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Описание: Sasuke (SASUKEサスケ; /ˈsɑː.skeɪ/ SAH-skay; Japanese pronunciation: [sasɯ̥ke]) is a Japanese sports entertainment reality television show, airing since 1997,[2] in which 100 competitors attempt to complete a four-stage obstacle course. Falling at any point during the course or running out of time on stages with set time limits, leads to elimination.[3] Finishing the course by reaching the end and hitting the buzzer will grant you qualification to the next stage.[4] Sasuke also has many international versions of itself, mainly called "Ninja Warrior", with 20 local shows.[5]

Recorded at Midoriyama studios in Yokohama, it airs on Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), typically between Japanese television drama seasons. The show's name Sasuke is named after Sarutobi Sasuke, a fictitious ninja character in Japanese traditional storytelling.[6] Each episode airs an entire tournament as a single special, ranging from 70 minutes in early season up to 6 hours. There have been 42 specials produced, with approximately two per year between 1999 and 2011, and one per year otherwise. The show is produced by TBS and began as a segment within the series 筋肉番付 (Kinniku Banzuke, 'Muscle Ranking'), another sports entertainment competition, which aired on G4 in the United States under the name Unbeatable Banzuke. Competitions generally start in the daytime and continue until completed regardless of weather or darkness.[7] After Monster9's bankruptcy in November 2011, Tokyo Broadcasting System handed production over to the studio FOLCOM, who relaunched the show under the title Sasuke Rising. For the 35th tournament TBS renamed the show once again, to Sasuke Ninja Warrior, aligning with the worldwide Ninja Warrior brand. The show's logo would be changed for the 36th edition, with the new logo's year being updated for subsequent editions.

An initial group of competitors are recruited to compete, originally consisting of competitor who excelled on Kinniku Banzuke such as Katsumi Yamada, Tomohiro Tatsukawa and Akira Omori, and in later seasons by reinviting competitors who have done well on Sasuke, and occasionally its international adaptations.

The remaining spots are filled by applications who could submit videos, originally via VHS, and later through DVD and the internet. Shortlisted applicants are interviewed with a group selected based on a combination of physical skills, personality and passion. In some seasons, the remainder is then filled by having hopefuls compete in preliminary trial rounds. These can vary from Sasuke courses, to Boot camp style tasks, to a marathon, or a combination of the above.

Sasuke consists of four stages of increasing difficulty; competitors must complete each stage to advance to the next. Each competition is taped one to nine weeks prior to broadcast, where it is edited down to show only a handful of runs that are deemed either interesting, or featured a notable competitor. In Sasuke 36 and Sasuke 37, only the 1st through 3rd stages were recorded in advance, with the Final Stage broadcasting live from Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse.

The object is to hit the buzzer at the end of each course before the allotted time expires. If a competitor goes out of bounds, runs out of time or comes into contact with the water in any of the pits below the course, they are disqualified from the competition.

The Sasuke All-Stars were a group of six favored competitors, established by the TBS network, originally thought to be the most likely to clear all four stages. Consisting of Shingo Yamamoto, Katsumi Yamada, Kazuhiko Akiyama, Toshihiro Takeda, Makoto Nagano and Bunpei Shiratori, they comprised a large portion of the competitors' success in the first decade of Sasuke. The first two champions, Akiyama and Nagano, are also included, as is the only competitor to compete in every tournament, Yamamoto.

The All-Stars were officially 'retired' in the 28th tournament, but this decision was reversed.[18] Shingo Yamamoto continued to compete in Sasuke 29 and onwards. Takeda retired in Sasuke 38, Shiratori retired in Sasuke 30 but returned in the 42nd tournament, Nagano retired in Sasuke 32, but has since made appearances in the 38th, 40th, 41st and 42nd tournaments. Akiyama retired in Sasuke 28, but returned in the 40th tournament, and Yamada has competed in all tournaments since Sasuke 33.

Sasuke World Cup (Japanese: SASUKEサスケワールドカップ) is a special international tournament of Sasuke, based on American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World, which was the special international tournament of American Ninja Warrior.[24] This tournament featured seven teams, including three teams representing Japan and four teams representing four countries that have their local shows based on Sasuke, including Team USA (representing American Ninja Warrior), Team Germany (representing Ninja Warrior Germany), Team France (reprersent Ninja Warrior France) and team Australia (representing Australian Ninja Warrior).