The 1st Sports Danshi tournament, official name:「究極の男は誰だ!?最強スポーツ男子頂上決戦2012」 abbreviated as SpoDan was the reboot of Sportsman No. 1 and is the first tournament in over two years, due to Monster9's bankruptcy in November 2011. In similar format to Celebrity Sportsman No. 1, various celebrities would compete in a series of events to gain points. As the events progress, the competitors who would gain the least amount of points would be eliminated from the competition. This elimination would continue until the final event where the top competitors would be left. The prizes for the winner would receive a second generation Toyota Auris. Similar to its predecessor, all events are filmed in the Makuhari Messe Convention Centre. In this reboot, Sportsman No.1 events Monster Box and Shot-Gun Touch would appear in this competition along with brand new events: Mountain Flag, Hammer Crash and Power Wall.
Despite being a reboot, the Hall of Fame did not make an appearance throughout the broadcast and all subsequent SpoDan tournaments.
This event involves a group of four competitors dash and climb atop a 10 metre steep hill as fast as possible in order to grab a flag situated at the very top. There is a rope hanging halfway down the hill to aid competitors. The winner of each heats move on straight to the finals.
Competitors would be given corresponding points based on their progress on the event:
This event involves each competitor utilizing a hammer to hit a circular spot of a seesaw as precise as possible in order to launch a ball straight up high and penetrate a thin board situated above. In this tournament, the competitors would start at 5 metres and the difficulty would gradually went up as the event progresses.
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, the competitors would start at 11 Levels which has an equivalent height of 1 meter and 86 centimeters and gradually increases by 10 centimeters with each levels. After the event, six competitors with the least amount of points is eliminated from the competition.
The remaining ten competitors competed in the event where two competitors in the opposing sides using pure brute strength to push a wall towards the other side against each other. The time limit for each round is 90 seconds and these rounds would occur until the final round to indicate the winner of the Event. After the event, four competitors with the least amount of points is eliminated from the competition.
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Competitor pushed the wall farther than opponent after the time limit.
Eliminated Competitors: TETSUYA, Takiguchi Yukihiro, Taniuchi Shinya and Nakao Akiyoshi
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. Unfortunately, JUNO had withdrew from competing in this event due to discomfort sustained on his left leg, thus only five competitors remained to battle it out to be the first winner of this competition. 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, competitors would verbally pick their distance once it is their turn to attempt the event.
