The 9th Sportsman competition, official name: 「スポーツマンNo.1決定戦IX」 (literally Sportsman No. 1 IX) was the second Celebrity Survival Battle Tournament. In similar format to the previous Celebrity Survival Battle, various celebrities would compete in a series of Sportsman events to gain points. As the events progress, the competitors who would gain the least amount of points would be eliminated from the Survival Battle. This elimination would continue until the final event where the top six competitors would be left.
Event Winners would receive a Kyocera Digital Camera and JPY 200,000
Sixth Place Competitor would receive a JF Gourmet Card and JPY 100,000
Fifth Place Competitor would receive a Fitness Club Exus Gold Card and JPY 200,000
Fourth Place Competitor would receive a Dunlop Golf Set and JPY 400,000
Third Place Competitor would receive a Pair Trip to Los Angeles and JPY 600,000
Second Place Competitor would receive a Diamond Ring with Platinum Setting and JPY 1,000,000
First Place Competitor would receive a Mitsubishi Galant car and JPY 2,000,000
Apart from the Celebrity Survival Battle, a separate event named Monster Box World Championship (跳び箱世界一決定戦) also took place in this tournament. Three competitors would try to attempt the Monster Box at a higher level than the normal event. In the previous Monster Box World Championship, these three competitors managed to clear 21 Boxes (2m 86cm), with Vitaly Scherbo, at the time, went beyond and cleared the Monster Box World Record at 22 Boxes (2m 96cm). This event would be broadcasted as a filler in-between Tail Impossible and Log Sumo.
The event itself involves two competitors standing on opposite sides of a platform with sixteen horizontal poles arranged on a 4x4 grid. These poles would have square-shaped foams attached on both ends with numbers embedded on the foam.
Competitors must push all of the poles until a competitor managed to topple their opponent in the platform. The winning competitor would advance to the next rounds. This process continues until the final round where the winning competitor becomes the No. 1 of the event.
Due to the nature of the event in which there are sixteen poles needed to be push to topple their opponents, it would lead to some of the rounds lasting for a long period due to competitors strategically resting on areas that is hard for their opponent to push over.
This would lead to an additional rule in the final round of the event where a round would last for five minutes. If the time allotted in the match is exceeded, then the competitors will reset for two minutes before attempting a rematch. In the rematch, the time limit is still in play. If the match exceeds the 5 minute time limit, both competitors will be crowned No. 1 in the event.
Similar to the Kinniku Banzuke version, competitors would have to do as many push-ups as possible within three minutes with a difference being in a group of four instead of pairs. After the event, two competitors with the least amount of points is eliminated from the Survival Battle.
Eliminated Competitors: Shindo Eisaku and Watanabe Kei
Tail Impossible[]
Twelve remaining competitors competes an event involves competitors running around a 80 meter track for five laps, with the last three competitors finishing the laps being eliminated from the event. Competitors are allowed to rest for 90 seconds in between each race. After the event, three competitors with the least amount of points is eliminated from the Survival Battle.
* - Although Nomura joint won Dodge Poles, the event worsened his chronic back pain. After choosing not to do Quick Muscle, he tried Tail Impossible, but eventually withdrew from the competition afterwards.
Due to the withdrawal of Nomura Masaki, eight remaining competitors competes in an event involves two competitors trying to knock off their competitor inside a sumo ring whilst each competitor holding one end of a long log. A Win is decided when either a competitor manages to topple their opponent outside of the sumo ring, drop their opponent onto the ground, or they managed to let go of the log. After the event, two competitors with the least amount of points is eliminated from the Survival Battle.
The winning competitor would advance to the next rounds. This process continues until the final round where the winning competitor becomes the No. 1 of the event.
Eliminated Competitors: Sato Hiroyuki and Miyashita Naoki
Shot-Gun Touch[]
The remaining top six competitors competes in an event involves competitors sprinting towards the end of the runway to touch a falling volleyball ten metres above. The volleyball must be released by pressing a button at the start of the runway, failure to do so signify a miss. Competitors writes down the distance according to their own preferences and place them in a ballot box, with three attempts each and the competitor who has successfully completed the furthest and/or earned the most points wins the event. In addition, the running order on each round would change based on the current overall points where the competitor that has the least amount of points will go first.
During the competitor's third attempt, instead of competitors writing down the distance, they would verbally pick their distance once it is their turn to attempt the event.
Victory Speech: I just wanted to thank everybody for giving me this chance to........to be in this show. Thank you. - Kane Kosugi
Monster Box World Championship[]
Monster Box[]
The event involves competitors running down a runway onto a springboard and vault over a giant vaulting box that increases in height after all competitors have attempted the current height. In this tournament, compared to its appearances in the main tournament, competitors would start at 18 Levels which has an equivalent height of 2 meter and 56 centimeters and gradually increases by 10 centimeters with each levels.
Both Hamm and Mizutori's attempts were made separately from the first three competitors and their attempt on the 24 Levels were only shown on broadcast.
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Monster Box World Championship No. 1: Yeo-Hong Chul