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Soritatsukabe

Yamamoto Shingo on the Soritatsu Kabe in SASUKE 5


The Soritatsu Kabe (そり立つ壁), called the Warped Wall on English broadcasts, is one of the oldest and more difficult obstacles in SASUKE history. Introduced in SASUKE 5, the Soritatsu Kabe has been in every SASUKE tournament since then with the exception of SASUKE 18 where the Great Wall took its place. Its function is simple: Competitors must scale a concave quarter-pipe by running up and grabbing the top of the wall. However, this has proven to be one of the most difficult obstacles in history as every SASUKE All-Star and most top competitors have failed there. Its difficulty has caused several people to recreate this obstacle with homemade versions. The Soritatsu Kabe is one of the most iconic obstacles in the show, showing up everywhere from Muscle Park to several American Ninja Challenge events.

SASUKE 5-17 version

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Drawing of the original Soritatsu Kabe

In the original version of the obstacle, competitors had 2.7m to run in order to scale a 5m high wall. Many competitors found that in order to have success on the obstacle, competitors would need to run up and jump at their highest point in order to reach the top. In SASUKE 13, the producers added in the Neshireta Kabe to the course. This made the Soritatsu Kabe slightly easier as competitors were able to use the landing platform of the Neshireta Kabe to get more speed into the Soritatsu Kabe, making reaching the top easier. Also starting in SASUKE 13, the producers would remove a piece off the top of the wall for competitors under the age of 18 and over the age of 50. This made the wall about half a meter shorter. The Soritatsu Kabe proved to be very tough in SASUKE 8 due to the heavy rains that day. This made competitors grip on the obstacle very low. The Soritatsu Kabe also became particularly tricky in SASUKE 15. Due to the extreme heat, competitors became very winded by the time they reached the Soritatsu Kabe, causing several time outs of top competitors.

Competitors' Success Rate

  • All results based on the TBS broadcast and external information found
SASUKE Clears Attempts Percentage
5 5 9 55.56%
6 7 11 63.64%
7 11 17 64.71%
8 8 13 61.53%
9 7 10 70%
10 9 10 90%
11 13 17 76.47%
12 15 16 93.75%
13 11 14 78.57%
14 15 18 83.33%
15 10 16 62.5%
16 20 20 100%
17 14 19 73.68%
Total 141 186 75.81%

Shin-SASUKE Version

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Hirata Atsushi on the Soritatsu Kabe in SASUKE 19

The Soritatsu Kabe was brought back in SASUKE 19 after being replaced by the Great Wall in SASUKE 18. This new version of the obstacle was harder, as the height was raised to 5.2m (20cm higher than the original). This proved to be a problem for SASUKE All-Stars Shiratori Bunpei and Takeda Toshihiro as they failed there several times in SASUKE 19 before finally beating it with little time left.

Competitors' Success Rate

  • All results based on the TBS broadcast and external information found
SASUKE Clears Attempts Percentage
19 13 15 86.67%
20 10 15 66.67%
21 22 28 78.57%
22 22 25 88%
Total 66 83 79.51%
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