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{{Short description|Japanese television series}}
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| genre                = [[Sports entertainment]]<br>[[Variety show]]<br>[[Game show]]
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| runtime              = 56–60 minutes
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| producer             = [[:ja:樋口潮|Ushio Higuchi]]
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| presenter            = [[:ja:古舘伊知郎|Ichirou Furutachi]] <br>[[:ja:峰竜太|Ryuuta Mine]]<br>[[:ja:中山エミリ|Emily Nakayama]]
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| company              = [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS Sports]]<br> 
Dreamax<br>
Monster9
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| channel              = [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]]
| country              = Japan
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1995|7|8}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|2002|05|04}}
| num_seasons          = 28
| num_episodes         = 267 + 20 Specials
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| related              = ''[[Sasuke (TV series)|Sasuke]]''<br>''[[:ja:BODY (テレビ番組)|Body]]''<br>''[[:ja:サスケマニア|Sasuke Mania]]''<br>''[[Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle Course]]''<br>''[[:ja:頑張る人応援バラエティ 体育の時間|Taiiku no Jikan (Physical Education Time)]]''
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{{Nihongo|'''''Kinniku Banzuke'''''|筋肉番付||lit. ''Muscle Ranking''}}, known internationally as '''''Unbeatable Banzuke,''''' is a Japanese television program, that aired weekly as the premier [[sports entertainment]] [[variety show]] of [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]]. Originally a [[Spinoff (media)|spinoff]] of ''[[Pro Sportsman No. 1|Pro Sportsman No.1]],'' it evolved into its own series which has continued to see spinoffs and installments for more than three decades. Several seasonal specials were also made, such as ''[[Sasuke (TV series)|Sasuke]]'', which would become a worldwide franchise in its own right.

Through various games based on varying disciplines of sports, professional players and general participants challenged the limits of physical strength and technique, winning prizes if all challenges were successfully destroyed. 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 {{Nihongo|''[[:ja:平成教育委員会|Heisei Kyouikuiinkai]]''|平成教育委員会||''Heisei Board of Education''}} on [[Fuji TV]].

The use of the program's [[mascot]], {{Nihongo|Kongou-kun|金剛くん||Adamantium Boy}}, originally only featured during the broadcast, expanded in 1996 into the program's opening sequence and every game's introduction. Later on, he appeared in a wide variety of merchandise including [[Anime]], [[Manga]], [[Video game|Video games]], [[Action figure|Action figures]], [[Trading card|Trading cards]] and [[Board game|Board games]].

== History ==

=== 1993–1995: ''origins and Sportsman No.1, and the early years of Kinniku Banzuke'' ===
{{Timeline of release years|1995='''''Kinniku Banzuke (1995-2002)'''''


|2007=
|2008=
|2011a='''''[[Honoo-no_Taiiku-kai_TV|Taiiku Kai TV]] (2011-2024)'''''
|title=|subtitle=Main series entries in '''bold'''<br />
Original TBS series in red<br />
Monster9 breakaway series in green<br />
Modern TBS series in blue<br />
Years with specials but no main series in yellow<br/>
Colors are based on the studio logos at the time
|align=|compressempty=|range1=1993 – 1994|range1_color=gold black|2000a=''Muscle Elite (2000-2001)''
|2002a=''[[Sasuke (TV series)|Sasuke]] (2002-present)''
|2002b='''''Taiiku World (2002-2003)'''''
|2003a=''[[Kunoichi (TV series)|Kunoichi]] (2003-present)''
|2003b='''''Golden Muscle (2003-2004)'''''
|2004b='''''Ougon Kinniku'''''
|2005a='''''Dream Games No.1'''''
|2005b=''[[Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle Course|Viking]] (2005-2006)''
|2006a=
|2009a='''''3Minutes'''''
|2011b=
|2015a=
|2024a=''Kasso (2024-present)''
|2024b=''All Star Taiikusai''
|1993=''[[Sportsman No.1 (series)|Sportsman No.1]] (1993-2010)''|range2=1995 – 2004|range2_color=red red|range3=2007 – 2009|range3_color=#0BDA51 #0BDA51|range4=2011 – 2023|range4_color=blue blue|range5=2024 –|range5_color=gold gold|2012=|2012a=''[[Sportsman No.1 (series)|Sports Danshi Grand Prix]] (2012-present)''|2025b=''Hundred Samurai''|2010=|range6=2010 – 2010|range6_color=gold gold|range7=2005 – 2006|range7_color=gold gold|2007a='''''[[:ja:スポ★カジ|Sports ⨉ Casino]]'''''|2007b='''''[[:ja:頑張る人応援バラエティ 体育の時間|Taiiku Time]] (2007-2008)'''''}}

{{Main|Sportsman No.1 (series)}}

Through the 1980s, TBS dominated the television scene for competition series with [[Takeshi's Castle]], which ended in 1990 related to fallout from the [[Japanese asset price bubble]]. Through the early 1990s, sports broadcasting director Ushio Higuchi began planning a new original sports competition for TBS, which launched as a [[Television special]] on December 29, 1993 with the help of prolific sports commentator [[Ichiro Furutachi]]. The series, ''Sportsman No.1'', featured athletes attempting a custom [[Heptathlon]]-style tournament where competitors from several different sporting disciplines competed against each other to determine who was the true ''King of Sports''. Events covered a wide variety of general athletics including [[Sprinting]], [[Push-up|Push-ups]], [[Vault (gymnastics)|Vaulting]], [[Tug of war]], [[Beach Flags (sport)|Beach Flags]], [[Rope climbing]] and [[Obstacle Racing]], with scores based on performance. The best overall competitor would be declared the winner.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Higuchi |first=Ushio |title=跳び箱神話 part.1. |publication-date=December 1, 1998 |trans-title=Tobibako shinwa part.1}}</ref>

While the initial broadcast received mediocre viewership, a second tournament featuring a fully refreshed [[Greco-Roman antiquity|Greco-Roman]] theming was broadcast on January 1, 1995 to critical acclaim. A third tournament was immediately fast-tracked, receiving an official sponsorship from the [[Japanese Olympic Committee]], and once again was a hit broadcast.

TBS began to receive a wave of wannabe athletes contacting their phone lines asking, if they could be considered for upcoming ''Sportsman No.1'' tournaments. The idea was initially rejected, as Higuchi wanted to maintain a certain level of athletic prestige to be a requirement to compete on ''Sportsman No.1'', however the decision was eventually made to create a spinoff series that would allow the general public to compete. Due to the scope of inquires, production decided that rather than hosting a central tournament like ''Sportsman No.1'', they would host preliminary qualification rounds all throughout Japan, with the best of each region advancing to a final round filmed at Midoriyama Studios in [[Yokohama]].

A pilot season of ''Kinniku Banzuke'' began airing at 1:15am on July 8, 1995 as a series of eleven 30 minute pilot episodes. TBS believed that it would be an ideal late night program, as it would be a niche program targeting adult men already interested in athletics. These episodes saw Sit-ups, Push-ups, and Vaulting return from Sportsman, with tryouts in [[Tohoku]], [[Kansai region|Kansai]], [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], [[Hokuriku region|Hokuriku]], [[Hokkaido]] and [[Kyushu]].

The series became an unprecedented hit, with record high viewership despite the late broadcast time. This was attributed to several factors; family and friends of competitors tuned in to cheer them on, women tuned in due to the [[Odagiri effect]], and large numbers of youth found the show fun and aspired to compete. TBS immediately pivoted their approach and moved the series to a [[prime time]] window on Saturday at 19:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] beginning in October 1995. 

Following the move to primetime, ''Kinniku Banzuke'' continued to broadcast an expanded number of events returning from Sportsman such as [[Beach Flags (sport)|Beach Flags]], and created additional competition divisions for women and youth. They also invested in new events, most notably a [[Backflip]] racing event named Bakuten that attracted success from professional gymnasts such as [[Yukio Iketani]]. During this first season, the fourth episode reached an unprecedented 31.9% viewership rating during [[Belarusians|Belarussian]] Olympic gymnast [[Vitaly Scherbo]]'s attempt at Bakuten.

=== 1996–1999: main format and the "9" Systems ===
In the Spring of 1996, as a response to decreasing ratings, as well as competing series like ''Ucchan Nanchan no Honô no Challenger,'' Higuchi decided to branch the series out to include two new categories of events. 

The first were variations of [[target practice]] under different sports disciplines such as Baseball and Soccer, which allowed an influx of professional athletes to compete due to the lowered risk. This category had initially been conceived during the development of ''Sportsman No. 1'' but had been scrapped, with the idea was based on warm-up exercises that Higuchi had witness [[Pitcher]]'s perform before professional baseball games. The debut events were ''Struck Out'' and ''Kick Target'', representing [[Baseball]] and [[Soccer]]. These events used a format called the ''9 Panel'' or ''Struck Out'' system. In this system, competitors would get 12 attempts to hit 9 target panels from a specified distance. While it is possible to knock out multiple targets in one throw, a competitor is immediately eliminated if their number of remaining attempts drops below the number of target remaining. 

The second category were skill-based obstacles courses that featured 9 obstacles, called the ''9 Area'' system. Higuchi's initial concept for this was a course inspired by ''Bakuten'' that featured athletes navigating different areas such as stairs, [[parallel bars]] and ramps while in a [[handstand]]. Originally developed under the name "Handstand Jungle", the event debuted in May 1996 as ''Hand Walk''. Competitors must navigate an entire course without ever breaking out of their handstand, with the sole exception being during the designated break zone halfway through the course, where they may rest for 30 seconds.

All of these events were critical successes, and Higuchi immediately expanded the roster of events. For courses, Higuchi expanded this obstacle course idea into several other disciplines; ''Super Rider'' for [[bike trials]], ''Like a Pierrot'' for [[Unicycle]], ''Kangaroo'' for [[pogo stick]] and ''Bamboo Derby'' for [[stilt walking]]. For panel events, Higuchi introduced ''Punch Out'' for [[Bowling]], ''Service Ace'' for [[Tennis]], ''9Hoops'' for [[Basketball]], among others. As expected, these events were similar popular, and so Higuchi began to expand into original course ideas, such as ''Sponge Bridge'', a precision balance course, and ''Spider Walk'', an event based on the [[Ninja]] skill of moving while perched between two walls, as was historically done to move stealthily between two buildings in an alley. This expansion culminated in the creation of [[Sasuke (TV series)|''Sasuke'']], which would become a global phenomenon under the name ''Ninja Warrior.''

The original courses Higuchi had designed such as ''Hand Walk'' were beginning to be defeated after several filming sessions. Each film session contained 32 attempts, and after filming the staff would assess next steps. If undefeated, they would begin to plan adjustments if the course is too hard. If beaten, they decided to employ [[recursive self-improvement]] in courses, where events would return with an increasing number in their title, featuring renewed and more difficult obstacles to keep competitors indefinitely returning to events. ''Hand Walk'' returned as ''Hand Walk II'' later in 1996 setting the trend for returning events, which would go on to be a staple of the series' appeal.

Over the course of ''Kinniku Banzuke'' and its parent series ''Sportsman No.1,'' had a number of breakout competitors who featured recurring strong performances emerged, including [[Kane Kosugi]], Katsumi Yamada and Akira Omori. The series began incorporating behind-the-scenes documentary segments showing their personal lives, how they trained, and their celebrity pursuits. These segments would continue to drive the series success forward by established a [[De facto]] recurring cast for a show that otherwise featured new competitors each week. This would be pushed further with ''Quick Muscle'' champion Kazuhiko Akiyama becoming the first competitor to win ''Sasuke''.

=== 1999–2002: renewed success and expansion ===
Entering the new millennium, ''Kinniku Banzuke'' began increasing its budget and lineup. Events such as ''Hand Walk IV'', ''Super Rider V'', ''A Craftsman'', ''Super Helico II'' and ''Like a Pierrot Ghost'' sported a significant visual upgrade into themed courses. New large-scale events are created to expand the core lineup, including ''Escape, Kunoichi'' and ''Super Dog''. On top of this, TBS began to broaden the franchise with a lineup of multimedia projects, such as an ongoing video game series produced by [[Konami]].

On the air, TBS launched its first ever spinoff of ''Kinniku Banzuke'', under the title ''Kinniku Seiei: Muscle Elite,'' which featured a return of the ''Sportsman'' themed public trials seen in the first year of ''Kinniku Banzuke,'' aired weekly after midnight. The series was hosted by Kane Kosugi and featured additional behind the scenes content for the series. This was followed up with ''Kinniku Angya'' in 2001, which had Kane Kosugi touring Japan to visit professional athletes for [[Ad hoc]] challenges. During ''Kinniku Angya'', celebrity Shoei introduced a new segment known as Muscle Musical, where a troupe of celebrities format an acrobatic troupe for stage shows. Muscle Musical would prove wildly successful, and would move its segments over to the main ''Kinniku Banzuke'' broadcasts. A third spinoff series, ''Kane the Muscle'', would continue the focus on Kane Kosugi, featuring dedicate episodes on his life and training. Behind the scenes, Ushio Higuchi decided to produce an original feature-length film starring Kane Kosugi, and featuring references and ideas taken from ''Kinniku Banzuke''. The film would have behind the scenes looks during broadcasts, and released worldwide in 2002 as [[Muscle Heat]]. A fourth spinoff, ''Tōkon Kinniku: MUSCLE-ISM'' debuted in April 2002, focusing on martial arts competitors.

=== 2002: ''Chikarajima'' and hiatus ===
On May 5, 2002, two show participants injured their [[cervical vertebrae]] during the filming of an episode entitled "Chikarajima" ("Power Island"), an obstacle course with a temple-like setting stationed outside. The accidents occurred during the "Rock Attack" and "Rock Valley" obstacle portions, both of which involve a giant ball weighing approximately 30 kilograms and having a diameter of 1.8 meters.

In Rock Attack, the contestant must catch the ball as it rolls down a 15-degree slope, then push it back up and onto a platform at the top. For Rock Valley, the contestant must climb onto the ball and walk it across a waterway 2.5 meters wide and 1.4 meters deep. Wei Tao, a 19-year-old Chinese freshman at Kyoto University, fell into the waterway; Takunori Isa, a 20-year-old junior at [[Tokai University]], was knocked down and rolled over by the ball while trying to catch it.<ref>{{cite web |title=Duo injured while filming TV sports show for TBS |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/05/08/national/duo-injured-while-filming-tv-sports-show-for-tbs/#.XRihHJZE2Ec |publisher=The Japan Times |date=8 May 2002|accessdate=4 August 2020}}</ref> It was later revealed that at least two other contestants suffered spinal injuries while participating on the show as well.<ref name="injuries" /> College student Takahiro Saito, 19, was hospitalized after falling more than six feet into a four-foot-deep water-filled moat, while another contestant was hospitalized after trying to catch a 100-pound plastic ball, nearly six feet in diameter.<ref name="injuries">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2002/05/19/injuries-push-japanese-to-rethink-tv-shows/f78a727c-da51-48f4-8efe-f35e3b3fa3f2/|title=Injuries Push Japanese To Rethink TV Shows|first=Hans|last=Griemel|newspaper=Washington Post|date=19 May 2002|accessdate=6 September 2020}}</ref> While most injuries were minor, Isa's injury proved to be a [[Paralysis|Paralyzing]] break, however he used the incident as a positive motivating factor, starting a company that produced workout equipment for individuals with [[Paraplegia]] and other physical disabilities.

The May 5, 2002 episode would prove to be the final episode of ''Kinniku Banzuke''. Show production was officially put on hiatus, and the show was effectively [[Cancellation (television)|cancelled]]. The dormant space was [[Filler (media)|filled]] with a special edition of ''[[Count Down TV]]'', ''CDTV Gold'', entitled {{Nihongo|''Za! Gekitou! Daikazoku!!''|ザ!激闘!大家族!!||''The! Intensely Fighting! Large Family!!''}}.  On May 24, 2002, it was announced that an audit conducted by the Japan Industrial Safety & Health Association revealed that many of the show's events would need to be cancelled or modified for the show to continue safely. TBS responded saying that they would relaunch the show in the future, complying with their assessments.

Despite the main series suspension, ''Tōkon Kinniku'' continued to air weekly without pause, incorporating Muscle Musical segments in as well. Due to the uncertainty with ''Kinniku Banzuke'', TBS made the decision to split ''Sasuke'' off and debut it as its own show in September 2002, with promotional content airing during episodes of ''Tōkon Kinniku.''

=== 2002–2003: Relaunch as ''Taiiku World and Dreamax takeover'' ===
In October 2002, after five months off-air, ''Kinniku Banzuke'' relaunched under the title ''Taiiku World''. The decision to rebrand was made to try and continue to have viewers return, while creating separation from the bad press surrounding ''Kinniku Banzuke''<nowiki/>'s end. Lead host [[Ichiro Furutachi]] reprised his role as lead host, supported by new assistants RIKACO, [[Toshiki Kashu]], [[Aya Hirayama]], Gori, Hiroki Kawada and Masaru Nagai. Taiiku World's first season launched with a mix of new and returning events. Panel events such as ''Struck Out, Kick Target, Spray Hitter, Balloon Shooter'' and ''Hustler'' returned more or less untouched, only with minor changes to their frames and layouts. The lineup was supplemented by new panel events in the form of ''Million Catch, Striker King,'' and ''Super Freekick,'' and new course events ''Monkey Bars'' and ''Dizzy Bridge''. In addition, two brand new formats were introduced. ''Brutal Labo'' saw competitors take on several individual ''Sportsman'' style challenges for place on an overall leaderboard. ''Artistic Performer'' featured a talent competition, with prizes based on the number of judges who vote for them. ''Kunoichi'' would once again return as an event within ''Taiiku World''. In the end, this season saw comparable ratings to ''Kinniku Banzuke'' prior to cancellation, and so it was renewed with additional funding. It's second and third seasons saw the return of ''Super Dog, Super Rider, Neko de Drive, Punch Out, Hand Walk,'' and ''Sasuke Junior,'' with series high budgets and production values.

Alongside ''Taiiku World'', two additional series were produced. ''Cyborg Damashī'' saw idol [[Yuko Mizuno]] training for MMA under the guidance of [[Hitoshi Matsumoto]], while ''Yoru no Taiiku'' saw Yuko Mizuno and [[Bob Sapp]] continue the martial arts trends of ''Tōkon Kinniku'' and ''Cyborg Damashī'' with a martial arts docuseries.

In July 2003, TBS performed corporate restructuring and decided that Ushio Higuchi and the TBS Sports team would be relocated to newly acquired subsidiary Dreamax TV. Production of ''Taiiku World'' was immediately suspended, with the fourth season consisting almost entirely of outtakes, reruns, behind the scenes content and promotion of other series. It was decided that ''Kunoichi'' would follow ''Sasuke''<nowiki/>'s lead and be spun off into an independent series in September 2003.

=== 2003–2005: ''Golden Muscle'' and ''Dream Games'' ===
Following the dissolution of ''Taiiku World'', series lead [[Ichiro Furutachi]] would leave TBS to focus on other projects. It would be announced that a new project, ''Ougon Kinniku'' (lit. Golden Muscle), would begin airing in October 2003 and would continue ''Yoru no Taiiku,'' once again starring Yuko Mizuno, alongside [[Hideaki Takizawa]] and Jay Kabira, with regular appearances by Bob Sapp. Despite the entire first season having been filmed, at some point prior to broadcast, it was decided to shift the series to continue ''Kinniku Banzuke'', shelving the initial footage and fast-tracking new segments featuring ''Sasuke'', ''Hand Walk, Struck Out, Kick Target, Balloon Shooter, Daruma and Spray Hitter'' for its debut season. This new season launched under the title ''Golden Muscle'' in English, but retained similar branding, logos, staff and website from the initial concept. 

Following series low ratings, ''Golden Muscle''<nowiki/>'s second season broadcast with a noticeably reduced budget, with ''Punch Out, Super Rider, 9Hoops, Service Ace'' and ''Attack'' airing alongside a single new event, ''Quickdraw.'' This season had slightly increased ratings, but not enough to save the series. This iteration of ''Golden Muscle'' was cancelled, being replaced with the original ''Ougon Kinniku'' footage intermixed with new commentary. This footage was aired late on Wednesday evenings over Spring 2004, showing off martial arts footage, Muscle Musical, and a new ''Sasuke'' spinoff specifically for [[Sumo]] competitors. After one season, the second iteration of ''Golden Muscle'' concluded.

In February 2005, Higuchi and TBS launched ''Kinniku Ōkoku: Dream Games No.1'' as the first in a series of specials. Due to low ratings, only one episode was ever produced, and shortly after filming, Ushio Higuchi would leave Dreamax to form his own studio, Monster9.

=== 2005–2011: Monster9 era ===
Spring 2005 would see the launch of Monster9's first three new Banzuke projects.

''BODY'' was a spinoff docuseries focusing on the competitors of ''Sportsman No.1, Sasuke'' and ''Kunoichi'', including both behind-the-scenes content, alongside new competitors and qualification rounds for each series. The series was renewed as ''Sasuke Maniac'' in 2006 broadcasting for a combined 14 seasons. During this time period, Ushio Higuchi opened a series of Banzuke theme parks called Muscle Park, which he promoted through a new series called ''Muscle Channel'', which featured celebrities competing in classic Banzuke events at Muscle Park. 

''Viking'' was a variant of ''Sasuke'' featuring a mix of the classic format, while incorporating other ''Kinniku Banzuke'' events such as ''Ottoto 9, Amazing Road, Bamboo Derby, Body Clock'' and ''Brain Panic''. ''Umi Kinniku-Oh'' focused on Muscle Musical, while also containing qualification rounds for ''Viking,'' and the return of ''Hand Walk, Quick Muscle, Struck Out'', and ''Kick Target.'' Both series caused a stir after being broadcast on TBS' main broadcasting competitor, [[FujiTV]]. A 3rd FujiTV project, ''Family Muscle'', aired as two specials in 2006. All 3 series would end following a falling out and subsequent legal case between Monster9 and FujiTV, who claimed mismanagement and under-delivery. 

Following his firing from FujiTV, Higuchi would launch a more traditional reboot of ''Kinniku Banzuke'' as a pilot series during [[TV Asahi]]'s experimental programming block Super Quiz, under the title ''Spo★Kaji'' (Sports ⨉ Casino). After 7 episodes, it was announced that the series would receive a full ongoing serialization under the title ''Taiiku no Jikan'' (Taiiku Time), which broadcast for two seasons. During the same time, Higuchi was negotiating contracts with a fourth network, [[Tokyo MX]]. Monster9 would launch the series Muscle World on Tokyo MX in Spring 2008, featuring Muscle Musical as the leads, as they take on several classic Banzuke challenges. During the course of the TV Asahi and Tokyo MX series, Higuchi would encounter legal disputes over unfair work habits from Muscle Musical members, which he would ultimate lose. This controversy would lead to significant financial losses and production difficulties, which contributed to the series at both network ending.

In March 2009, Higuchi would once again return to TBS, producing the series ''3Minutes'' as a relaunch of ''Kinniku Banzuke'', featuring a series of challenges with a 3-minute time limit. The premiere episode debuted against [[Quiz! Hexagon II]], leading to extremely poor ratings. This, combined with extremely cheap production values, lack of returning content and unpopular debut events lead to the series being cancelled immediately, despite having many episodes already filmed.

A greatest hits compilation of the best moments through all previous installments of Banzuke broadcast in 2010 as part of the series finale of ''Sportsman No.1.''

Ongoing financial difficulties paired with controversy, lack on new programs and ongoing legal disputes for workplace conditions would eventually lead to Monster9 declaring bankruptcy in 2011. The assets and IP would be sold and dispersed, with many going back to TBS. ''Kinniku Banzuke'' and ''Sportsman No.1'' would retain under Higuchi's ownership, forcing TBS to rebrand their content, and leading to over a decade of ongoing legal dispute between Higuchi and TBS.

=== 2011–2023: ''Taiiku Kai, Kyokugen and reboots'' ===
During ''Kinniku Banzuke''<nowiki/>'s original run a series of three crossover specials between ''Kinniku Banzuke'' and [[Johnny & Associates]] called ''Taiiku Kai'', featuring popular male celebrities taking on the events of ''Sportsman No.1'' and ''Kinniku Banzuke''. A fourth special aired in 2005, focusing on the achievements of women in the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. In 2011, a fifth special was produced combining the concepts of the previous installments: male celebrities would duel female professional athletes in the field of expertise such as [[Golf]], [[Keirin]], [[Swimming]] and [[Martial arts]]. It additionally featured a new variant of ''Attack'', where a team of celebrities must hit targets in [[Volleyball]], with a team of professional female volleyball players on defense.

Following Monster9's bankruptcy, TBS immediately began looking into continuations of its series with ''Sportsman No.1'' was rebooted as [[Sports Danshi Grand Prix]] and ''Sasuke'' rebooted as ''Sasuke Rising''. TBS would merge the contents of the ''Kinniku Banzuke'' series into ''Taiiku Kai'' in order to bring it closer to its roots. ''Taiiku Kai'' would almost entirely focus on the panel events, with only debut course ''Million Spoon'' appearing for courses. With each consecutive year, increased focus on Banzuke panels events occurred. In addition to these events, ''Taiiku Kai'' would often feature tournaments where a professional athlete or team would take on a series of unique, custom challenges (usually called ''Topping Challenges'') for a chance to win luxury food, donations for charity or simply for fun. 

From 2012 until 2017, a six-hour special was broadcast on [[New Year's Eve]] under the title ''Kyokugen'', featuring special variants of ''Taiiku Kai'' events. ''Kyokugen'' events were recorded year round as side events during filming sessions of ''Taiiku Kai'', with footage being used interchangeably on occasion. During 2014, a series of specials under the title ''Bunka-kei'' were broadcasting, keeping ''Taiiku Kai's'' format, but focusing on intellectual challenges. In 2015, a pilot episode for a course-centric reboot of Banzuke was broadcast featured ''Neko de Drive'', ''Born Connection'' and ''Seesaw 60'', however it was not picked up and ended after a single episode. 

In 2017, ''Taiiku Kai''  performed a series wide revision to the panel events for the first time in over twenty years. Rather than the normal format of having 12 attempts to hit 9 panels, competitors would have unlimited attempts under a 100-second time limit to hit between 15 and 31 targets (depending on sport). These 100 second challenges would appear in nearly episode from 2017 until the outbreak of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with variations for fourteen different sports. They would once again remix the format in 2020 by debuting the moving target format, where competitors had unlimited attempts and no time limit, however 20 targets would move on a conveyor belt and would be inaccessible once gone.

Due to a decline in ratings, [[Fuwa-chan]]'s controversy and subsequent hiatus, and the [[Johnny Kitagawa sexual abuse scandal]], ''Taiiku Kai'' ended its ongoing serialization in March 2023. Since that time, four addition specials have aired.

=== 2024–present: ''Kasso'' and global expansion ===
For the first time in 13 years, no ongoing Banzuke series was broadcasting. In March 2024, a revival of the ''Kinniku Banzuke'' event ''Skeboarder'' broadcast under the title ''Kasso''. It debuted to low viewership in Japan, and pressure from production following a record setting five winners in its first filming session - an all-time series record. While the series was initially put on hold, a compilation was posted on YouTube with English subtitles which garnered viral international attention, netting more than 10 million views. The series was immediately greenlit to return.

On New Year's Eve 2024, a crossover special entitled ''All Star Taiikusai'' aired, containing events from ''Kinniku Banzuke'', ''Sports Danshi Grand Prix, Sasuke, [[All-Star Thanksgiving]], and [[Tokyo Friend Park 2]]. 9Hoops II'' and ''Quick Muscle'' returned from ''Kinniku Banzuke.'' In March 2025, a new series titled ''Hundred Samurai'' co-produced by [[SpringHill Company]] debuted, the first internationally co-produced episode, making a tournament out of three Basketball events returning from ''Taiiku Kai.'' Both ''Hundred Samurai'' and ''Kasso'' are currently in talks for international adaptations.

== Series overview ==
Broadcasts are split into four eras:

* The Classic Era ran from the series inception in 1993 until the formation of Monster9 in February 2005
* The Monster9 Era ran from its content launch in March 2005 until its collapse over 2009 thru 2011. 
* The Reboot Era covers TBS series produced alongside ''Taiiku Kai'' between January 2011 and March 2023, primarily including series reboots such as ''Taiiku Kai, Sasuke, Kunoichi,'' and ''Sports Danshi Grand Prix''
* The Modern Era covers all specials created after ''Taiiku Kai''<nowiki/>'s end of weekly serialization in March 2023.

Below are a list of all of the core, main series installments in the ''Kinniku Banzuke'' series. This list only includes series that received an ongoing serialization on network television.

=== Regular seasons ===
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|+
! rowspan="2" |Era
! colspan="3" |Series
! rowspan="2" |Seasons
! rowspan="2" |Episodes
! rowspan="2" |Specials
! rowspan="2" |Network
! colspan="2" |Broadcast Dates
|-
!Original Title
!RomanizedTitle
!Official English Title
!First released
!Last released
|-
| rowspan="5" |Classic Era
| rowspan="2" |'''''筋肉番付'''''
| rowspan="2" |''Kinniku Banzuke''
| rowspan="2" |''Muscle Ranking (1995–2002)''
''Unbeatable Banzuke (2007–)''
|Pilot
|11
|—
| rowspan="5" |[[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]]
|7 July 1995
|16 September 1995
|-
|27
|256
|17
|14 October 1995
|4 May 2002
|-
|'''''体育王国'''''
|''Taiiku Ōkoku''
|''Taiiku World''
|4
|37
|1
|12 October 2002
|13 September 2003
|-
|'''''ゴールドマッスル'''''
|''Golden Muscle''
| rowspan="2" |''Golden Muscle''
|2
|16
|3
|15 October 2003
|24 March 2004
|-
|'''''黄金筋肉'''''
|''Ougon Kinniku''
|1
|12
|—
|13 April 2004
|2 June 2004
|-
| rowspan="3" |Monster9 Era
|'''''スポ★カジ'''''
|''Spo★Kaji''
|''Sports ⨉ Casino''
|2
|6
|1
| rowspan="2" |[[TV Asahi]]
|13 June 2007
|26 September 2007
|-
|'''''体育の時間'''''
|''Taiiku no Jikan''
|''Taiiku Time''
|2
|14
|2
|23 October 2007
|26 February 2008
|-
|'''''3ミニッツ'''''
| colspan="2" |''3Minutes''
|1
|—
|1
| rowspan="2" |[[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]]
| colspan="2" |4 March 2009
|-
|Reboot Era
|'''''炎の体育会'''''
|''Honō no Taiiku Kai''
|''Athletic Fire''
|45
|271
|6
|11 January 2011
|16 November 2024
|-
| colspan="4" |Total
|85 seasons
|623 episodes
|31 specials
|
|
|
|}

=== Specials ===
Below is a list of special broadcasts. These specials featured release independently from any of the above ongoing series.{{Table alignment}}
{| class="wikitable defaultcenter"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Era
! colspan="3" |Series
! rowspan="2" |Seasons
! rowspan="2" |Episodes
! rowspan="2" |Network
! colspan="2" |Broadcast Dates
|-
!Original Title
!Romanized Title
!Official English Title
!First released
!Last released
|-
| rowspan="5" |Classic Era
|'''''スポーツマンNo.1決定戦'''''
|''Sportsman No.1'' ''Ketteisen''
|''Muscular Athletic Championship''
| colspan="2" |39
| rowspan="5" |[[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]]
|29 December 1993
|7 January 2010
|-
|'''''炎の体育会No.1 決定戦'''''
|''Honō no Taiiku Kai No.1 Ketteisen''
|''Taiiku Kai No.1''
| colspan="2" |3
|13 October 2000
|22 October 2002
|-
|'''''サスケ'''''
|''Sasuke''
|''Ninja Warrior''
| colspan="2" |34
|25 September 2002
|Ongoing —
|-
|'''''くノー'''''
|''Kunoichi''
|''Women of Ninja Warrior''
| colspan="2" |10
|24 September 2003
|Ongoing —
|-
|'''''筋肉王国'''''
|''Kinniku Ōkoku''
|''Dream Games No.1''
| colspan="2" |1
| colspan="2" |15 February 2005
|-
| rowspan="2" |Monster9 Era
|'''''海筋肉王～バイキング～'''''
|''Umi Kinniku-O ～Viking～''
|''Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle Course''
| colspan="2" |7
| rowspan="2" |[[FujiTV]]
|22 March 2005
|3 October 2006
|-
|'''''ファミ筋'''''
|''Fami Kinniku''
|''Family Muscle''
| colspan="2" |2
|21 March 2006
|28 March 2006
|-
| rowspan="4" |Reboot Era
|'''''極限'''''
| colspan="2" |''Kyokugen''
| colspan="2" |8
| rowspan="7" |[[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]]
|31 December 2012
|31 December 2017
|-
|'''''最強スポーツ男子頂上決戦'''''
|''Saikyō Sports Danshi Chōjō Kessen''
|''Sports Danshi Grand Prix''
| colspan="2" |14
|12 November 2012
|Ongoing —
|-
|'''''魂の文化系'''''
|''Tamashī no Bunka Kei''
|''Bunka-kei''
|1
|2
|21 June 2014
|5 November 2014
|-
|'''''愛のバトランド'''''
|''Ai no Battleland''
|''Love Battleland''
| colspan="2" |1
| colspan="2" |20 June 2015
|-
| rowspan="3" |Modern Era
| colspan="3" |'''''KASSO'''''
|3
|6
|18 March 2024
|Ongoing —
|-
|'''''オールスター体育祭'''''
| colspan="2" |''All Star Taiikusai''
| colspan="2" |1
|31 December 2024
|Ongoing —
|-
|'''''百武将'''''
|''Momotake Susumu''
|''Hundred Samurai''
|1
|2
|17 March 2025
|Ongoing —
|-
| colspan="4" |Total
|125 specials
|130 episodes
|
|
|
|}

=== Spinoffs ===
Below are a list of spinoff in the ''Kinniku Banzuke'' series. The majority focus on content other than athletics challenges such as documentary content.
{| class="wikitable defaultcenter"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Era
! colspan="3" |Series
! rowspan="2" |Seasons
! rowspan="2" |Episodes
! rowspan="2" |Network
! colspan="2" |Broadcast Dates
|-
!Original Title
!Romanized Title
!Official English Title
!First released
!Last released
|-
| rowspan="6" |Classic Era
|'''''筋肉精鋭'''''
|''Kinniku Seiei''
|''Muscle Elite''
|4
|44
| rowspan="6" |[[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]]
|5 April 2000
|28 February 2001
|-
|'''''筋肉行脚'''''
|''Kinniku Angya''
|''Muscle Tour''
|2
|25
|4 April 2001
|26 September 2001
|-
|'''''ケイン・ザ・マッスル'''''
| colspan="2" |''Kane the Muscle''
|2
|19
|3 October 2001
|27 March 2002
|-
|'''''闘魂筋肉'''''
|''Tōkon Kinniku''
|''MUSCLE-ISM''
|2
|23
|3 April 2002
|25 September 2002
|-
|'''''サイボーグ魂'''''
|''Cyborg Damashī''
|''Cyborg Soul''
|2
|24
|1 October 2002
|25 March 2003
|-
|'''''夜の体育'''''
|''Taiiku no Yoru''
|''Night Taiiku''
|2
|22
|7 April 2003
|22 September 2003
|-
| rowspan="5" |Monster9 Era
|'''''海筋肉王'''''
|''Umi Kinniku-O''
|''Sea Muscle King''
|8
|70
|[[FujiTV]]
|3 April 2005
|25 March 2007
|-
| colspan="3" |'''''BODY'''''
|5
|59
| rowspan="2" |[[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]]
|3 April 2005
|28 June 2006
|-
|'''''サスケマニア'''''
| colspan="2" |''Sasuke Maniac''
|9
|108
|2 July 2006
|28 September 2008
|-
|'''''マッスルch'''''
|''Muscle ch''
|''Muscle Channel''
|2
|20
|[[BS-i]]
|19 April 2007
|13 September 2007
|-
|'''''マッスルワールド'''''
| colspan="2" |''Muscle World''
|4
|53
|[[Tokyo MX]]
|5 April 2008
|28 March 2009
|-
| colspan="4" |Total
|42 seasons
|467 episodes
|
|
|
|}

=== Pseudo-canon series ===
These series are series created by the original staff of ''Kinniku Banzuke'' and feature direct crossover in events, however they were produced as side projects outside of the main series and are as a result not considered canon, despite the similarity and often confusing fans.
{{Table alignment}}
{| class="wikitable defaultcenter"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Era
! colspan="3" |Series
! rowspan="2" |Seasons
! rowspan="2" |Episodes
! rowspan="2" |Network
! colspan="2" |Broadcast Dates
|-
!Original Title
!Romanized Title
!Official English Title
!First released
!Last released
|-
| rowspan="4" |Monster9 Era
| align="left" valign="middle" |'''''ウルトラ・ストロング・ゲーム'''''
| colspan="2" |''Ultra Strong Game''
|—
|1
|[[Nippon TV]]
| colspan="2" |3 March 2005
|-
| colspan="3" |'''''DOORS'''''
|—
|6
| rowspan="6" |[[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]]
|19 September 2005
|28 December 2009
|-
|'''''世紀のスポーツ大作戦TARA-REBA'''''
|''Seiki no Sports Dai Sakusen Tara-Reba''
|''What If?''
|—
|1
| colspan="2" |29 December 2005
|-
|'''''史上最大スポーツ大感謝祭'''''
|''Shijō Saidai Sports Dai Kanshasai''
|''Athlete Thanksgiving Festival''
|—
|1
| colspan="2" |23 September 2007
|-
| rowspan="4" |Reboot Era
| colspan="3" |'''''DEKITA'''''
|—
|1
| colspan="2" |7 October 2012
|-
| colspan="3" |'''''GENKAICHI'''''
|—
|1
| colspan="2" |10 October 2012
|-
|'''''究極バトル“ゼウス”'''''
|''Kyūkyoku Battle “Zeus”''
|''Ultimate Battlefield of "Zeus"''
|—
|3
|9 April 2015
|24 November 2016
|-
|'''''究極のヒーローはKuroOvi選手権'''''
|''Kyūkyoku no Hero wa KuroOvi Senshuken''
|''KuroOvi: The Ultimate Hero''
|3
|179
|[[Family Gekijo]] / [[YouTube]]
|27 December 2017
|8 October 2018
|}

== List of events ==

=== Obstacle Course Events ===
These events featured obstacle courses, typically based on Ushio Higuchi's ''9 Area System''. Each event was themed to a specific sporting discipline, and typically had 9, or in some cases 18, obstacles to defeat. In many global regions including on [[G4 (American TV network)|G4]] in North American, these were the main events broadcast and are the most known and most popular.{{Table alignment}}
{| class="wikitable defaultcenter"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Discipline
! colspan="2" |Event
! colspan="2" |First Seen On
! colspan="3" |Broadcast Region
|-
!English Name
!Variant
!Series
!Start Date
!Japan
!Asia
!Global
|-
|[[Balance beam]], [[Hurdles]]
| colspan="2" |Amazing Road
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|13 October 2001
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Stilt walking]]
| rowspan="3" |Bamboo Derby
|Bamboo Derby
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Bamboo Derby II
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Bamboo Derby III
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Kinjiro
| colspan="2" |Born Connection
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|13 October 2001
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Bungee jumping|Bungee]]
| colspan="2" |Cannot Fly
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|Unaired
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Bouldering]]
| colspan="2" |Chimpan Climb
|{{Tooltip|TT|Taiiku Time}}
|6 November 2007
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Dizzy bat]], [[Balance beam]]
| colspan="2" |Dizzy Bridge
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|12 October 2002
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Sasuke (TV series)|Survival Attack]]
| colspan="2" |Escape
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1 July 2000
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| colspan="2" |Family Muscle
|{{Tooltip|FM|Family Muscle}}
|21 March 2006
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Soccer]]
| rowspan="3" |Game Maker
|Game Maker
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1998
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Fantasista
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|17 November 2001
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Striker King
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|26 October 2002
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Labyrinth (marble game)|Labyrinth]]
| colspan="2" |Giant Ball
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| rowspan="9" |[[Handstand]]
| rowspan="9" |Hand Walk
|Hand Walk
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Hand Walk 2
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Hand Walk Tower
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Hand Walk III
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Hand Walk Building
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|2000
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Hand Walk IV
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|16 December 2000
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Hand Walk World
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|10 May 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Street Hand Walk
|{{Tooltip|GM|Golden Muscle}}
|15 October 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Hand Walk Climbing
|{{Tooltip|SMK|Sea Muscle King (Umi Kinniku-Oh)}}
|15 May 2005
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Pogo stick]]
| colspan="2" |Kangaroo
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Kinjiro
| colspan="2" |Kinjiro
|{{Tooltip|TT|Taiiku Time}}
|8 January 2008
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Sasuke (TV series)|Survival Attack]]
| colspan="2" |Kunoichi
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|22 December 2001
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Unicycle]]
| rowspan="6" |Like a Pierrot
|Like a Pierrot
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Like a Pierrot II
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Like a Pierrot III
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Like a Pierrot IV
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Like a Pierrot V
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1998
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Like a Pierrot Ghost
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|25 November 2000
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Egg-and-spoon race]]
| rowspan="2" |Million Spoon
|Million Spoon
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|13 October 2012
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Million Spoon II
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|1 June 2013
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Monkey bars]]
| rowspan="2" |Monkey Bars
|Monkey Bars
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|19 October 2002
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Untei Derby
|{{Tooltip|SC|Sports Casino}}
|13 June 2007
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Rafting]]
| colspan="2" |Muscle Focus
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Sasuke (TV series)|Survival Attack]]
| rowspan="2" |Nakama
|Nakama
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|28 July 2001
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Nakama in Naeba
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|2 February 2002
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Wheelbarrow]]
| rowspan="4" |Neko de Drive
|Neko de Drive
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|April 1998
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Neko de Drive in Naeba
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|3 February 2001
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Neko de Drive II
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|11 August 2001
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Neko de Drive World in Naeba
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|22 February 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Waiting staff]]
| rowspan="2" |Ottoto 9
|Ottoto 9
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|A Craftsman
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|July 1999
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Sasuke (TV series)|Survival Attack]], [[Strongman]]
| colspan="2" |Pancratium
|{{Tooltip|OK|Ougon Kinniku}}
|27 April 2004
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| colspan="2" |Power Island
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|Unaired
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Sasuke (TV series)|Survival Attack]]
| colspan="2" |Sasuke
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|27 September 1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Sasuke Junior
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|4 July 1998
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|31 May 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| colspan="2" |Sasuke Senior
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|14 June 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Skateboarding]]
| rowspan="3" |Skeboarder
|Skeboarder
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Skeboarder II
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1999
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Kasso
|{{Tooltip|KS|Kasso}}
|18 March 2024
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|[[Snowboarding]]
| colspan="2" |Snow-X
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|5 February 2000
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Dominoes]]
| rowspan="3" |Sponge Bridge
|Sponge Bridge
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Sponge Bridge II
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Sponge Bridge 99
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1999
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|[[Ninja]]
| colspan="2" |Spider Walk
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|[[Sasuke (TV series)|Survival Attack]], [[Homemaking]]
| colspan="2" |Strong Mama
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|30 October 1999
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|[[Sasuke (TV series)|Survival Attack]], [[Strongman]]
| colspan="2" |Strong Papa
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1999
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="7" |[[Sasuke (TV series)|Survival Attack]], [[Dog agility]]
| rowspan="7" |Super Dog
|Super Dog
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|13 October 2001
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Super Dog II
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|8 December 2001
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Super Dog III
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|13 April 2002
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Super Dog World
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|8 February 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Intellidog
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|3 May 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Doggie Maze
|{{Tooltip|SC|Sports Casino}}
|13 June 2007
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Dog Adventure
|{{Tooltip|TT|Taiiku Time}}
|8 January 2008
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Radio-controlled helicopter|RC helicopter]]
| rowspan="2" |Super Helico
|Super Helico
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|25 April 1998
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Super Helico II
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|24 April 1999
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="7" |[[Bike Trials]]
| rowspan="7" |Super Rider
|Super Rider
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Super Rider II
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Super Rider III
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|24 January 1998
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Super Rider IV
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1999
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Super Rider V
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|21 October 2000
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Super Rider World
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|3 May 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Super Rider Gold
|{{Tooltip|GM|Golden Muscle}}
|4 February 2004
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Head-carrying]]
| colspan="2" |Vase Transporter
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|Unaired
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Sasuke (TV series)|Survival Attack]]
| colspan="2" |Viking
|{{Tooltip|VK|Viking}}
|22 March 2005
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|}

=== Sporting-based events ===

==== Panel events ====
Events based around carnival style target practice. Typically a target will have 9 targets and competitors will have 12 attempts to hit them. Later versions introduced bigger boards, and lower prizes achieved for getting bingos on the board. These events were never broadcast outside of Asia.
{| class="wikitable defaultcenter"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Sport
! colspan="2" |Event
! colspan="2" |First Seen On
! colspan="3" |Broadcast Region
|-
!English Name
!Variant
!Series
!Start Date
!Japan
!Asia
!Global
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Basketball]]
| rowspan="5" |9Hoops
|9Hoops
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|19 October 1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|9Hoops II
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|9Hoops ~hide~
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1998
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|9Shooter
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|19 August 2000
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Capricious 9Hoops
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|14 July 2001
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="7" |[[Volleyball]]
| rowspan="7" |Attack
|Nippon ChaChaCha
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Attack ChaChaCha
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1998
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Attack Muscle
|{{Tooltip|GM|Golden Muscle}}
|24 March 2004
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Bingoball
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|11 January 2011
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Volley Struck Out
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|25 July 2015
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Bingoball 25
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|7 May 2016
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Othelloball 36
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|24 September 2022
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Golf]]
| rowspan="6" |Balloon Shooter
|Balloon Shooter
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|16 December 2000
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Super Shot
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1999
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Balloon Shooter World
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|21 December 2002
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Balloon Shooter Gold
|{{Tooltip|GM|Golden Muscle}}
|19 November 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Balloon Hitter
|{{Tooltip|TT|Taiiku Time}}
|11 December 2007
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Approach Shot
|{{Tooltip|KG|Kyokugen}}
|31 December 2014
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Batting (baseball)|Batting (Baseball)]]
| colspan="2" |Breakthrough King
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|4 February 2017
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Dodgeball]]
| colspan="2" |Cannonball Catch
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|Unaired
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Tennis]]
| colspan="2" |Extreme Rally
|{{Tooltip|KG|Kyokugen}}
|31 December 2016
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Soccer]]
| colspan="2" |Freekick Extreme
|{{Tooltip|KG|Kyokugen}}
|31 December 2012
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Billiards]]
| rowspan="3" |Hustler
|Hustler
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1998
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Hustler 2
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|22 July 2000
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Super Hustler
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|23 November 2002
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Rugby football|Rugby]]
| colspan="2" |Kick the Eight
|{{Tooltip|KG|Kyokugen}}
|31 December 2015
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="15" |[[Soccer]]
| rowspan="15" |Kick Target
|Kick Target
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Kick Target II
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1998
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Kick Target III
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|21 October 2000
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Kick Target Bingo
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|5 August 2000
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Kick Target 2001
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|28 April 2001
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Kick Target 2002
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|26 January 2002
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Long Shoot
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Super Freekick
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|26 October 2002
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Kick Target World
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|9 November 2002
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Kick-off
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|23 November 2002
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Kick Target Gold
|{{Tooltip|GM|Golden Muscle}}
|12 November 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Number Hunter
|{{Tooltip|SMK|Sea Muscle King (Umi Kinniku-Oh)}}
|30 July 2006
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Kick Target 2007
|{{Tooltip|TT|Taiiku Time}}
|23 October 2007
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Kick Target Bingo (2015)
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|25 July 2015
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Ultimate Volley
|{{Tooltip|KG|Kyokugen}}
|31 December 2015
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Volley (football)]]
| colspan="2" |Lifting High
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|1 November 2014
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Table tennis]]
| colspan="2" |Ping Pong Smash
|{{Tooltip|SC|Sports Casino}}
|26 September 2007
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Soccer]]
| colspan="2" |Pinpoint Shot
|{{Tooltip|KG|Kyokugen}}
|31 December 2014
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="7" |[[Bowling]]
| rowspan="7" |Punch Out
|Punch Out
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Punch Out II
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1998
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Punch Out III
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1999
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Partner Punch Out
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|8 March 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Punch Out Gold
|{{Tooltip|GM|Golden Muscle}}
|28 January 2004
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Flying Bowling
|{{Tooltip|SC|Sports Casino}}
|13 June 2007
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Split Crash
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|21 November 2011
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Penalty kick]]
| rowspan="3" |Robo-keeper
|Robo-keeper Koji
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|9 April 2012
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Robo-keeper Koji ver.2
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|21 May 2012
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Giant Koji
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|20 February 2016
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Batting (baseball)|Batting (Baseball)]]
| rowspan="2" |Robo-pitcher
|Robo-pitcher
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|27 February 2016
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Hyper-robo Ohtani
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|23 September 2023
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Tennis]]
| rowspan="2" |Service Ace
|Service Ace
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Service Ace 2
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|19 May 2001
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Batting (baseball)|Batting (Baseball)]]
| rowspan="4" |Spray Hitter
|Spray Hitter
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Spray Hitter Bingo
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|2000
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Spray Hitter World
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|23 November 2002
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Spray Hitter Gold
|{{Tooltip|GM|Golden Muscle}}
|26 November 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="21" |[[Pitch (baseball)|Pitching (Baseball)]]
| rowspan="21" |Struck Out
|Big Arch
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Perfect Arms
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|21 April 2001
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Struck Out
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Struck Out ver. 2
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|14 December 1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Struck Out ver. 3
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Struck Out ver. 4
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1999
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Struck Out Cross
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1999
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Struck Out Turtle
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1999
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Struck Out Bingo
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|2000
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Struck Out Bingo ver. 2
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|2000
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Struck Out Bingo ver. 3
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|2000
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Struck Out 2001
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|5 May 2001
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Struck Out 2002
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|19 January 2002
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Million Catch
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|19 October 2002
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Struck Out World
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|2 November 2002
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Struck Out Gold
|{{Tooltip|GM|Golden Muscle}}
|29 October 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Golden Buster
|{{Tooltip|SMK|Sea Muscle King (Umi Kinniku-Oh)}}
|18 June 2006
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Struck Out 2007
|{{Tooltip|SC|Sports Casino}}
|12 September 2007
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Struck Out 2012
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|8 December 2012
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Brain Pitching
|{{Tooltip|KG|Kyokugen}}
|31 December 2013
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Perfect Score
|{{Tooltip|KG|Kyokugen}}
|31 December 2014
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Diving (sport)|Diving]]
| colspan="2" |Super Dive
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Field goal (rugby)]]
| rowspan="2" |Super Touchdown
|Super Touchdown
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Ruby Kick Target
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|19 December 2015
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Frisbee]]
| colspan="2" |UFO
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|}

==== 100-second challenges ====
The first major revision to panel events, in these versions competitors must but between 12 and 31 targets. In this version, they have unlimited attempts, but a strict 100 second time limit is in place. These events were only broadcast within Japan.-{{Table alignment}}
{| class="wikitable defaultcenter"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Sport
! colspan="2" |Event
! colspan="2" |First Seen On
! colspan="3" |Broadcast Region
|-
!English Name
!Variant
!Series
!Start Date
!Japan
!Asia
!Global
|-
|[[Volleyball]]
| colspan="2" |Attack 20
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|23 September 2017
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Badminton]]
| rowspan="2" |Badminton Smash
|Badminton Smash 20
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|26 May 2018
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Badminton Smash 20 ver. 2
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|14 November 2020
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Basketball]]
| rowspan="4" |Basket Shooting
|Basket Shooting 20
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|10 March 2018
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|3P Shot 12
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|8 February 2020
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|3P Shot 15
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|20 June 2020
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Basket Shooting 21
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|16 December 2023
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Golf]]
| rowspan="5" |Golf Shot
|Golf Shot 20
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|29 July 2017
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Golf Shot 21
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|10 March 2018
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Golf Shot 15
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|14 December 2019
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Golf Shot 15 ver. 2
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|20 February 2021
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Golf Shot 15 ver. 3
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|20 March 2021
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Batting (baseball)|Batting (Baseball)]]
| rowspan="4" |Hit the Target
|Hit the Target 15
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|13 May 2017
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Hit the Target 16
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|2 December 2017
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Hit the Target 20
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|2 November 2019
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Hit the Target 20 ver. 2
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|12 December 2020
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Field hockey]]
| colspan="2" |Hockey Shot 15
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|13 April 2019
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Soccer]]
| rowspan="3" |Kick Target
|Kick Target 20
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|10 June 2017
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Kick Target 20 ver. 2
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|20 January 2018
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Kick Target 20 ver. 3
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|12 May 2018
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Field goal (rugby)]]
| colspan="2" |Kick the Eight ver. 2
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|16 February 2019
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Table tennis]]
| rowspan="3" |Hyakyu Smash
|Smash 30
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|18 March 2017
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Smash 31
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|29 July 2017
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Smash 21
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|31 October 2020
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[American football]]
| colspan="2" |Shotgun Target
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|7 March 2020
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Tennis]]
| rowspan="4" |Tennis Shot
|Tennis Shot 20
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|3 February 2018
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Tennis Shot 21
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|25 May 2019
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Tennis Shot 21 MAX
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|27 July 2019
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Tennis Shot 20 ver. 2
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|5 October 2019
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Volley (football)]]
| colspan="2" |Volley Shot 15
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|30 March 2019
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|}

==== Moving Target Events ====
The 2nd major revision to panel events. In these versions, competitors attempt courses that are limited by the stage itself moving away, or that are split into stage. These versions have not aired outside Japan.
{| class="wikitable defaultcenter"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Sport
! colspan="2" |Event
! colspan="2" |First Seen On
! colspan="3" |Broadcast Region
|-
!English Name
!Variant
!Series
!Start Date
!Japan
!Asia
!Global
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Soccer]]
| rowspan="4" |Monster 20
|Monster 20
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|28 November 2020
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Monster 20 Neo
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|29 May 2021
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Monster 20 Ōkubo ver.
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|6 August 2022
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Monster 20 Neo ver. 2
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|3 December 2022
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Table tennis]]
| colspan="2" |Pinpoint 20
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|18 September 2021
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Basketball]]
| rowspan="2" |Pittling 20
|Pittling 20
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|4 September 2021
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Hundred Samurai
|{{Tooltip|HS|Hundred Samurai}}
|17 March 2025
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Archery]]
| colspan="2" |Shot the Clock
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|15 October 2016
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Baseball]]
| colspan="2" |Struck 10
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|16 November 2024
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Volleyball]]
| colspan="2" |Target Attack 10
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|16 March 2024
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|}

==== Other Sports Events ====
Events based on common sports that are not target events.{{Table alignment}}
{| class="wikitable defaultcenter"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Sport
! colspan="2" |Event
! colspan="2" |First Seen On
! colspan="3" |Broadcast Region
|-
!English Name
!Variant
!Series
!Start Date
!Japan
!Asia
!Global
|-
|[[Soccer]]
| rowspan="2" |100 Person
|Kick-Off
|{{Tooltip|KG|Kyokugen}}
|31 December 2013
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Fencing]]
|Three Musketeers
|{{Tooltip|KG|Kyokugen}}
|31 December 2012
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|}

=== General Athletics Events ===
Events based on the traditional athletics disciplines of track and field and gymnastics. Many of these overlap with [[Sportsman No.1 (series)|''Sportsman No.1'']] . These events occasionally aired outside of Asia.
{| class="wikitable defaultcenter"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Sport
! colspan="2" |Event
! colspan="2" |First Seen On
! colspan="3" |Broadcast Region
|-
!English Name
!Variant
!Series
!Start Date
!Japan
!Asia
!Global
|-
|[[Backflip]]
| colspan="2" |50m Backflip
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Multi-disciplinary
| colspan="2" |50m Bridge
|{{Tooltip|SMK|Sea Muscle King (Umi Kinniku-Oh)}}
|30 April 2006
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Pull-up]]
| colspan="2" |Anywhere Pump Up
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1998
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Trapeze]], [[Basket toss]]
| colspan="2" |Aerial Octopus
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|Unaired
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Balance beam]]
| colspan="2" |Athletic Love
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|[[Rings (gymnastics)]]
| colspan="2" |Arm Ring
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|17 September 2012
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Crawling (human)|Crawling]]
| colspan="2" |Baby Dash
|{{Tooltip|SC|Sports Casino}}
|27 June 2007
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Basket toss]]
| rowspan="2" |Banzai 90
|Banzai 90
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Banzai 90 ver. 2
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|28 October 2000
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|[[Running]]
| colspan="2" |The Basilisk
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|10 September 2022
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Sumo]]
| colspan="2" |Battle SUMO
|{{Tooltip|OK|Ougon Kinniku}}
|13 April 2004
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Beach Flags (sport)|Beach Flags]]
| colspan="2" |Beach Flags
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1995
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Multi-disciplinary
| colspan="2" |Brutal Labo
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|12 October 2002
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Sprinting]]
| colspan="2" |Clock Athlete
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1995
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Push-up]]
| colspan="2" |The Final Push-up
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1995
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Sit-up]]
| colspan="2" |The Final Sit-up
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1995
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Running]], [[Trivia]]
| colspan="2" |Intro Running
|{{Tooltip|TT|Taiiku Time}}
|22 January 2008
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Push-up]]
| colspan="2" |Let's Push-up
|{{Tooltip|OK|Ougon Kinniku}}
|1 June 2004
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Walking]]
| colspan="2" |Let's Walk
|{{Tooltip|OK|Ougon Kinniku}}
|25 May 2004
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Vault (gymnastics)]]
| colspan="2" |Monster Box
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1995
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Push-up]], [[Sit-up]], [[Back extension]], [[Squat (exercise)|Squat]]
| rowspan="2" |Muscle Gym
|Muscle Gym
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Muscle Gym ver. 2
|{{Tooltip|ME|Muscle Elite}}
|November 2000
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Push-up]]
| rowspan="2" |Quick Muscle
|Quick Muscle
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Muscle Record 9 Minutes
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|27 December 1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Sprinting]], [[Bartending]]
| colspan="2" |Shotbar Catch
|{{Tooltip|SC|Sports Casino}}
|13 June 2007
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[High jump]]
| colspan="2" |Sky High
|{{Tooltip|SC|Sports Casino}}
|20 June 2007
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Multi-disciplinary
| colspan="2" |Strongman No.1
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|23 September 2023
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Multi-disciplinary
| colspan="2" |Topping Challenge
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|15 October 2016
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Trampoline]]
| colspan="2" |Trampoline
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|[[Wrestling]]
| colspan="2" |Untouchable
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1995
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|[[Dizzy bat]], [[Sprint (running)|Sprinting]]
| colspan="2" |Vertigo
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|Unaired
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|}

=== Other non-athletic events ===
Any event that does not fall under the other categories. In most cases, these are events of intellect.
{| class="wikitable defaultcenter"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Sport
! colspan="2" |Event
! colspan="2" |First Seen On
! colspan="3" |Broadcast Region
|-
!English Name
!Variant
!Series
!Start Date
!Japan
!Asia
!Global
|-
|[[Memorization]]
| colspan="2" |Anywhere Doors
|{{Tooltip|TT|Taiiku Time}}
|23 October 2007
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Circadian clock]]
| rowspan="2" |Body Clock
|Body Clock
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|3 November 2001
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Body Clock World
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|18 January 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Memorization]]
| rowspan="4" |Brain Panic
|Brain Panic
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Brain Panic II
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Brain Panic World
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|25 January 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Brain Muscle
|{{Tooltip|GM|Golden Muscle}}
|15 October 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Daruma doll]]
| rowspan="5" |Daruma
|Daruma
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Daruma 7 (Rainbow)
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Daruma 7 Ace
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Super Daruma
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1997
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Daruma Tour
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1998
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Fishing]]
| colspan="2" |Fishing Kyubei
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1999
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Menko]]
| rowspan="3" |Menko Stadium
|Menko Stadium
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|3 November 2001
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Menko Struck Out
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|25 January 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|Menko Warrior
|{{Tooltip|TW|Taiiku World}}
|12 April 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Escape room]]
| colspan="2" |Muscle Help
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|Unaired
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Jenga]]
| colspan="2" |Muscle Train
|{{Tooltip|GM|Golden Muscle}}
|15 October 2003
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Reaction time]]
| colspan="2" |Number Attack
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|17 December 2016
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Deductive reasoning]]
| colspan="2" |Psychological Card Battle
|{{Tooltip|TK|Taiiku Kai}}
|9 December 2015
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Shooting]]
| colspan="2" |Quickdraw
|{{Tooltip|GM|Golden Muscle}}
|21 January 2004
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Labyrinth (marble game)|Labyrinth]]
| colspan="2" |Rolling Seesaw
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|Unaired
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Weighing scale]]
| colspan="2" |Seesaw 60
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|Tangled rope maze
| colspan="2" |Spiderwebs
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|Unaired
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|-
|[[Kendama]]
| colspan="2" |Super Kendama
|{{Tooltip|KB|Kinniku Banzuke}}
|1996
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|[[Memorization]]
| colspan="2" |Thirty
|{{Tooltip|DG|Dream Games}}
|15 February 2005
|{{Tick}}
|{{Cross}}
|{{Cross}}
|}

== 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.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}
* '''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''' – 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.
* '''Bamboo Derby''' (On Ultimate Banzuke renamed: "Walking Tall") I, IIA, IIB, III – 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. 
* '''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&nbsp;ft 4 in, yellow – 10&nbsp;ft 7 in, green – 10&nbsp;ft 1 in, and blue – 9&nbsp;ft 1 in. This challenge had 4 victories.
* '''Daruma 7''' – A [[Daruma Otoshi|'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.
* '''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''' I, IIa, IIb, IIIA, IIIB, IV – 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 (But shown only Introduction clip in US version). and Special version is "Hand Walk Building" is held in TBS building and "Hand Walk Tower" aired only Japan too.
* '''Kangaroo''' – Obstacle course where competitors use a [[pogo stick]]. This course has a break zone.
* '''Like a Pierrot''' I, II, III, IV, V, Ghost – Obstacle course where competitors ride a [[unicycle]]. This event has had 8 victories, the most of any challenge.
* '''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.
* '''Nakama''' – Two people run through an obstacle course while tethered together. They have 70 seconds to reach the end.
* '''Neko de Drive''' I, II, III – 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. The second and third version only aired in Japan. In a Dog version course event call "Super Dog" have 3 version and aired only Japan, The competitors use an own dog as companion with reaching obstacles, Unlike Cat version that use a Neko Cart with duo competitors.
* '''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. The event course have Second version and Change named called "A Craftsman", This version has only one competition, but aired only Japan. This course event is similar to {{Interlanguage link multi|Iraira Bō|lt=''Irritating Stick (Denryū Iraira Bō)''|ja|イライラ棒}} from other Japanese Gameshow {{Interlanguage link multi|Ucchannanchan no Honō no Challenger: Kore ga Dekitara 100 Man En!!|lt=''Ucchannanchan no Honō no Challenger: Kore ga Dekitara 100 Man En!!''|ja|ウッチャンナンチャンの炎のチャレンジャー これができたら100万円!!}} aired on TV Asahi (1995-2000), but that gameshow not use two finger, use hand holding and shorter metal stick than long metal pole.
* '''Quick Muscle''' – (On Ultimate Banzuke renamed: "Push Up Showdown") 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&nbsp;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.
* '''Skateboarder''' I, II, – 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 (TV series)|Sasuke]]. This challenge has had 2 victories.
* '''Sponge Bridge''' I, II, III – 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 or Same the event courses name for later competitions of ''[[Kunoichi (TV series)|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 Helico''' I, II, – Obstacle course involving a [[radio-controlled helicopter]]. This course has a break zone to allow the copter's batteries to be replaced. Although the US showed 1 victory, there were multiple victories only aired in Japan. The second version was only aired in Japan.
* '''Super Rider''' I, II, III, IV, V – 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.
* '''Strong Mama''' – also known as original name "Kunoichi" aired in Japan, before held in Mt. Midoriyama First competition as Same original name or ''Women of Ninja Warrior''. A course designed specifically for women. They have 60 seconds to clear the first five obstacles. After that, time is unlimited. The event course have 2 version between 1999 and 2000 version. in Man competitor version call "Strong Papa" but aired only Japan.
* '''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.

"Struck Out", "Kick Target", etc. – These event course held Outside studio or Sport stadium and aired only Japan. The contest for the 2 million [[Japanese yen|yen]] prize consisted of many games that formed the "2 Million Yen Dream Plan".

==Courses' obstacles==
*'''Amazing Road''' -
** First Turnstiles
** Second Turnstiles
** Third Turnstiles

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Version #
! colspan="11" | Bamboo Derby Obstacles
! Record
|-
| colspan="1" align="center" | I
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #E7A1B0;" | Checkerboard
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #FFAF6F;" | Stepping Stones
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #a8bbef;" | Stairs
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a7a20d;" | Suspension Bridge
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FF0080;" | Down Staircase
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #58ACFA;" | Hall of Hammers
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #0000FF;" | Water Trench
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #804000;" | Log Pile
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FF0000;" | S-Curve
| colspan="1" align="center" | 1:11
|-
| colspan="1" align="center" | IIA
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #00FFFF;" | Hurdles
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #FFFF00;" | Conveyor Belt
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #C0C0C0;" | Snow Mountain
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #408080;" | Two Curves
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FFAF6F;" | Stepping Stones
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FBB917;" | S-Ramp
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a7a20d;" | Suspension Bridges
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #58ACFA;" | Hall of Hammers
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #C8B560;" | Broken S-Curve
| colspan="1" align="center" | 1:01
|-
| colspan="1" align="center" | IIB
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #00FFFF;" | Hurdles
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #FFFF00;" | Conveyor Belt
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #00FF00;" | Green Mountain
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #408080;" | Two Curves
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FFAF6F;" | Stepping Stones
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FBB917;" | S-Ramp
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a7a20d;" | Suspension Bridges
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #58ACFA;" | Hall of Hammers
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #C8B560;" | Broken S-Curve
| colspan="1" align="center" | 1:01
|-
| colspan="1" align="center" | III
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #F778A1;" | Propellers
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #461B7E;" | Moving Net
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #7D0552;" | Tires
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FAF8CC;" | Wicked Slope
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #7E2217;" | Zig-Zag Decline
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #99C68E;" | Swinging Logs
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #347C17;" | Pogo Posts
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a8bbef;" | Stairs
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #736AFF;" | Log Roll
| colspan="1" align="center" | None
|}

*'''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
** The Spike
* '''Giant Ball''' -
** Downward Slope
** Pothole Zone
** Sloping Right Turn
** Uphill Slope
** Final Bridge

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Version #
! colspan="11" | Hand Walk
! Record
|-
| colspan="1" align="center" | I
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FFE87C;" | Parallel Bars
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #a8bbef;" | Stairway to Heaven
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #FF8040;" | Bottomless Ravine
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #C11B17;" | Devil's Double Bridge
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" | BREAK ZONE
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #804000;" | Craggy Mountain
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FF0080;" | Stairway to Hell
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #C3FDB8;" | Heartbreak Hill
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #CFECEC;" | Single Bridge
| colspan="1" align="center" | 0:54
|-
| colspan="1" align="center" | IIA
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #342826;" | <span style="color:white;">Grid of Rails</span>
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #4AA02C;" | Rolling Hills
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #0000FF;" | Water Hazard
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" | BREAK ZONE
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #8A4117;" | Mountain of Logs
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a7a20d;" | Suspension Bridge
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #800000;" | Uneven Steps
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FF0000;" | Elevated S-Curve
| colspan="1" align="center" | 1:15
|-
| colspan="1" align="center" | IIB
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #342826;" | <span style="color:white;">Grid of Rails</span>
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #348781;" | Hills & Stairs
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #0000FF;" | Water Hazard
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" | BREAK ZONE
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #8A4117;" | Mountain of Logs
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a7a20d;" | Suspension Bridge
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #800000;" | Uneven Steps
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FF0000;" | Elevated S-Curve
| colspan="1" align="center" | 1:15
|-
| colspan="1" align="center" | IIIA
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #736F6E;" | Gravel Pile
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #150517;" | <span style="color:white;">Craggy Mountain</span>
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #7F5A58;" | Log Ramp
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FFFF00;" | Conveyor Belt
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #347C2C;" | Green Incline
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" | BREAK ZONE
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #EDDA74;" | Tram Car
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a7a20d;" | Suspension Bridge
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #CFECEC;" | Cascading Climb
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #F75D59;" | Volcano
| colspan="1" align="center" | None
|-
| colspan="1" align="center" | IIIB
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #736F6E;" | Gravel Pile
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #150517;" | <span style="color:white;">Craggy Mountain</span>
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #7F5A58;" | Log Ramp
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #F88017;" | Bamboo Bridge
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #347C2C;" | Green Incline
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" | BREAK ZONE
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #EDDA74;" | Tram Car
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a7a20d;" | Suspension Bridge
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #CFECEC;" | Cascading Climb
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #F75D59;" | Volcano
| colspan="1" align="center" | None
|}

* '''Kangaroo''' -
** The Steps
** Zig-Zag Path
** Mushrooms
** Bushes
** Narrow Bridge
BREAK ZONE
** 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
BREAK ZONE
** 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
BREAK ZONE
** Propeller
** Five Valleys
** S-Curve

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Version #
! colspan="11" | Like A Pierrot
! Record
|-
| colspan="1" align="center" | I
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #E7A1B0;" | Slalom
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #4AA02C;" | Sloped Hill
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #7E2217;" | Zig-Zag Bridge
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FF0080;" | Corner Staircase
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #347C17;" | Spring Platforms
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a7a20d;" | Pendulum
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #736F6E;" | Gap
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a8bbef;" | Final Staircase
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #150517;" | <span style="color:white;">Grooved Bridge</span>
| colspan="1" align="center" | 1:18
|-
| colspan="1" align="center" | II
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FF0000;" | S-Curve Slalom
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #C3FDB8;" | Ramp
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #0000FF;" | Seesaw
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #F778A1;" | Banked Turn
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a7a20d;" | Pendulum
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FBB917;" | L-Bridge
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #804000;" | Three Jumps
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a8bbef;" | Staircase
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #7F5A58;" | Log Bridge
| colspan="1" align="center" | 0:30
|-
| colspan="1" align="center" | III
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #342826;" | <span style="color:white;">Perfect Circle</span>
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #E7A1B0;" | The Slalom Zone
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #C3FDB8;" | The Ramp
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FF0000;" | S-Curve
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a8bbef;" | The Steps
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #58ACFA;" | Hall Of Hammers
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #7E2217;" | Zig-Zag Bridge
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #408080;" | Three Tier Ramp
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #736AFF;" | Narrow Bridge
| colspan="1" align="center" | 3:03
|-
| colspan="1" align="center" | IV
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #EDDA74;" | Time Trial
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #E7A1B0;" | The Slalom
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #a8bbef;" | Stairs
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #58ACFA;" | Deadly Hammers
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #7E2217;" | Zig-Zag Hill
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #C3FDB8;" | Sword Ramp
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FAF8CC;" | Descending Slope
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #736AFF;" | Narrow Bridge
| colspan="1" align="center" | 2:41
|-
| colspan="1" align="center" | V
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #C11B17;" | Wheel Of Life
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #E7A1B0;" | Flower Slalom
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #8A4117;" | Cross Bridge
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #00FF00;" | Boulder Dash
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FF0000;" | S-Curve
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #0000FF;" | Seesaw
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FFFF00;" | Conveyor Belt
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #00FFFF;" | Teeter Bridge
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FFAF6F;" | Raging Ramp
| colspan="1" align="center" | 2:36
|-
| colspan="1" align="center" | Ghost
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #461B7E;" | Dilapidated Corridor
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #58ACFA;" | Graveyard
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #F88017;" | Bloodthirsty Axes
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #7D0552;" | Death Heads
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a8bbef;" | Staircase
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #F75D59;" | Island
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #0000FF;" | Coffin Seesaw
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #7E2217;" | Narrow Zig-Zag
| colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #736AFF;" | Narrow Bridge
| colspan="1" align="center" | None
|}
{| class="wikitable"
! Version #
! colspan="11" | Super Rider
! Record
|-
|colspan="1" align="center" | I
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FF0000;" | The Ditch
|colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #7E2217;" | Rock Garden
|colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #0000FF;" | Cable Spools
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #461B7E;" | Two Big Steps
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a8bbef;" | Narrow Zig-Zag
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #58ACFA;" | Broken Bridge
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FFAF6F;" | Death Valley
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #7D0552;" | Steep Incline
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #C11B17;" | Giant Drop
|colspan="1" align="center" | 1:30
|-
|colspan="1" align="center" | II
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #E7A1B0;" | Sawtooth Hills
|colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #7E2217;" | Rock Garden
|colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #00FF00;" | Five Drums
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #C0C0C0;" | One Track Bridge
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #0000FF;" | Cable Spools
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a7a20d;" | Ladders
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #736AFF;" | Broken Platforms
|colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #F778A1;" | Leap Of Faith
|colspan="1" align="center" | 4:18
|-
|colspan="1" align="center" | III
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #E7A1B0;" | Sawtooth Hills
|colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #FF78A1;" | Turntables
|colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #7E2217;" | Steps / Slope
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a7a20d;" | Trampoline Jump
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #736AFF;" | Rolling Rocks
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #461B7E;" | High Step
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #00FF00;" | Inclined Plank Bridge
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #C0C0C0;" | Pedestals
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #0000FF;" | [[Earth|<span style="color:white;">Earth</span>]]
|colspan="1" align="center" | 4:06
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! Version #
! colspan="12" | Strong Mama
! Record
|-
|colspan="1" align="center" | Ia (1999)
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FF0000;" | Sliding Bag
|colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #7E2217;" | Mattress Beater
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #0000FF;" | Cart Dash
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #461B7E;" | Narrow Bridge
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a8bbef;" | Bike Express
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" | BREAK ZONE
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #58ACFA;" | Rolling Panic
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FFAF6F;" | Airwalk
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #7D0552;" | Big Wheel
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #C11B17;" | Wedding Cake
|colspan="1" align="center" | None
|-
|colspan="1" align="center" | Ib (2000)
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FF0000;" | Sliding Bag
|colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #FFE87C;" | Reverse Conveyor
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #a8bbef;" | Bike Express
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #461B7E;" | Narrow Bridge
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #58ACFA;" | Rolling Panic
| colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" | BREAK ZONE
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #FFAF6F;" | Airwalk
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #0000FF;" | Cart Dash
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #00FF00;" | Big Radish
|colspan="1" align="center" style="background-color: #C11B17;" | Wedding Cake
|colspan="1" align="center" | None
|}

* '''Super Helico'''
** Slalom
** Tower
** Debris Tunnels
** Cage
** Cave
BREAK ZONE
** Fans
** Crazy Eight
** Slider
** Landing Pad
* '''Spider Walk'''
** The Straightaway
** Widening Corridor
** 90° Turn
** Ascending Corridor
** Descending Corridor
** Crossbar
** S-Curve
* '''Skeboarder'''
** Ollie Step
** Rampage
** Tube
** Handrail
BREAK ZONE
** 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

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

*'''Athletic Love''' — Atsushi & Michiko Hirata - 11.45s left, Naomi & Tatsuya Gunzi - 00.64s left.
*'''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
*'''Ottoto 9''' — Tomoteru Fukuda - 4:52
*'''Quick Muscle''' — Kohei Asano (5 times)
*'''Seesaw 60''' — Hiroyasu Matsukawa, Mitsuyoshi Tanaka, & Yuji Iwana (Boxing team) - 11.92s 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
*'''Untouchable''' — Yasutoshi Kujirai

==Unbeatable Banzuke==
In 2007, [[G4 (American TV network)|G4]] began airing subtitled version of ''Kinniku Banzuke'' under the title ''Unbeatable Banzuke.'' These edits would focus heavily on the course events, and would be the foundation for global rebroadcasts worldwide. The show was hosted by [[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 language|English]] subtitles. The player profiles, rules, and [[Instant replay|replays]], however, are narrated by voice actor [[Dave Wittenberg]], who also narrates ''[[Sasuke (TV series)|Ninja Warrior]]''. Upon the network's relaunch, the preview segment before the opening sequence has been removed.{{Episode table
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 3
| Title           = '''Hand Walk - Super Daruma - Bamboo Derby'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 4
| Title           = '''{{ font color | gold | Hand Walk }} - {{ font color | gold | Seesaw 60 }} - Daruma 7'''
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 5
| Title           = '''{{ font color | gold | Hand Walk }} - {{ font color | gold | Quick Muscle }} - Banzai 90'''
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 6
| Title           = '''Bamboo Derby - {{ font color | gold | Quick Muscle }} - Daruma 7'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 7
| Title           = '''Hand Walk II - Daruma 7 - Bamboo Derby'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 8
| Title           = '''{{ font color | gold | Spider Walk }} - Trampoline - Hand Walk II'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 9
| Title           = '''Like A Pierrot - Seesaw 60 - Daruma 7'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 10
| Title           = '''{{ font color | gold | Like A Pierrot }} - Daruma 7 - Seesaw 60'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 11
| Title           = '''Kangaroo - {{ font color | gold | Like A Pierrot }} - Daruma 7'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 12
| Title           = '''Hand Walk II - {{ font color | gold | Banzai 90 }} - Giant Ball'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 13
| Title           = '''{{ font color | gold | Bamboo Derby }} - Seesaw 60'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 14
| Title           = '''{{ font color | gold | Super Rider }} - Seesaw 60'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 15
| Title           = '''Hand Walk II - Sponge Bridge'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 16
| Title           = '''Sponge Bridge - Bamboo Derby'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 17
| Title           = '''{{ font color | gold | Hand Walk II }} - Giant Ball'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 18
| Title           = '''Bamboo Derby II - Sponge Bridge'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 19
| Title           = '''{{ font color | gold | Like A Pierrot II }} - Ottoto 9'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 20
| Title           = '''Like A Pierrot III - Ottoto 9'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 21
| Title           = '''Sponge Bridge - Kangaroo'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 22
| Title           = '''Hand Walk II - {{ font color | gold | Muscle Gym }} - Ottoto 9'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 23
| Title           = '''Like A Pierrot III - {{ font color | gold | Daruma 7 }}'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 24
| Title           = '''Hand Walk III - Seesaw 60'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 25
| Title           = '''{{ font color | gold | Like A Pierrot III }} - {{ font color | gold | Athletic Love }}'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 26
| Title           = '''Kangaroo - {{ font color | gold | Muscle Gym }} - Extra Kendama'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 27
| Title           = '''Super Rider II - Neko De Drive'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 28
| Title           = '''Like A Pierrot IV - Kangaroo'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 29
| Title           = '''Hand Walk III - Super Helico'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 30
| Title           = '''Bamboo Derby II - Kangaroo'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 31
| Title           = '''{{ font color | gold | Like A Pierrot IV }} - Sponge Bridge'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 32
| Title           = '''Skeboarder - Bamboo Derby II'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 33
| Title           = '''Super Rider II - {{ font color | gold | Ottoto 9 }}'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 34
| Title           = '''{{ font color | gold | Sponge Bridge }} - Daruma 7'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 35
| Title           = '''Skeboarder - Bamboo Derby II'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 36
| Title           = '''Hand Walk III - {{ font color | gold | Bamboo Derby II }}'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 37
| Title           = '''Skeboarder - {{ font color | gold | Super Rider II }}'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 38
| Title           = '''Super Rider III - Daruma 7'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 39
| Title           = '''Skeboarder - {{ font color | gold | Muscle Gym }} - Like A Pierrot IV'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 40
| Title           = '''Sponge Bridge II - Kangaroo'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 41
| Title           = '''Super Helico - Sponge Bridge II'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 42
| Title           = '''Bamboo Derby III - Hand Walk III'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 43
| Title           = '''Sponge Bridge II - Bamboo Derby III'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 44
| Title           = '''Super Rider III - Neko De Drive'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 45
| Title           = '''Super Helico - Daruma 7 Ace'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 46
| Title           = '''Bamboo Derby III - Sponge Bridge II'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 47
| Title           = '''Like A Pierrot V - Neko De Drive'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 48
| Title           = '''Nakama - {{ font color | gold | Banzai 90 }}'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 49
| Title           = '''Strong Mama - Super Helico'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 50
| Title           = '''Super Rider III - Sponge Bridge II'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 51
| Title           = '''Nakama - Super Rider III'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 52
| Title           = '''{{ font color | gold | Skeboarder }} - Neko De Drive'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 53
| Title           = '''Strong Mama - {{ font color | gold | Banzai 90 }}'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 54
| Title           = '''Like A Pierrot V - {{ font color | gold | Untouchable }}'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 55
| Title           = '''Nakama - Super Helico'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 56
| Title           = '''{{ font color | gold | Like A Pierrot V }} - Sponge Bridge II'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 57
| Title           = '''Super Rider III - {{ font color | gold | Daruma 7 Ace }}'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 58
| Title           = '''{{ font color | gold | Super Helico }} - Banzai 90'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 59
| Title           = '''Like A Pierrot Ghost - Neko De Drive'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 60
| Title           = '''Super Rider III - Sponge Bridge II'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 61
| Title           = '''Nakama - {{ font color | gold | Daruma 7 }}'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 62
| Title           = '''Amazing Road - Neko De Drive'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 63
| Title           = '''Like A Pierrot Ghost - Bamboo Derby III'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 64
| Title           = '''Hand Walk III - {{ font color | gold | Super Rider III }}'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 65
| Title           = '''Kangaroo - Sponge Bridge III'''
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|3}}
| Linecolor       = #873F23
}}
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> If the letters are gold, that means the challenge was defeated.

Note: In G4 version, at Introduction start, Hand walk IV and Super Rider IV-V was put only Introduction but never air in US version after aired last episode.

==International adaptations==
In the UK, Channel 5 made their own version of this show called Under Pressure. 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: [http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Under_Pressure 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 episodes.
For pictures of this version, check: [http://www.gameshowkult.de/chday.htm Here]

In China, a spinoff of ''Taiiku Kai'' titled ''Beat the Champions'' began airing in 2016.

In Thailand, an adaptation based on G4's ''Unbeatable Banzuke'' called ''Unbeatable Banzuke Thailand'' was released, using the same graphics and visual style, with newly filmed segments of ''Quick Muscle, Bamboo Derby, Banzai 90, Ottoto 9, Neko de Drive, Seesaw 60'' and ''Daruma 7.''
{{Table alignment}}
{|class="wikitable defaultcenter" style="margin-right:0"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Country
! rowspan="2" | Foreign Title
! rowspan="2" |Seasons
! rowspan="2" |Episodes
! rowspan="2" | Network (s)
! rowspan="2" | Language (s)
! colspan="2" |Broadcast Dates
! rowspan="2" | Host
! rowspan="2" | Location (s)
|-
!First released
!Last released
|-
|{{CHN}}
|'''''来吧冠军 Beat the Champions'''''
|2
|24
|[[Zhejiang Television|ZJTV]]
|Chinese
|3 April 2016
|23 July 2017
|
|
|-
| {{GER}}
| '''''Champions Day – Die Show der Besten'''''
| colspan="2" |4 Specials
| [[Sat.1]]
| German
|28 January 2001
|13 December 2001
|
|
|-
| {{THA}}
| '''''ChampVSChamp (แชมป์เฉือนแชมป์) Unbeatable Banzuke Thailand'''''
|2
|26
|[[Modernine TV]]
| Thai
|22 October 2013
|13 May 2014
| Dusit Sirisombut, Koopt Kooptawatin
| [[Bangkok, Thailand]]
|-
| {{GBR}}
| '''''Under Pressure'''''
|1
|10
| [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]]
| English
|1 September 2001
|10 November 2001
| Brian Blessed as Banzuke Brian
| [[London, UK]]
|}

== Other Media ==
An anime was produced by [[Bandai Visual]] titled ''Kinniku Banzuke: Kongou-kun no Daibouken!'' The anime was loosely based on the show, and featured a group of children invited to an island to fight to the death. It lasted three episodes.<ref>{{Cite web|website=MyAnimeList|title=Kinniku Banzuke: Kongou-kun no Daibouken! |url=https://myanimelist.net/anime/10360/Kinniku_Banzuke__Kongou-kun_no_Daibouken |access-date=2024-03-04 |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*''[[Kunoichi (TV series)|Kunoichi (Women's version of Sasuke)]]''
*''[[Sasuke (TV series)|Sasuke]] (Known in America as Ninja Warrior)''
*''[[Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle Course]]''

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100507121352/http://sasuke.keshiheads.co.uk/bintro.html SASUKE] - Unbeatable Banzuke Fansite with challenge info, episode guide and videos

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