Nakayama Kinnikun (なかやま きんに君) is a Japanese comedian who has had the most success on SASUKE, save for Ōmori Akira. He displayed great strength, but not much speed, as he usually timed out late in stage one. He has timed out or failed with less than ten seconds remaining in all of his attempts except SASUKE 13.
Nakayama debuted in SASUKE 8 where he performed well, reaching the Soritatsu Kabe, however timed out there. He returned for SASUKE 9 where he managed to finally clear the First Stage, with a narrow window of 0.5 seconds left, however he was slow on the Second Stage and slipped from the Spider Walk with less than 10 seconds remaining. His next attempt was in SASUKE 10, however he struggled with the Soritatsu Kabe, and once he cleared, slipped from the Tarzan Rope just as time was about to expire.
SASUKE 11 was his best competition to date. He had no real trouble on the First Stage and managed to clear with 5.5 seconds left. In the Second Stage, he cleared the Spider Walk which cost him a lot of time before, albeit still relatively slowly, and although he managed to battle all the way to the finish buzzer, he was a fraction of a second too slow. Since then, he has never been able to clear the First Stage. In SASUKE 12, he timed out at the Rope Climb, and in his next attempt, he surprisingly exited the competition early when he slipped off the Cross Bridge. Nakayama's last appearance was in SASUKE 15, where he failed the Soritatsu Kabe which he had never failed since his first attempt.
He also is a five time Celebrity Sportsman No. 1 champion.
His real name is Nakayama Shōji (中山 翔二).
In Super Big Product Fun Show (which airs on G4 with Ninja Warrior). He is listed as "Zigfried Batsu".
Results
| SASUKE | # | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 36 | Failed Soritatsu Kabe (First Stage) | Time Out |
| 9 | 41 | Failed Spider Walk (Second Stage) | |
| 10 | 956 | Failed Tarzan Rope (First Stage) | Time Out |
| 11 | 41 | Failed Wall Lifting (Second Stage) | Time Out, Cleared all three walls, but time expired just before he could hit the finish buzzer. |
| 12 | 41 | Failed Rope Climb (First Stage) | Time Out |
| 13 | 41 | Failed Cross Bridge (First Stage) | |
| 15 | 27 | Failed Soritatsu Kabe (First Stage) | Time Out |
| 27 | 30 | Failed Rolling Escargot (First Stage) |