VIKING 2

Intro
The second VIKING tournament, official name: 海筋肉王 "バイキング" スペシャル: 全世界最強王決定戦 (Umi Kin'niku-ō VIKING SP: Zen Sekai Saikyō-ō Kettei-sen, literally Sea Muscle King "VIKING" Special: World's Strongest King Championship), was the second VIKING tournament that took place in 2005 and aired on April 4, 2005. There were Preliminary Trials held before this tournament, at the headquarters of Fuji TV, which included a one-minute push-ups competition that won by Akiyama Kazuhiko, who did 137 push-ups, 17 push-ups more than his Quick Muscle's rival, Yamada Katsumi.

First Marine Stage had no changes beside reducing the time limit by 10 seconds. This, combined with the number of competitors increased to 100 (like how normally it is on SASUKE) made the results better than the previous tournament, as 10 people cleared the stage. As the weather was better, Brain Ship Stage was held, which eliminate Yamaguchi Kōsuke and Ishikawa Terukazu.

Due to the difficulty on the previous tournament, Second Adventure Stage was toned down by making Galleon lighter (reducing 10 kg in weight), thus no one failed it. However, the dreaded Rope Maze that ended the tournament in VIKING 1 is still as deadly as it took out half of the competitors that attempting it. Two people, TERU and Nagano Makoto, cleared the timed portion of the stage, but Heartbreaker left only Nagano to take on Third Fantasy Stage, which he easily cleared after electing to attempt Ultimate Plank, earning ¥500,000. From there, Nagano Makoto was given choice to proceed to attempt Bio Clock or to give up. If given up, ¥500,000 remain intact and his run in the tournament ended. However, if he proceed, if he failed, the prize will be reduced to ¥100,000 and tournament end. If he succeeded, the prize will be increased to ¥1,000,000 and he will advance to Final VIKING. Without a doubt, Nagano chose to attempt the obstacle and cleared it with 9.78 seconds on the clock, well within the margin of error and allowed entry to Final VIKING.

In the only tower-shaped Final VIKING, Nagano put everything he got, but eventually running out of the gas and timed out about 50 cm from the goal, once again leaving Kanzenseiha out of the reach.

Obstacles
① Odyssey オデッセイ

② Loading Dock ローディングドック

③ Castaway キャスタウェイ

④ Main Deck メインデッキ

⑤ Parley パーレイ

⑥ Cannonball キャノンボール

⑦ Swing Mast スイングマスト

⑧ Captain's Cabin キャプテンキャビン

Time Limit: 110 seconds

Length: 102 metres

Brain Ship Stage
Competitors must draw lots to determine two teams of four (the others get free passes to the Second Adventure Stage). From these teams of four, competitors must memorise seven numbers that are shown for five seconds. The person with the most mistakes is eliminated. If there is a tie, the competitors will do an Extra Round (this time with nine numbers that are shown for seven seconds) and the loser of that is eliminated.

Note:
 *  White  = The number written match the number sequence.
 *  Light Red  = The number written didn't match the number sequence.

Group 1
Number Sequence: 5-9-3-2-6-4-1.

Group 2
Number Sequence: 2-7-3-1-3-9-7.

Extra Round
Number Sequence: 1-3-9-8-1-7-4-9-2.

Obstacles
Timed

① *Galleon ガリオン

② Galley ガリー

③ Rope Maze ロープメイズ

④ Crossroads クロスロード

⑤ Log Screw ログスクリュー

⑥ Heavenly Climb ヘブンリィ・クライム

Time Limit: 120 seconds

Untimed

⑦ Heartbreaker ハートブレイカー

Length: 90.5 metres

* Denotes Modified Obstacle

Obstacles
① Steady Voyager ステディー・ポイジャー or Ultimate Plank アルティメット・ブランク

② Bio Clock バイオ・クロック

Obstacles
① Horizon Rope ホライズンロープ (23 metres)

② Vertical Rope バーティカルロープ (10 metres)

Time Limit: 100 seconds

Differences with International Rebroadcasts
In the International rebroadcasts of VIKING 2 (excluding JET broadcast), the course and structure was changed significantly. Brain Ship Stage was fully cut, Heartbreaker was considered to be part of Third Fantasy Stage, and both Steady Voyager and Bio Clock were never mentioned at all. In addition, it was stated that VIKING was two events of 50, with a Final that combined people that went the furthest from the first two tournaments.