SASUKE 14 ~ Sasuke Ninja Warrior

The 14th Competition, official name: SASUKE2005謹賀新年 (literally SASUKE 2005 Happy New Year) is the first tournament held during winter. In the First Stage, two new obstacles were added (the Ensuitobi and the Butterfly Wall) and the First Stage time limit was increased by 23 seconds to 103 seconds, the first time a First Stage time limit exceeded 100 seconds. This proved to be very lenient, as two people (Takeda Toshihiro and Nagano Makoto) cleared with 30 seconds left on the clock, and another three (Yamamoto Shingo,Ishikawa Terukazu, and Yamaguchi Kosuke) cleared with more than 20 seconds left. Takeda cleared the First Stage with 32.44 seconds left, a speed record that stood until SASUKE 27. In this tournament, Shiratori Bunpei officially became the sixth member of the SASUKE All-Stars.

In the Third Stage, ten people made it, double that of SASUKE 13. However, three new obstacles were added between the Cliffhanger and the Pipe Slider. The new obstacles, the Jumping Bars, Climbing Bars, and Devil Balanço‎, proved to be extremely difficult for competitors, as no one made it to the Final Stage for the first time since SASUKE 10.

TBS Date: January 4, 2005

TBS Ratings: 18.7%

SASUKE Announcers:

1st Chair Hatsuta Keisuke (Stage 1 (#1-30, 71-100), Third Stage)

2nd Chair Ogasawara Wataru (Stage 1 (#30-70), Stage 2)

SASUKE Results

Best: Kobayashi Shinji, Third Stage, Devil Balanço‎

Stage 1: 14 Clears

Stage 2: 10 Clears

Stage 3: 0 Clears

Final Stage: Not Attempted

First Stage

Obstacles

① ^Ensuitobi 円錐跳び

② ^Butterfly Wall バタフライウォール

③ Sandan Rolling Maruta 三段ローリング丸太

④ Cross Bridge クロスブリッジ

⑤ Jump Hang ジャンプハング

⑥ Neshireta Kabe ねじれた壁

⑦ Soritatsu Kabe そり立つ壁

⑧ Tarzan Jump ターザンジャンプ

⑨ Rope Climb ロープクライム

Time Limit: 103 seconds

Length: 94.2m

^ Denotes new obstacle

Second Stage

Obstacles

① Chain Reaction チェーンリアクション

↓ Brick Climb ブリッククライム

② Spider Walk スパイダーウォーク

③ Balance Tank バランスタンク

④ ^Metal Spin メタルスピン

⑤ Wall Lifting ウォールリフティング

Time Limit: 67 seconds

^ Denotes new obstacle

Third Stage

Obstacles

① Rumbling Dice ランブリングダイス

② Body Prop ボディプロップ

③ Curtain Cling カーテンクリング

④ Cliffhanger クリフハンガー

⑤ ^Jumping Bars ジャンピングバー

⑥ ^Climbing Bars クライミングバー

⑦ ^Devil Balanço デビルブランコ

⑧ *Pipe Slider パイプスライダー

^ Denotes New Obstacle

* Denotes Modified Obstacle

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