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The Monster Box (モンスターボックス) is an event that has made an appearance in most Sportsman and Sports Danshi Grand Prix competitions to date, with the Pro Sportsman No. 1 2010 competition being entirely a monster box special.

The event itself is a crossover between the Olympic style high jump and vault competitions, where competitors must run down a 25m runway onto a springboard and vault over a giant vaulting box (the monster box) that increases in height after all competitors have attempted the current height. Competitors unable to complete a given height, are eliminated.

The beginning level for male competitors would be at 11 levels (1m 86cm) and for female competitors would be at 9 levels (1m 66cm). But there would be instances where the beginning levels would differ per tournament. Each level would have an increase of 10 cm. Competitors would only have one attempt to clear every level. But they can have the two attempts on the event once male competitors clear 15 levels (2m 26cm) and female competitors clear 14 levels (2m 16cm).

Competitors would be given an option to skip a level during the event, but as a consequence once they fail the subsequent level, the last level they cleared would be the result. This would be utilized by competitors like Iketani Naoki who managed to skip consecutive levels to preserve his energy for the higher levels.

The World Record for the highest level of Monster Box cleared stands at 23 levels (3m 06cm) which is held by Yeo Hong-Chul, Morgan Hamm, Iketani Naoki, Mizutori Hisashi, and Hirano Taishin, with Iketani being the only one who managed to clear 23 levels during the main tournament while the other four managed to reach the record during the special events of Sportsman or Sports Danshi Grand Prix.

In its first Sportsman appearance in Pro Sportsman No. 1 1993, competitors would start at 8 Levels which has an equivalent height of 1 meter and 50 centimeters and gradually increases by 10 centimeters with each levels. In addition, the maximum amount of levels provided at this time is set at 13 Levels which has an equivalent height of 2 meters. During the event, out of the eighteen competitors who attempted the event, thirteen would complete 12 Levels and subsequently, eight competitors managed to clear the maximum 13 Levels. To resolve the issue of having too many winners in the event, the producers added a 10cm block below the vaulting box, increasing the height of the next level to 2 meters and 10 centimeters.

To prevent these instances from happening again, the structure of the vaulting box is modified to accommodate higher levels to prevent such instances from happening again.

This event would appear in fifteen Pro Sportsman Tournaments, eighteen Celebrity Survival Battles, one Amateur Sportsman Tournament and is the only one to have its own special. This would also become one of the few Sportsman events that appeared in Sports Danshi Grand Prix.

Name Origins[]

In its first appearance on Pro Sportsman No. 1 1993, it was called as the Tobibako (跳び箱). Meanwhile at the first Pro Sportsman Tournament in Pro Sportsman No. 1 1995, it was referred to as the Horse Box. It was only until the third Sportsman Tournament in 1st Amateur Sportsman No. 1 where the event was called as the Monster Box.

Special Events[]

Throughout the tournaments, the Monster Box would also appear in special events outside of the main battle and tournaments of the show.

The Monster Box World Championship (モンスターボックス 世界一決定戦) is a special event held during Pro Sportsman Tournaments. This event would be held in the same venue of the corresponding Summer Olympics hosts, with the exception of 2003 where it was held in Japan.

Event Winners[]

Tournament Title Battle Winner Notes
Sportsman No.1 (1993 - 2010)
I Pro Sportsman No. 1 1993 3 Kataoka Atsushi and Iketani Yukio 13 levels + 10cm (2m 10cm)
II Pro Sportsman No. 1 1995 3 Iida Tetsuya and Iketani Yukio 16 levels (2m 36cm)
III 1st Amateur Sportsman No. 1 3 Vitaly Scherbo 20 levels (2m 76cm)
V Pro Sportsman No. 1 1996 2 Iketani Yukio 18 levels (2m 56cm)
VI 1st Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 1 Osumi Kenya 15 levels (2m 26cm)
X Pro Sportsman No. 1 1998 4 Ogata Koichi 18 levels (2m 56cm)
XI 3rd Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 3 Kane Kosugi 19 levels (2m 66cm)
XII 4th Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 3 Kane Kosugi 22 levels (2m 96cm)
XIII Pro Sportsman No. 1 1999 3 Kane Kosugi 19 levels (2m 66cm)
XIV 5th Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 2 Iketani Naoki 23 levels (3m 06cm)
XV Pro Sportsman No. 1 2000 2 Kane Kosugi 21 levels (2m 86cm)
XVI 6th Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 2 Iketani Naoki and Kane Kosugi 22 levels (2m 96cm)
XVII 7th Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 2 Kane Kosugi 20 levels (2m 76cm)
XVIII Pro Sportsman No. 1 2001 3 Kane Kosugi 21 levels (2m 86cm)
XIX 8th Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 3 Iketani Naoki 22 levels (2m 96cm)
XX Pro Sportsman No. 1 2002 3 Iketani Naoki 23 levels (3m 06cm)
XXI 9th Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 3 Shōei and Shane Kosugi 19 levels (2m 66cm)
XXII 10th Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 3 Nagai Masaru 18 levels (2m 56cm)
XXIII Pro Sportsman No. 1 2003 3 Nakata Daisuke 20 levels (2m 76cm)
XXIV 11th Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 3 Shirakawa Yujiro 18 levels (2m 56cm)
XXV 12th Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 3 Iketani Naoki 21 levels (2m 86cm)
XXVI Pro Sportsman No. 1 2004 3 Iketani Naoki 21 levels (2m 86cm)
XXVII 13th Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 3 Iketani Naoki 22 levels (2m 96cm)
XXVIII Pro Sportsman No. 1 2005 3 Iketani Naoki 20 levels (2m 76cm)
XXIX 14th Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 2 Iketani Naoki 20 levels (2m 76cm)
XXX 15th Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 2 Iketani Naoki 22 levels (2m 96cm)
XXXI Pro Sportsman No. 1 2006 3 Iketani Naoki 22 levels (2m 96cm)
XXXII 16th Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 3 Iketani Naoki and Tomoyuki 21 levels (2m 86cm)
XXXIII 17th Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 2 Iketani Naoki 23 levels (3m 06cm)
XXXIV Pro Sportsman No. 1 2007 3 Iketani Naoki 20 levels (2m 76cm)
XXXV CB Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 3 Wakky, Dante, and Gen 18 levels (2m 56cm)
XXXVI 18th Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 3 Tomoyuki 20 levels (2m 76cm)
XXXVII Pro Sportsman No. 1 2008 6 Iketani Naoki 21 levels (2m 86cm)
XXXVIII Pro Sportsman No. 1 2009 3 Iketani Naoki 21 levels (2m 86cm)
XXXIX Pro Sportsman No. 1 2010 Solo Event Ōyama Hirokazu 22 levels (2m 96cm)
Sports Danshi Grand Prix (2012 - 2024)
Sports Danshi Grand Prix 1 3 Mori Wataru 18 levels (2m 56cm)
Sports Danshi Grand Prix 2 3 Seiya and Mori Wataru 19 levels (2m 66cm)
Sports Danshi Grand Prix 3 3 Iketani Naoki, Sano Gaku, and Mori Wataru 20 levels (2m 76cm)
Sports Danshi Grand Prix 4 3 Sano Gaku 20 levels (2m 76cm)
Sports Danshi Grand Prix 5 2 Iketani Naoki, Sano Gaku, and Mori Wataru 20 levels (2m 76cm)
Sports Danshi Grand Prix 6 1 Hirano Taishin 22 levels (2m 96cm)
Sports Danshi Grand Prix 8 2 Hirano Taishin 22 levels (2m 96cm)
Sports Danshi Grand Prix 9 2 Hirano Taishin 22 levels (2m 96cm)
Sports Danshi Grand Prix 10 Solo Event Hirano Taishin 21 levels (2m 86cm)
Sports Danshi Grand Prix 11 1 Sano Gaku, Takechi Kaisei, and Sato Yoshito 19 levels (2m 66cm)
Sports Danshi Grand Prix 12 1 Fukuo Makoto 21 levels (2m 86cm)

Pair VIKING Appearances[]


While both shows were completely unrelated towards each other, the Monster Box would manifest in a form of a standard vaulting box in all three Pair VIKING competitions as an obstacle in the First Marine Stage. In Pair VIKING 1 and Pair VIKING 2, the Tobibako (とび箱/跳び箱) appeared as the fourth obstacle in the First Marine Stage, then relocated as the fifth obstacle on Pair VIKING 3. The level would be at 8 levels at an unknown height. Since the First Marine Stage is a timed course, a competitor from each group would press a buzzer after completing the Kōsoku Slider to open the gate, allowing the other competitor to attempt the obstacle and press a buzzer at the other side in order to attempt the next obstacle. Unlike in Sportsman/SpoDan, failing to clear the box does not result in elimination but with a time penalty of ten seconds, resulting in timeouts in the later part of the course.

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