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According to Sankei Biz, Monster 9, the production company who created and produces (or in some cases produced) SASUKE, the Muscle Musical, KUNOICHI, Sportsman No. 1, Kinniku Banzuke and VIKING applied for bankruptcy on the 11th of this month. The company is 35億6600万円 (3,566,000,000 yen) in debt. The debt is split between Monster 9 (18億600万円) and Digital 9 (17億6000万円). Some of the articles note

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Tonight! It's been a while but it's SASUKE 2011秋 or SASUKE 27 for those of you who like it that way! While the title of tonight's show is SASUKE 2011 Fall, the show was taped way back in July of this year. The 18th to be exact. At the time Japan was still reeling (and still is in many ways) from the effects of the Tohoku disaster. On the 17th of that month Nadeshiko Japan, Japan's national

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An ongoing process 1. 菅野仁志 Hitoshi Kanno 2nd Stage Double Salmon Ladder (Retire) 2. 山内悠誠 Shusei Yamauchi (Beach Soccer Player) 1st Stage Unknown (1st Digest) 6. 守上大輔 Daisuke Morikami (Muscle Musical/Pro MTB Rider) 2nd Stage Metal Spin 7. 原恭平 Kyouhei Hara (Bedding Cleaning Service Worker) 1st Stage Giant Swing 11. 橋本大地 Daichi Hashimoto (Zero1 Wrestler) 1st Stage Step Slider 13. 鳥澤克秀 Katsuhide

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The next SASUKE is on October 3rd, which is an unfortunate date in terms of getting information since most of the TV magazines start at the beginning of the month. But there is some information out there. The TBS website has  SASUKE2011秋ナビ on October 2nd from 16:00 to 16:54 JST. This is only for the Kanto area. Other areas get nothing. For some reason, some other sites have SASUKE2011秋ナビ listed

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Via大変お待たせいたしました！SASUKE　第27回大会【SASUKE2011 秋】の放送日が決定いたしました。2011年10月3日（月）　19時00分～22時48分　ＴＢＳ系列事前放送の情報は決まり次第こちらにて告知いたします。 お楽しみに！！！Or in other words October 3rd, 19:00 to 22:48 JST on TBS.

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SASUKE予選会への出場連絡、キターッ󾌲󾮔この日の為に、過酷なトレーニングを積んできたので努力が報われたょ󾌰予選が7/16で、本選が7/18なので、予選を通過する為、更に精進していきます󾍃󾮓

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Via the SASUKE Maniacs board (and user andy810625):SASUKE All-Stars Official facebook page open!"SASUKE All-Stars Official facebook pages have released! We will publish videos, images, and news which seen only there in addition to messages from All-Stars. We'd like to exchange by using official facebook pages with everybody who loves SASUKE."There is no one page for the All-Stars. Each has his

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Full text (Japanese) via the SASUKEmania site. SASUKEファンの皆さん、大変お待たせいたしました。 【SASUKE第27回大会】の開催が決定しました。 本選　2011年7月予定 予選　2011年6月予定 たくさんのご応募お待ちしております。 どしどしご応募ください！ 【SASUKE出場選手募集】 氏名・年齢・職業・連絡先・住所・スポーツ歴・出場への意気込みをご記入のうえ 「写真」もしくは「VTR」などを必ず同封して下記あて先までお送りください。 　〒107-0061 　東京都港区北青山3－11－7　Ao 13F 　(株)モンスター・ナイン 　「SASUKE」出場者募集係まで ※書類審査・オーデション・予選会などがあります。 ※書類審査通過の方へのみご

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Just got back from New Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestling Dontaku 2011 in Fukuoka. Quick and dirty results. Nakanishi/Honma/Takahashi d. Jado/Gedo/Killer Rabbit Taichi/Taka Michinoku d. Tiger Mask/Kushida Yano/Ishii/Iizuka d. Fale/Tenzan/Inoue Jushin Liger d. Mascara Dorado to retain the CMLL middleweight title. Taguchi/Devitt d. Romero/Richards to retain the IWGP Jnr. Tag Titles Anderson/

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Edit: For some reason, the Variety article is gone. What is below was the article in full though. Arsenette also found a Tokyograph translation of the Manichi article as well as an Entertainment Weekly article: G4′s cult favorite American Ninja Warrior is getting a huge platform boost thanks to NBC. The broadcast network will air a two-part season finale of the extreme obstacle course

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Maybe if the AC people had put this out people wouldn't be so darn cranky when they see their commercials. Via.

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PRAY FOR EAST is a charity movement from the various cities in Yamaguchi Prefecture. In some cities there are calls for donations and in others they are having charity events to raise money. Ube 宇部 Sanyo-Onoda 山陽小野田 Shimonoseki 下関 Nagato 長門 Tabuse 田布施

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TV: NHK World NHK World on Ustream NHK World on Niconico NHK (Japanese) NHK on Niconico TBS (JNN) on Ustream TBS (JNN) on Youtube Yokoso News (All of the above links are live streams) TV Asahi News Network on Youtube (Not live but they put up updates at intervals) Websites: AJW by the Asahi Shimbun on facebook The Japan Times Online The Stars and Stripes Google Government Quake Information

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Some information about my part of Japan: The quakes didn't reach this area so things seem to be proceeding like normal. However, people living near the Seto Inland Sea and the Japan Sea are still under a tsunami advisory. Ube got 30 centimeter waves. Shimonoseki seemed to have gotten the highest waves. Flights between Yamaguchi-Ube Airport and Haneda Airport resumed as scheduled from this

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Via NHK: 142 confirmed dead in the quakeOne-hundred-and-forty-two people are confirmed dead and more than 500 are missing across several prefectures hit by Friday’s earthquake. The scope of the devastation is not clear. Police say 200 to 300 unidentified bodies have been found in Miyagi Prefecture. They say victims may have been hit by a tsunami. At least 57 people are dead in Iwate Prefecture

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From the NHK World News flash: The estimated magnitude of the massive earthquake that struck northeastern Japan on Friday has been revised upward to 8.8, generating tsunami that hit wide areas of the Pacific coast.  The quakes reportedly caused many injuries and fires.  The Meteorological Agency says the initial quake struck at 2:46 PM on Friday, off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture.  Major

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This is sad (via NHK): Local authorities in southwestern Japan are culling hundreds of birds at a park after bird flu was detected in a black swan there. Ube City in Yamaguchi Prefecture decided to destroy 400 mute swans, black swans and ducks that had been kept on a lake in Tokiwa Park when the H5 strain of the bird flu virus was detected. City officials began work to kill the birds on

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Workers in Tokiwa Park put up a warning sign (via Ube Nippo) Video from KRY On the 6th of this month, a dying duck was found in Tokiwa Park, one of Ube City's main attractions.  Preliminary tests have been made and although the bird has tested for the Influenza A virus, it is unknown whether or not the bird died from the H5N1 virus that has hit Miyazaki prefecture. The bird has been sent to

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Article. The long and short of it: SASUKE is another victim in a series of cuts by TBS that includes other longtime shows such as Tokyo Friend Park and Kinpachi Sensei. (I thought TBS was canceling Mito Komon too but I guess not). Plus, the annual K-1 New Year's Eve event Dynamite!! is probably over as well. TBS, which has been lagging behind the other networks for years, is probably realizing

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The Rice Bowl is the annual game between the winners of the Koshien Bowl (甲子園ボウル) and the Japan X Bowl (ジャパンＸボウル). The Koshien Bowl determines the national collegiate champion and the Japan X Bowl is for the X League championship. The Rice Bowl, then, is a kind of plus one to determine the best team in Japanese football for 2010. You'd think that the corporate teams (i.e. the X League and it's

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1. Takayuki Nishida 西田隆維 1st Stage Step Slider 3. Shobun Setsu 薛翔文 1st Stage Failed Rolling Escargot 4. Tomohiro Satou 佐藤友弘 1st Stage Failed Step Slider 5. Kazutaka Miyazawa 宮澤和隆 1st Stage Failed Hazard Swing 7. Katsuhide Torisawa 鳥澤克秀 1st Stage Failed Step Slider 8. Shinya Kishimoto 岸本真弥 1st Stage Failed Rolling Escargot 9. Carlos カルロス 1st Stage Failed Rolling Escargot 12. Hiroaki Hioki 日沖裕晶

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SASUKE 2011! At the last SASUKE Yuuji Urushihara was all like "Dude, I got a new car!" And the All-Stars were all like "Dude, we totally got schooled by those kids." What will...wait, what? There was a SASUKE between last January and now? I don't remember...oh. That's weird, I don't remember that one at all. Let's start again... SASUKE 2011! At the last SASUKE..stuff..umm..happened. No one got

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NOTE: Towards the end of this blog post there are some 1st Stage results from Navi. Will they be shown on the regular broadcast? Who knows? But if you really don't want any results until the 2nd, don't scroll all the way down. They showed the new obstacles. The list (taken from various sources) will go something like this: ステップスライダー Step Slider ハザードスイング Hazard Swing ローリングエスカルゴ Rolling Escargot

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On tonight's episode of EXILE魂 we got a peek of EXILE member NAOTO at SASUKE 2011. Towards the end of the show, they have guest テリー伊藤 (Terry Itou) who is a producer/talent/whathaveyou. One of the main themes of EXILE魂 is that the members undertake different sorts of "challenges" such as surfboard graphic design and Samoan fire knife dancing. Terry's challenge is, if you haven't guessed,

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Click on the thumbnails for a larger view TV Japan:    The Television (ザ・テレビジョン) TV Pia (TVぴあ)

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The 26th SASUKE, titled SASUKE 2011 by TBS will be airing on January 2nd, 2011 on TBS, 9:00 to 11:39 PM, JST. The TV magazines with the New Years schedules have just come out today so lots of information. Aside from the airing date we now know that EXILE's NAOTO will be appearing. So will Daisuke Miyazki, Katsumi Yamada, a member of comedy duo サバンナ, a member of comedy duo モンスターエンジン, Yoshio

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Look, it's that DaiGo guy.

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click to enlarge More information here.

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Note: I will keep this post on top for the time being News is coming in slowly but we have over two months. Can you find all 100 Pokemon competitors before then? So far... October 21st added one name December 11th, belatedly added two names December 13th, added names from the latest TVガイド December 16th, added four more names (Eiko Kanno, Shobun Setsu, Yuuji Urushihara and Yoshiyuki Okuyama)

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The taping was today and people were tweeting from Midoriyama 緑山 at times. One notable tweet from http://twitter.com/GIBBON_JAPAN says the following: Looks like we'll have to wait two and a half months or so.. And just to confirm the idea of SASUKE 2011: http://ameblo.jp/pusherhiroaki/day-20101019.html

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Haven't liveblogged anything in ages so let's give Fuji Television's new variety show G Wars a try. The basic concept is that teams of comedians will battle each other...for PRIDE! Or perhaps cash prizes. I don't really know. I think the show will have theme teams such as young comedians versus veterans, talent agency versus talent agency and so on. Your MC is Kouji Imada 今田耕司 and he is assisted

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http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/robthomas722/42342447.html Let's see...Many big guests coming? Could be the American Ninja Warrior people. Or someone else? Let the speculation run rampant. Actually,  I think that for him to say big guests probably means that lots of celebrities coming in. The ANW people are important to the world of SASUKE but in the world of Japanese entertainment they are blip on

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I would post something new for Kane Kosugi's birthday but I sort of just took it easy today (and during 体育の日!) so here are some some links for you: Kane's "Silent Storm" Kane is the "image character" for Spalding Japan (non-pro athlete division) The aborted Kane Kosugi week from two years ago Thanks to youtube user vatoubarzing, the final fight from Coweb:

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Attention JOSF members! The race scheduled for October 17th has been moved to October 24th because there was a sudden need of the lot. 10月17日(日)開催の緑山10月定期戦は緑山スタジオにおいて急遽大規模な撮影がおこなわれる事になり日程を変更し10月24日(日)に開催いたします。 http://www.josf.gr.jp/2010/10/10_1.php

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Well, that's weird. Apparently simple ol'  http://sasukemania.com/ is now the more complicated http://digital9.3zoku.com/sasukemania.com/ as of tonight. The main thing to note, though, is that the link for the address for people to send in their applications is now gone. *Cue ominous music*

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Muscle Park Odabia will be closing as of October 31st, 2010 according to an announcement on the Muscle Park website. More info as it comes in. Announcement (in Japanese)

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What would you like to say in reaction to the results of today's election? Khan! sound bite  Wrath of Khan Fanclub sound bites

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Thanks to youtube user newsupload2010 The piano is one of four pianos that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (被爆ピアノ) being used by Peace Hiroshima to give charity concerts around Japan and occasionally overseas. Known as the Misako Piano (ミサコのピアノ), the 85-key Yamaha  piano was built in 1932 and was 1.8 kilometers from the atomic bombing's ground zero but survived due to the unusually

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In 1998, TBS (no Monster9 yet) published 筋肉番付　公式データブック完全版 (Kinniku Banzuke Koushiki Data Book Kanzenban or Muscle Ranking Official Data Book Perfect Edition). The book included some photos, description of the events from the show, data and recaps from certain episodes and other information that they thought someone might desperately need. Remember, this was almost two decades ago so the internet

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In 2001 - 2003, Monster 9 main man Ushio Higuchi teamed up with Ouchi Suigun 大内水軍 to create 筋肉番付 怪傑! 金剛くん Kinniku Banzuke Kaiketsu! Kongou-kun. The comic was about Kinniku Banzuke's mascot character Kongou-kun and his adventures with his friends. In one story arc, they take a comic-ized version of SASUKE. (Click to enlarge) Most of the obstacles are not very different from the

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Back in 2000, Kinniku Banzuke was hot, man! It was dope! It was what all the kids were watching! Or maybe not. And anyway, a few years later some guys got smashed by rocks and it was all over. In 2000 and 2001 TBS/D9 released two sets of trading cards, Back To The Glory and Back To The Glory II. The following cards are from the first Back To The Glory set. The set contained: 44 regular cards 44

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I generally ignore the ANW stuff because I can't get G4 here but here's a story from KTLA that is worth posting if only to mock it: 1) Mt. Midoriyama? 2) SASUKI? 3) Nice try with the voice syncing KTLA. 4) Kane Kosugi is American. Don't tell me G4 is going to make it look like Levi and Brian are the Greatest American Heroes.

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I will now ignore you on twitter too!

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The Japan Times is a bit confused this morning. (For the last seven hours or so anyway. I first saw this at around one in the morning.) Update: They finally fixed it later this morning. The new headlines now correctly state that Japan and the U.S. will use Bing to solve the Futenma situation.

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The "full" movie is now up! http://ameblo.jp/588416/entry-10591665572.html

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Not that it matters to people outside of Japan but the SASUKE Mobile Site (315 yen a month!) will be shutting down on August 31st. For now it looks like the 筋肉モバイル (Kinniku Mobile) site will stay up. It's the more active of the two, as it covers the Muscle Musical and features new content on a fairly regular basis. It's possible that Monster 9 is pulling the plug too quickly. There is nothing to

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Here's something I'm sure I'll be hearing about on the news for the next few days. By virtue of holding off losing for the longest amount of time, Japan finished on top of the teams knocked out in the 2nd round of this year's World Cup to finish 9th overall. The top four followed the matches and were followed by Argentina, Brazil, Ghana and Paraguay. The US was 12th and England was 13th, which

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Actor and one-time SASUKE participant (SASUKE 19) Hitotsugu Kobayashi 小林博嗣 has gotten together with SASUKE New Star Hitoshi Kanno 菅野仁志, frying pan abuser Shinya Kishimoto 岸本真弥 from SASUKE 25 and some other guy named Nakajima 中島 to put together a video called Triple Rangers - Magnitude X トリプルレンジャーズ～マグニチュードＸ～. This is just the trailer, the full "film" is coming! Will it be any better (or worse)

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In an effort to avoid endless SASUKE entries from people, Monster 9 is moving into the shiny and new Ao Building where they are creating "a higher standard of living like you've never had before." But since annoying people is a pastime of mine, here is their new address: 〒107-0061 東京都港区北青山3-11-7　Ao 13F 〒107-0061 Tokyo-to Minato-ku Kitaaoyama 3-11-7 Ao 13F Not sure how it compares to their old

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Japan's round of 16 match against Paraguay on June 29th earned TBS a 57.3 rating, making it the 6th highest-rated soccer match of all-time and the 12th highest-rated TV program of all-time. The ten highest-rated soccer matches are: Ranking Match Date Channel Rating 1. Japan vs. Russia June 9, 2002 Fuji TV 66.1

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So the new head of the DPJ and soon to be next PM of Japan, Naoto　 KHAN sound bite  Wrath of Khan Fanclub sound bites, was born in Ube. One hopes he'll do better than the last PM with Yamaguchi prefecture roots.. Also, I had to get that joke out of the way. It's been in my head since the news was announced. Photo stolen from here.

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Monster 9 and some company named SEAMS have come out with a new iPod/iPhone game called SASUKE Challenger. Unlike the SASUKE 23 Library application, this one seems to be available outside of Japan. The game uses the stages from SASUKE 24 and there is a world wide ranking system that I haven't logged onto yet. It involves lots of tilting. You can save your runs for later viewing: 1st Stage.

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Last time! It was January 1st! And Urushihara Yuuji was all like... A New Car! sound bite  The Price is Right sound bites And the All-Stars were all like... The Price is Right Losing Horns sound bite  The Price is Right sound bites What will happen this time? It's SASUKE 2010 Spring! Ping pong balls! Are drawn! Shingo is 90! Levi is 48! Akiyama is 98! Nagano is 99! Yuuji is 100! Did

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Since there's not much else out there to whet people's appetites, here are some photos scanned from the 3/20 - 4.4 TVぴあ and 3/20 - 4/2 TVLife, respectively. Click through to see the bigger shots. The part in red are the prefectures that they are representing: Nagano - Miyazaki 宮崎 Akiyama - Hokkaido 北海道 Dandy Sakono - Ishikawa 石川

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Will be adding more as information comes in... Makoto Nagano Kazuhiko Akiyama Toshihiro Takeda Shingo Yamamoto Dandy Sakono Yuuji Urushihara Hitoshi Kanno Lee Enchi Yoshiyuki Okuyama Naoya Tajima Yukio Iketani Five members of Chojin Pro were there. バク宙５重跳びの体現者（みっちゃん）Jump rope specialist Micchan カンフー世界チャンピオン（まさき）Kung-fu champion Masaki 立体空中殺法のパイオニア（ATT）Aerial performer (?) ATT ヌンチャクアーティスト（宏樹）

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According to the SASUKE Official Website SASUKE 2010 Spring (or SASUKE 25) will be aired on March 28th, 2010 from 19:00 JST on TBS. That's a Sunday by the way. No word on how long the show will be but there's still lots of time to find that out along with if there will be a NAVI or not. Source: http://sasukemania.com/sasukemania_news/2010/02/10216-sasuke-2010-25.html

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Update: Sorry, four not two tickets. The residents of Ube have been trying to figure out who exactly they have to rob/rip-ff/schmooze/mooch off of ever since it was revealed that four of the winning tickets for the Year-End Lottery (年末ジャンボ宝くじ) were sold at the 宇部琴芝チャンスセンター (Ube Kotoshiba Chance Center, specifically the one next to Izutsuya in the middle of town). One ticket is worth 3億円 (300

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Tonight! Instead of the yearly Pro Sportsman No. 1 competition we will witness a Monster Box competition of monster proportions! And also, we will see lots of old clips from Sportsman No. 1 and other shows! Matsui! Jordan! Matsuzaka! Balloon Buster! Woot! Michael Jordan! That must be old since he's still wearing Bulls sweats. Let's look at a long list of tonight's Monster Box participants!

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1. Nobuyuki Kishi 岸宣之 獅子舞師 (Lion Dance Instructor) 1st Stage Log Grip 2. Takashi Shiromizu 白水貴 消防団員 (Firefighter) 1st Stage Jyunidantobi 3. Jun Itoda 井戸田潤 (Speed Wagon スピードワゴン) Comedian 1st Stage Log Grip 4. Kyoichi Oosawa 大澤京一 酒の卸売り業 (Alcohol Wholesaler) 1st Stage Jumping Spider 5. Mitsuo Nakatani 中谷充男 餅つき早打ち日本一 (Top Speed Mochi Maker) 1st Stage Jyunidantobi 6. Tetsuya Nakamoto 中本哲也 (Tetsu and

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SASUKE 2010! For the first time ever we are having a New Years Day broadcast! They've promised that something will happen tonight! Will an All-Star complete SASUKE? Will a New Star? Will it be a new face? Another new hero? Will Mr. SASUKE retire? We'll find out tonight! SASUKE! In 2009! Two men made it to the Final Stage! Makoto Nagano! Hitoshi Kanno! That brings us to today! SASUKE 2010!

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Let's kill some time by watching the last ten minutes of the New Years Ekiden preview. OK. I like living in Japan and I understand it's important for the participants but who really watches a relay marathon? Does anyone watch the whole thing? What do the announcers talk about? "And they're off! And they're running! Still running!" One hour later. "And they are still running!" And so on and so

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Several years ago, TBS and Monster 9 brought together six men from different walks of life to form Captain Planet Voltron, Defender of the Universe The New Monkees The SASUKE All-Stars! MN: Makoto Nagano TT: Toshihiro Takeda SY: Shingo Yamamoto KA: Kazuhiko Akiyama KY: Katsumi Yamada SY: Look, I'm just saying that we shouldn't baby him and tell him straight up what's going on.

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. A heartwarming Christmas tale of discrimination and alienation. But although the Rankin/Bass special had a happy ending what happened after the cameras were off? Realizing that he had something that Santa desperately needed, Rudolph and his agent Scott Boras held out for a new contract prior to Christmas 1997. Santa relented and gave Rudolph a 10-year $252

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Not much information out there yet but I just wanted to put this up to remind myself: So far... EDIT: Wow. This is an interesting list. Via. Masaki Nomura 野村将希 Yukio Iketani 池谷幸雄 Makoto Nagano 長野誠 Wakky ワッキー Naoki Iketani 池谷直樹 Shingo Yamamoto 山本進悟 Toshihiro Takeda 竹田敏浩 Texas Takeda 竹田テキサス (Dangan Jockey)（弾丸ジャッキー） Chiro チロ (Bignsmalln)（ビックスモールン） Orakio Matsuyuki 松雪オラキオ (Dangan Jockey)（弾丸ジャッキー）

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Information is slowly coming in and I just picked me up one of them fancy TV magazines so I gots me some names. (12/16: Updated with more names via TV Guide TVガイド) (12/25: Updated more names via Yahoo! TV Guide) (12/28: Navi stuff added) So far... All-Stars: Makoto Nagano 長野誠 Toshihiro Takeda 竹田敏浩 Kazuhiko Akiyama 秋山和彦 Shingo Yamamoto 山本進悟 Katsumi Yamada 山田勝己 Taiwan: Lee En Chi リー・エンチ New

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Quick and dirty: SASUKE Navi (SASUKEナビ) will be on December 28th, 2009 (12月28日) from 11:00 to 11:50 on TBS (and thankfully my local affiliate). SASUKE 23 (SASUKE 2009秋) will be re-aired in select markets on December 29th, 2009 (12月29日) from 12:00 to 14:54 on TBS (but not my local affiliate. Boo!) The SASUKE History Special (SASUKE 歴史的決戦) will be on January 1st, 2010 (1月1日) from 16:36 to 17:15 on

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Jake Adelstein, author of Tokyo Vice, was on the Daily Show last night. Interesting if a bit awkward interview. The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c Jake Adelstein www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Crisis

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http://blog.livedoor.jp/musclepark/archives/51424220.html SASUKE第24回大会開催決定!! 緊急開催決定！ 第２３回大会で決着がつかなかった新旧対決 そこで急遽１２月に第２４回大会の開催を決定 ＳＡＳＵＫＥオールスターズＶＳ新時代の英雄ＶＳアメリカ勢！ そこに割って入る新たな英雄を大募集！ ３人目の完全制覇者はあなただ!! 【出場選手大募集】 　 「SASUKE」出場者大募集！ 　 氏名・年齢・職業・連絡先・住所・スポーツ歴・出場への意気込みなどを 　書いて下記あて先までご応募下さい。 「写真」を必ず同封して下さい。※ＶＴＲがあれば尚可。 ※書類審査通過の方へのみご連絡いたします。 〒150-0031 東京都渋谷区桜丘町20-1　 渋谷インフォスタワー18F (株)モンスター・ナイン 「SASUKE」

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KUNOICHI 2009! I'll fill this part in later. Let's get to it! Wow, that looks like a lot to set up for the show. 1st Stage. Groups of four. The top two advance to the 2nd Stage. Let's catch some reactions to their groupings. There are flags at the end. YOU MUST GET ONE! Group One! Pro lacrosse plater, Watanabe Sae, Inoue Masumi, Nail Artist Kanna something. Two minutes to finish. Good

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Oh for the love of... There are links pointing here already but go here instead. 209. Jeez. Free Tomomi Arimatsu!

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KUNOICHI 2009 Obstacles via MBS (Mainichi Broadcasting). The Japanese is from MBS. I'm pretty sure all the pronunciation and names I wrote are wrong but whatever. I Monster9 changes them but whatever. １ｓｔステージ 以下の７つのエリアを４人一組で競い、上位２名が勝ち上がり。 1st Stage Groups of four have to go through seven areas. The top two advance. 1.不安走 Fuansou Uneasy Race 2.丸太橋 Marutabashi Log Bridge 3.吊天棒 Tsurutenbou

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Click on the thumbnails to see the photos. 1st Stage, 120 seconds to clear 1. 十二段跳び Jyunidantobi 2. カーテンスライダー Curtain Slider 3. ロッググリップ Log Grip 4. ジャンピングスパイダー Jumping Spider 5. ハーフパイプアタック Half-Pipe Attack 6. そり立つ壁 Soritatsu Kabe 7. スライダージャンプ Slider Jump 8. ターザンロープ Tarzan Rope 9. ロープラダー Rope Ladder 2nd Stage, 70 seconds to clear 1. ダウンヒルジャンプ Downhill Jump 2. サーモンラダー Salmon

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Power! Speed! Balance! Only those with all three of these qualities can become the next Miss Univ...wait. Power! Speed! Balance! Only those with all three of these qualities can become the next American Idol! That's not right either, I think. So You Think You Can Beat SASUKE? America's Best Ninja Warriors! I think I'm getting my wires crossed. Since 1997... 2200 have tried! Only two have

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Thanks to the magic of the internet I am able to view SASUKE Navi once again! Will we see anyone new? Any surprises? Here we go! And we start by recapping the EPIC FAIL~! of the All-Stars in 22. And our first new star! Kanno Hitoshi! 菅野仁志! And our second! Urushihara Yuuji! 漆原裕治 Sell them shoes! So close...so close. The average age of the All-Stars versus the new stars! The new stars (~!)

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He totally cut that puppy. If I write an opening, it will probably take longer than the preview so I'll just stop here. Shingo Katori: Actor~! Rambling Rican has your photos here. SASUKE! Yamamoto! Takeda! Nagano! All of the All-Stars failed at the last SASUKE! But now it's time for SASUKE 2009秋! Oooh..a new obstacle. They take your laundry pole then make you slide across the water whilst

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The following is a list of competitors at SASUKE 23. January 5th, 2010: The list has been revised according to the SASUKE 23 iPhone App released by Monster 9. In many cases, famous athletes and comedians are only referred to by their occupation and initials. For example, Hosshan is referred to as お笑い芸人H. Thus, some parts are inferred. Some are simply a matter of comparing the list to the

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9/21 Just a few more 9/19 And a few more names. 9/16 Tacking on a few others. Mostly from the latest TV magazines. 9/14 Taping was today. Added a few names. Update: Get some more info over at the Rambling Rican. Well, the taping is coming up soon so some people have already started shilling themselves online. One way to start looking for information is to obsessively click refresh on the

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9/19 Just four more names. 9/16 Added some names from the TV magazines 9/13 Just one (or possibly more) more. Oh wait. There's another one. 9/12 And two more. 9/11 Just three more names. 9/7 Add three more to the list! 9/3 A few more entrants found! A few updates as information trickles in... Not so much info yet so far since the taping is today and the airing is just over a month from

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Yikes, looks like I was way off.According to blogger goldtaro2004-o- who is apparently going to be competing in KUNOICHI which will be *shhh* sometime this week...eh, screw it, blogger robthomas722 (who gave us some super secret secret squirrel photos of 22 last time - they work with Monster 9/TBS I guess) lets us know about the waterproof bus prepared for tomorrow's (9/2) KUNOICHI (クノイチ) taping

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UPDATE!Dear 月刊 TV Navi,YOU SUCK.Love,LostInUbeAccording to 月刊ザハイビジョン (Monthly The HiVision) and 月刊ザテレビジョン (Monthly The Television)...It's official!SASUKE 23 - September 27th, 19:00 - 22:54 JST on TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System).Names mentioned are Makoto Nagano 長野誠Toshihiro Takeda 竹田敏浩Katsumi Yamada 山田勝己Shingo Yamamoto 山本進悟Yuuji Urushihara 漆原裕治Hiromichi Sato 佐藤弘道It also mentions new HEROES (as in

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Latest story as of the time I'm posting this.Yikes. I knew the rain was bad today but I had no idea it was that bad. 6 people are dead and 9 (according to the latest report) are missing. 3 of the casualties and 4 of the missing are from Hofu City in Yamaguchi. I believe all of them are elderly people who were staying at ライフケア高砂 (Life Care Takasogo), a retirement home that was hit by a

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Odaiba - Muscle Park and Monster 9 have announced plans to open a new section starting April 1, 2010 focused around one of their biggest stars, Katsumi Yamada, known to fans as Mr. SASUKE."We're proud to unveil the newest addition to Muscle Park, MR. SASUKE PARK!" said Monster 9 president Ushio Higuchi to a crowd of senior citizens and small children in the food court of the Odaiba complex Muscle

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And now...President Barack Hussein Obama!*Yes, we can!Yes, we can!Yes, we can!Yes, we can!Yes, we can!Yes, we can!Yes, we ca...uhh...No, we can't?*Or Japanese comedian Nocchi (who has been, I'd like to note to non-Japanese TV watchers, doing this schtick for months so it was absolutely no surprise to anyone in the Japanese audience).If you think there is some kind of political message here or to

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A friendly reminder from the supermarkets of Yamaguchi Prefecture.From April 1st...Don't forget...You need...To bring...Your own shopping bag (i.e. eco bag)...Or suffer the consequences!*Listen to the lady!* Actually, the consequence is an extra 3 or 4 yen (I forget) per shopping bag.And yes, this is true.I could watch the first fifteen minutes or so of Raising Arizona over and over.

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This is a work in progress...1. Shouji Tomoharu 庄司智春 1st Stage Log Grip2. Crazy Jietai Guy 1st Stage Jumping Spider3. Bobby Ologun ボビー・オロゴン 1st Stage Log Grip4.5.6.7. Pak Bo Kyung (sp?) パク・ボキュン 1st Stage Rokudantobi8.9.10.11. Hori ホリ 1st Stage Log Grip12.13.14? Yamamoto Takahiro 山本高広 1st Stage Rokudantobi14? Kawahara Takuya 川原拓也 1st Stage Slider Jump15.16.17.18. Kato Ayumu 加藤歩 1st Stage

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Sex! Drugs! Rock and Roll! That's what a person needs to..wait, that's not right.Truth! Justice! No no.Say your prayers! Take your vitamins! No. That's not it either. Let me check my notes. Here we go.Power! Speed! Balance! These are the qualities you need to beat SASUKE!Fisherman! Firefighters! Freerunners! Swimmers! Wrestlers! Shoe salesmen! Do any of them have it in them to beat SASUKE? Let's

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Once we again we must thank the pirates of the internet for my ability to watch SASUKE Navi!For pictures and more commentary, check out here.SASUKE 22 was filmed on March 16th and will air on March 30th. Hey! That's tomorrow! So today we get SASUKE Navi to tide us over for a show that will be..um..tomorrow. OK, maybe it's all about whetting our appetite.Who will we see? Who will we not see? Who

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While arsenette over at Rambling Rican has been all over the SASUKE 22 information I figured I should get a post up just to remind those who don't venture outside my blog for SASUKE stuff (whoever that might be).The dirt:Airing info-SASUKE 2009春 will be aired on TBS (and it's affiliates) from 20:00 to 23:24 JST on Monday, March 30th, 2009. There will be a short preview (probably only five minutes

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Oh man. I was looking up information on something else when I came across this:Is that not awesome? For those who don't know what Mama Charis are, here's a link.There are even standard rules for what type of bikes you can use.To get an idea of how the races are, check out this video via this blog:Pay special attention to the :45 mark or so when someone (who actually looks like they are falling

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Sometime this month, somewhere in the TBS StudiosTBS Producer (TP): Right. We need a song for our WBC commercials. Something that will get the audience pumped up for the games.Staff Guy (SG): No problem boss. But our budget is kind of tight. The higher-ups said we can only use songs from these two CDs.TP: *Sigh* Alright. Well, what have we got?SG: Here - *Both look at Edward Furlong album*Both:

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In a victory sure to irritate lots of people all over the world, Japan beat Korea 5-3 in ten innings to defend their World Baseball Classic crown.Ichiro basically erased his bad hitting prior to today's final by going 4-6 and driving in the winning runs with two outs in the top of the 10th inning.Japan hammered out 15 hits to Korea's 5 and left the bases loaded several times, stranding 6 runners

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Japan beats the USA 9-4 to finalize the match-up that everyone around the world has already seen 6992 times already in the month of March.Japan and Korea are currently tied at 3496 - 3496 in the 2009 tournament.By the way, for those watching in Japan, have they been using Separate Ways as the highlight song all the time? Because they did today and that's just awesome.

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*Ring* Hello? Double T! Oh. Hey Katsumi. Man, it's been a while! I knew you changed your phone number and I thought you gave me your new one and I guess it must have fallen out of my pocket or something. Yeah. Um..you must have lost it. Yeah! So it's a good thing I took a look at your phone while you were doing the First Stage on Monday! You what? Yeah! Anyway, wasn't it great how ******* was

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(Picture shamelessly stolen from google image search)Yikes! Been a while! SASUKE stuff and more coming up, I promise. And maybe, just maybe, I'll finally write something for the J Blog Matsuri. Maybe.Anyway, since it's coming up um...later tonight now is a good time as any to remind those in Japan who have a passion for college hoops that there's no better friend for you on the internet at this

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*Grumble grumble*Since we here in Japan are in the future it will already be Monday when Super Bowl XLIIIJKLMNOPQR comes around. For those football fans in Japan who will be lucky enough to be home at that time (coverage starts at 8:10 AM JST) NHK BS-1 will be the only ones airing the whole shebang live. http://www.nhk.or.jp/sports/You can also catch the replay at 18:15 on NHK BS-1 or for those

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