke franchise. KuroOvi broadcast two events: The Ultimate Hero, a series which was an urban themed sequel to Viking, and 9Hoops, a continuation of the event which has appeared in nearly all iterations of the franchise.

During this time period, Masato Inui was involved in several projects for TBS that acted as special tributes to Kinniku Banzuke. Athlete Thanksgiving Festival (スポーツ大感謝祭フェスティバル) (2007), Genkaichi (2012) and Kyokugen (2011-2017) all featured one-time revivals of 9 Panel events from Kinniku Banzuke. The most notable project was Ai no Battleland (愛のバトランド) (2015), which featured reboots of Neko de Drive, Seesaw 60 and Born Connection from the original Kinniku Banzuke series.

International Adaptations
Saturday at 19:00 JST (Except for TV Yamaguchi. At first, it was not broadcast on TV Kouchi either but started midway in April 2000. At that time, TV Kouchi had a time slot open on Kouchi Sun Sun TV when a Fuji TV drama was moved to a different slot, and thereafter, the network started broadcasting TV Asahi's programs at a different time. In addition, TV Yamaguchi was once a Fuji Network System affiliate and syndicated some Fuji TV programs.)

Courses
Courses that are defeated are then recreated in an attempt to be made more difficult and thus "unbeatable". This is why there are different versions (I, II, III, IV, V) next to some names. Sometimes an obstacle is changed between attempts to conquer this game, so there are letters (A, B) next to the versions. This is most likely done because of the injuries caused by this obstacle. Some of these events have "break zones", where any competitor who reaches that point is allowed to take a 30-second break before they must continue on with the course.

The Series indicates the show this event appeared in shorthand. KB = Kinniku Banzuke, TW = Taiiku World, GM = Golden Muscle. MK = Muscle Kingdom, ME = Muscle Elite, SC = Sports Casino, TJ = Taiiku no Jikan

Events that have been confirmed by Ushio Higuchi or TBS as being scrapped or unaired are marked as "PH", short for Phantom, the official designation given by TBS. Phantom events that acted as prototypes for other events will have their version marked as 0.

Events Debuted in Sportsman No.1
This list contains only events from Sportsman No.1 that also appeared on Kinniku Banzuke.

Banzai 90
A six-person team has 90 seconds to launch one of their own onto each of four padded logs hanging several feet above the floor. When all four logs are taken, they must hold their position for 10 more seconds. The logs are of varying heights: Red – 11 ft 4 in, yellow – 10 ft 7 in, green – 10 ft 1 in, and blue – 9 ft 1 in. This challenge had 4 victories.

Daruma
A 'daruma' sits atop a stack of 7 blocks. Competitors use a sledgehammer to knock out each block from the bottom up without letting the 'daruma' (or any other section) fall off. This challenge has had 4 victories, 2 in a modified version below. One of these victories was Yakult Swallows superstar catcher Atsuya Furuta.
 * Super Daruma – Modified version of Daruma 7 which has 9 blocks to knock out instead of 7.
 * Daruma 7 Ace – Modified version of Daruma 7 which the blocks start out small and get larger. This version of the challenge has 2 victories. The 2nd victory was only aired in Japan.

Muscle Gym
Two competitors have to do as many sit-ups, back extensions, and push-ups as they can in 3 minutes. This challenge was played four times; by design, there was a victory each time it was played.

Quick Muscle
Two competitors have to do as many push-ups as they can in 3 minutes. The one who does more at the end of 3 minutes is declared the champion. Any time a competitor uses improper form, the penalty light goes on, deactivating that competitor's counter for 10 seconds. By design, there is a victory each time the challenge is played; all five wins were achieved by the same competitor. In one of them, a contender bit his lips hard enough to bleed, marking the first time to show blood in that show.

Seesaw 60
Two people stand atop a giant seesaw. They have 60 seconds to move a 10 kg barrel from one side to the other without letting either end of the seesaw touch the floor. A third person gets to call out advice to the other two people. This challenge has had 1 victory.

Trampoline

 * Trampoline – Competitors must bounce off of trampolines onto stacks of foam blocks. This competition has three stages, and all competitors who complete the first stage are held until all competitors attempt the stage. Afterwards, all successful competitors attempt the second stage in the same manner.

Untouchable
Four contestants face off, two at a time, 1-on-1 in a caged wrestling competition, with 3 batons each strapped to their bodies, on their back and each leg. The competitors must remove 2 out of 3 batons off of the other to win a match. After a baton is removed, competition ceases temporarily as the baton is placed in a box. The first person to win 2 matches is placed on the Banzuke. This challenge has had 1 victory.

Amazing Road
Competitors must cross a 15-metre-long suspended beam while avoiding six turnstiles fitted with padded bars that can knock them off. This was the Final new event that aired in the US version.

Athletic Love
See: Neko de Drive

Bamboo Derby
Obstacle course where competitors walk on stilts. Between IIA and IIB, Snow Mountain was the first mountain obstacle but due to its punishing difficulty, it was replaced by the easier Green Mountain. This challenge has had 2 victories. In the first Bamboo derby, a competitor cleared the event, but due to him skipping a stepping stone, he was disqualified.

Extra Kendama
Competitors play with a life-size kendama. They have 60 seconds to swing the ball onto the large cup, then onto the small cup, and finally onto the central spike without dropping the kendama.

Giant Ball
Obstacle course where competitors stay atop a 5-foot-wide ball without ever falling off or even straying from the course. If a 5-foot-wide ball gets stuck in pothole, contestants will need to escape within the 10-second limit.

Hand Walk
Obstacle course where competitors walk on their hands. This course has a break zone. Between IIIA and IIIB, the Conveyor Belt was changed to Bamboo Bridge. As for IIa and IIb, the Rolling Hills were changed to the Hills and Stairs. This challenge has had 4 victories. The competitor that defeated Hand Walk III was aired only in Japan, but it remains unknown. The fourth version only aired in Japan.

Kangaroo
Obstacle course where competitors use a pogo stick. This course has a break zone.

Like a Pierrot
Obstacle course where competitors ride a unicycle. This event has had 8 victories, the most of any challenge.

Nakama
Two people run through an obstacle course while tethered together. They have 70 seconds to reach the end.

Neko de Drive (Athletic Love)
Neko de Drive: Obstacle course involving a man transporting a woman on a wheelbarrow that looks like a cat (a "neko (cat) cart"). The contestants have 60 seconds to complete the first four obstacles and reach the break zone. After that, the time is unlimited. This is the second course to undergo a numerical upgrade change without a victor.

Athletic Love: Two people of a couple stand at either end of a bridge-like construct. They have 60 seconds to reach the center without falling off or using their hands. This challenge has had three victories. The third victory aired only in Japan.

Ottoto 9
Obstacle course where competitors balance a metal pole on two fingers (hands in US Version). This obstacle is similar to Steady Voyage in Viking, The Ultimate Obstacle Course. Letting your pole fall or touch any metal obstacle results in failure. This course has a break zone. This challenge has had 1 victory.

Skeboarder
Obstacle course where competitors ride a skateboard. This course has a break zone, where competitors only have to take a short break. This challenge has had 1 victory. Second version was only aired in Japan.

Spider Walk
Competitors must climb through a 79-meter-long set of parallel walls, using their arms and legs to move forward without touching the ground. This course would later become the inspiration for the "Spider Walk" and "Jumping Spider" obstacles in Sasuke. This challenge has had 2 victories.

Sponge Bridge
Competitors have to walk atop three rows of giant foam blocks, each harder than the last. This was based on the Takeshi's Castle game 'Dominoes', and has also been used as 'Domino Hill' in stage 3 of KUNOICHI. This course is the first to be updated to a new edition and advance numerically without being defeated first. This challenge has had 2 victories. Sponge Bridge III was the final event ever aired in the US Version.

Super Rider
Obstacle course where competitors ride a bicycle (mountain bike trials). This challenge has had 6 victories. Two more courses were made and filmed, but never aired except in Japan (there are clips from the competition in the international versions). Keigo Arizono's Super Rider III victory was the final victory aired in the US Version.

The Banzuke (The List of Champions) (Grouped by Course)

 * Athletic Love — Atsushi & Michiko Hirata - 49s, Naomi & Tatsuya Gunzi - 59s
 * Bamboo Derby I — Hiroshi Kobayashi - 1:11
 * Bamboo Derby II — Hiroshi Takahashi - 1:01
 * Banzai 90 — Acrobatics Team - 45.79s left, Arm Wrestling Team - 36.53s left, Break Monkeys and Cheerleaders - 20.66s left, Nippon Sports Science University - 11.59s left
 * Daruma 7 — Atsuya Furuta, Yoichi Fukaya, Yoshimitsu Nishiumi
 * Daruma 7 Ace -- Kazunori Harayama
 * Hand Walk I — Aizu Nie - 2:11, Yukio Iketani - 54s
 * Hand Walk II — Yuki Takahashi - 1:15,
 * Like a Pierrot I — Fuyuki Tsuchiya - 1:45, Yuichi Ono - 1:18
 * Like a Pierrot II — Natsuki Hata - 50s, Daiki Izumida - 47s, Yuichiro Kato - 30s
 * Like a Pierrot III — Yuichiro Kato - 3:03
 * Like a Pierrot IV — Yoshiaki Handa - 2:41
 * Like a Pierrot V — Yoshiaki Handa - 2:21
 * Muscle Gym — Jaguar Yokota - 126, Jimon Terakado - 159, Yasuei Yakushiji - 141, Shigeyuki Nakamura - 124
 * Neko de Drive III — Toyohisa Ijima & Miho Nishimura, Gori & Rikako Murayama
 * Ottoto 9 — Tomoteru Fukuda - 4:52
 * Quick Muscle — Kohei Asano (5 times)
 * Seesaw 60 — Hiroyasu Matsukawa, Mitsuyoshi Tanaka, & Yuji Iwana Boxing team - 11s left
 * Skeboarder — Kentaro Tanaka - 2:02
 * Spider Walk — Shinobu Sekiya - 1:06, Kiyohara Yagi - 1:00
 * Sponge Bridge — Makoto Tsuji - 31s, Shuichi Shirotori - 19s
 * Super Helico — Yuji Kamiya - 4:31
 * Super Rider I — Isamu Hasenaka - 1:30
 * Super Rider II — Jaromír Spěšný - 4:18
 * Super Rider III — Keigo Arizono - 4:06
 * Super Rider IV — Ot Pi Isern - 4:41
 * Super Rider V — Keigo Arizono
 * Untouchable — Yasutoshi Kujirai

Courses' obstacles

 * Amazing Road -
 * First Turnstiles
 * Second Turnstiles
 * Third Turnstiles


 * Banzai 90 - 4 Sandbags suspended in air
 * Banzai 90 "2" - 4 Sandbags suspended in air
 * Green and Yellow bags on a Seesaw
 * Red log swings back and Forth
 * Blue log bounces up and down
 * Daruma 7 -
 * 7 blocks
 * Super Daruma -
 * 9 blocks
 * Daruma 7 Ace -
 * 7 blocks smallest at the bottom, getting larger at the top. The final block is the same original size.
 * Extra Kendama -
 * Large Cup
 * Small Cup
 * Spike
 * Giant Ball -
 * Downward Slope
 * Pothole Zone
 * Sloping Right Turn
 * Uphill Slope
 * Final Bridge

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 * Kangaroo -
 * The Steps
 * Zig-Zag Path
 * Mushrooms
 * Bushes
 * Narrow Bridge
 * Checkerboard
 * Falling Stones
 * Neon Grid
 * Broken Bridge
 * Muscle Gym
 * Sit-Ups
 * Back Lifts
 * Push-Ups
 * Neko De Drive
 * Banana Turn
 * Watermelon Ramp
 * Donut Loop
 * Mouse Trap
 * Book Steps
 * Broken Piano
 * Slanted Path
 * Zig-Zag Wall
 * Fish Ribs
 * Nakama
 * Twin Balance Bridge
 * Bob & Weave
 * Wiggle Bridge
 * Rolling Poles
 * Triple Step
 * Curved Mountain
 * Curved Valley
 * Curved Jump
 * Monkey Bars
 * Ottoto 9
 * Right Hand Curve
 * The Stairs
 * Crossbars
 * Cross Hammers
 * Narrowing Stairs
 * Narrow Bridge
 * Propeller
 * Five Valleys
 * S-Curve

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 * Strong Mama
 * Sliding Bag
 * Mattress Beater
 * Cart Dash
 * Narrow Bridge
 * Bike Express
 * Rolling Panic
 * Air Walk
 * Big Wheel
 * Wedding Cake
 * Super Helico
 * Slalom
 * Tower
 * Debris Tunnels
 * Cage
 * Cave
 * Fans
 * Crazy Eight
 * Slider
 * Landing Pad
 * Spider Walk
 * Straightaway
 * Widening Corridor
 * 90-Curve
 * Ascending Corridor
 * Descending Corridor
 * Crossbar
 * S-Curve
 * Skeboarder
 * Ollie Step
 * Rampage
 * Tube
 * Handrail
 * Narrow Slopes
 * Stairs
 * Double Halfpipe
 * Big Canyon
 * Jump Ramp
 * Sponge Bridge
 * Green Zone
 * Yellow Zone
 * Red Zone
 * Sponge Bridge 2
 * Green Zone
 * Yellow Zone
 * Red Zone
 * Sponge Bridge 3
 * Green Zone
 * Yellow Zone
 * Red Zone

United States
This show can be seen on America's G4 network, under the name Unbeatable Banzuke with Rome Kanda from I Survived a Japanese Game Show (aka Kei Kato) as the host. It airs in half-hour episodes, two or three games per episode, in its original Japanese language and partial original broadcast also with English subtitles. The player profiles, rules, and replays, however, are narrated by voice actor Dave Wittenberg, who also narrates Ninja Warrior. Upon the network's relaunch, the preview segment before the opening sequence has been removed.

Canada
Same as the American version. It is presented on the Canadian version of G4 called G4 Canada.

Czech Republic
Under the title "Bezkonkurenční Banzuke". Just like in Hungary, the show commenced broadcast in Czech Republic on November 27, 2010, until 2013 on Animax, but the show was completely dubbed to Czech.

Australia
The Australian version is presented on SBS Two. It is currently broadcast every weekday at 6 p.m., and has been since the relaunch of SBS2. Previously, it was not shown very often but was still broadcast every now and again.

Ukraine
In Ukraine Kinniku Banzuke is named "Базука" (pronounced as "Bazooka") and broadcast by the Mega channel.

United Kingdom
Under the title Unbeatable Banzuke, the show commenced transmission in the UK on October 6, 2008, on Challenge. It is similar to the US broadcast in length, language and partial original broadcast, but unlike the American version has no subtitles. Brian Blessed is the host and voice-over as costumed character Banzuke Brian (who is meant to be the creator of the challenges) over the whole show, including replays, profiles and course attempts. The show also reran on Channel One until its closure in 2011.

Finland
In Finland the show is called Banzuke and it is broadcast on Jim. The show airs on Friday and Saturday nights at 11 pm with two episodes sequentially. The version is same as the American, but with Finnish subtitles.

Hungary
Under the title Verhetetlen Banzuke, the show commenced broadcast in Hungary on November 27, 2010, on Animax. The show is completely dubbed to Hungarian.

Estonia
In Estonia the show is called Lyömättömään Banzuke and it is broadcast on TV3. The show airs on Weeknights at 9 pm with two episodes sequentially. The version is the same as the other international versions, but with Estonian.

Lithuania
In Lithuania the show is called Nenugalimas Banzukė and it is broadcast on TV6. The show airs weekdays at 2 pm with two episodes sequentially. The version is the same as the other international versions, but with Lithuanian.

Sweden
In Sweden the show is called Oslagbar Banzuke and it is broadcast on TV4. The show airs on weekdays at 1 pm with two episodes sequentially. The version is the same as the other international versions, but with Swedish.

France
In France the show is called Imbattable Banzuke and it is broadcast on TF1. The show airs on weekdays at 9 am with two episodes sequentially. The version is the same as the Australian version, but with French.

Spain
In Spain the show is called Unbeatable Banzuke and is broadcast by La Siete (owned by Telecinco). The host is the same as in the USA version. The show is completely dubbed into Spanish.

South Africa
Broadcast as Unbeatable Banzuke on Animax (as of 2010 at least). Since broadcast on Sony Max under the same name.

Portugal
In Portugal the show is called Todos ao Molho and it was first broadcast on SIC K and later on SIC Radical. The version is the same as the other international versions, but with Portuguese commentary.

Bosnia and Herzegovina
In Bosnia and Herzegovina Kinniku Banzuke is named Nepobjedive banzuke and broadcast on Program plus (Alternativna TV and Hayat TV).

Germany
In Germany the show is called Unschlagbare Banzuke and it is broadcast on RTL II. The show airs on Weeknights at 7 pm with two episodes sequentially. The version is the same as the other international versions, but with German.

Italy
In Italy the show can be seen on GXT. The show airs weekdays at 5 pm with two episodes sequentially. The version is the same as the other international versions, but with Italian.

Netherlands
In the Netherlands the show is called Onklopbare Banzuke and it is broadcast on RTL 4. The show airs weekdays at 12:30 pm with three episodes sequentially. The version is the same as the other international versions, but with Dutch.

Serbia
Broadcast by B92 after the end of Ninja Warrior. Voiced-over by voicers from Ninja Warrior.

Russia
In Russia the show is called Непобедимый Банзуке and it is broadcast on Channel One with host Maxim Galkin. The show airs on Weeknights at 10 pm with two episodes sequentially. The version is the same as the other international versions, but with Russian.

Croatia
In Croatia the show is called Nepobjediv Banzuke and it is broadcast on RTL Televizija. The show airs on weekdays at 12 pm with two episodes sequentially. The version is the same as the other international versions, but with Croatian.

India
In India Kinniku Banzuke is named Unbeatable Banzuke and broadcast on Pogo TV.

Venezuela
In Venezuela the show is called Inmejorable Banzuke and it is broadcast on Venevisión. The show airs Friday and Saturday nights at 7 pm with two episodes sequentially. The version is same as the American, but with Spanish subtitles.

Malaysia
In Malaysia, Kinniku Banzuke is named Unbeatable Banzuke and broadcast on TV3, starting 5 June 2011 every Sunday.

Episodes G4
* If the letters are gold, that means the challenge was defeated.

International Adaptations
In the UK, Channel 5 made their own version of this show called Under Pressure, which broadcast for 10 episodes in 2001. It featured many similar events, namely Hand Walk, Super Rider, Neko de Drive and Sponge Bridge. Games like Kick Target were separate segments normally attempted by athletes at various training facilities. For pictures of this version, check: UKgameshows

In Germany, Sat.1 made their own version of the show called Champions Day. It was similar in style to Under Pressure and again featured many similar events. It lasted four specials, broadcast through 2001. For pictures of this version, check: Here

In Hong Kong, broadcast for fourteen seasons between 2005 and 2008. This format mixed footage of the original series, with modern recordings of the Hong Kong hosts attempting recreations of obstacles.

In Korea, broadcast for two season between 2006 and 2007, featured recreations of the Pair Viking event from Viking.

In Thailand, Unbeatable Banzuke Thailand broadcast for two season between 2013 and 2014. This series featured modern recreations of Quick Muscle, Ottoto 9, Neko de Drive, Bambo Derby and Banzai 90.

Worldwide
Unbeatable Banzuke is also broadcast in other countries around the world: