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Pro Sportsman No. 1 (最強の男は誰だ!壮絶筋肉バトル!!スポーツマンNo.1決定戦, Saikyō no Otoko wa Dare da! Sōzetsu Kinniku Batoru!! Supōtsuman Nanbā Wan Ketteisen, "Who is the Strongest Man?! Grand Muscle Battle!! Sportsman No. 1 Decisive Battle"), later revived as Sports Danshi Grand Prix (究極の男は誰だ!?最強スポーツ男子頂上決戦) abbreviated as SpoDan (スポダン) was an annual program made by Monster9, the same company that produces series such as Kinniku Banzuke and SASUKE and broadcast on TBS TV.
Core installments
[edit]The original series that began as a pilot in 1993. A group of professional athletes competes in a modified pentathlon or heptathlon of events that combine strength, balance, speed and general athletics.
A spinoff of Pro Sportsman No.1 that retains the same general formula, with shorter overall runtimes and a lineup consisting entirely of athletics celebrities.
A reboot of the series produced after the dissolution of former production studio Sportsman No.1, Sports Danshi Grand Prix features a mix of athletes, former champions and celebrities together. The series was retitled due to an ongoing legal dispute with former producer Ushio Higuchi and his studio GoldEggs.
Other series
[edit]A series of tournaments under the same core concept as Sportsman No.1, with the competitor pool made up of Sumo wrestlers and Strongmen.
A side series produced in conjunction with the Japanese Olympic Committee under the working title Clash of Olympians. In this case, amateur refers to athletes who are not being paid in professional leagues, rather than true amateur. The lineups consistently almost entire of current and former Olympians, and is widely referred to as "Olympian Sportsman" among fans.
A one-time special that aired featured exclusively high-speed events revolving around running. This tournament is notable for having the debut of the now iconic event Shotgun Touch.
A women's spinoff of Sportsman No.1 that features a group of women taking on modified events.
Glory Sportsman (2010)
[edit]A one-time special that featured a large lineup of 50 competitors attempting the Monster Box.
A one-time special that featured a pair competing together on modified events that feature traditional Sportsman events mixed with intellectual aspects.
Airing as a special during the final three specials of Honoo-no Taiiku-kai TV, Strongman No.1 saw seven professional athletes in different fields competing for the title. In addition, a team composed of four Taiiku Kai TV staff competed alongside the professionals.
Winners
[edit]| Overall | Series | Overview | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Season | Winner | Num of Events | Score | Broadcast | |
| 1 | Pro | — | Yukio Tanaka | 5 | 138 | 29 December 1993 |
| 2 | Pro | 1 | Tetsuya Iida | 7 | 345 | 1 January 1995 |
| 3 | Olympian | 1 | — | 5 | — | 29 March 1995 |
| 4 | Olympian | 2 | — | 5 | — | 5 October 1995 |
| EX1 | BFK | — | Koji Murofushi | 3 | — | 16 December 1995 |
| 5 | Pro | 2 | Makoto Hasegawa | 6 | 500 | 2 January 1996 |
| EX2 | Speed | — | Tetsuya Iida | 3 | 1100 | 27 January 1996 |
| EX3 | Power | — | Nobuhiko Takada | 3 | 550 | 17 February 1996 |
| 6 | Celebrity | 1 | Daisuke Shima | 5 | 578 | 2 April 1996 |
| 7 | Olympian | 3 | Koji Murofushi | 3 | 220 | 2 October 1996 |
| 8 | Pro | 3 | Kazuo Matsui | 5 | 69 | 2 January 1997 |
| 9 | Celebrity | 2 | Kane Kosugi | 5 | 560 | 2 April 1997 |
| 10 | Pro | 4 | Koichi Ogata | 8 | 550 | 1 January 1998 |
| 11 | Celebrity | 3 | Kane Kosugi | 7 | 950 | 1 April 1998 |
| 12 | Celebrity | 4 | Kane Kosugi | 7 | 810 | 2 October 1998 |
| 13 | Pro | 5 | Tetsuya Iida | 7 | 380 | 1 January 1999 |
| 14 | Celebrity | 5 | Naoki Iketani | 6 | 620 | 26 March 1999 |
| 15 | Pro | 6 | Kane Kosugi | 7 | 385 | 1 January 2000 |
| 16 | Celebrity | 6 | Kane Kosugi | 6 | 685 | 24 March 2000 |
| 17 | Celebrity | 7 | Kane Kosugi | 6 | 446 | 10-14 October 2000 |
| 18 | Pro | 7 | Daisuke Ohata | 8 | 580 | 1 January 2001 |
| 19 | Celebrity | 8 | Shōei | 6 | 614 | 23 March 2001 |
| 20 | Pro | 8 | Koji Murofushi | 8 | 565 | 1 January 2002 |
| 21 | Celebrity | 9 | Shōei | 8 | 522 | 27 March 2002 |
| 22 | Celebrity | 10 | Masaru Nagai | 6 | 476 | 27 September 2002 |
| EX4 | Queens | 1 | Yuko Mizuno | 2 | 200 | |
| 23 | Pro | 9 | Daisuke Ohata | 8 | 630 | 1 January 2003 |
| 24 | Celebrity | 11 | Kinnikun Nakayama | 6 | 544 | 31 March 2003 |
| EX5 | Queens | 2 | Yuko Mizuno | 3 | 250 | |
| 25 | Celebrity | 12 | Naoki Iketani | 7 | 715 | 26 September 2003 |
| 26 | Pro | 10 | Taka Miura | 8 | 455 | 1 January 2004 |
| EX6 | Queens | 3 | Yuko Mizuno | 3 | 240 | 24 March 2004 |
| 27 | Celebrity | 13 | Naoki Iketani | 7 | 560 | 5 April 2004 |
| 28 | Pro | 11 | Naoki Iketani | 8 | 490 | 1 January 2005 |
| 29 | Celebrity | 14 | Kinnikun Nakayama | 6 | 600 | 8 April 2005 |
| 30 | Celebrity | 15 | Kinnikun Nakayama | 5 | 295 | 28 September 2005 |
| 31 | Pro | 12 | Daisuke Miyazaki | 6 | 375 | 1 January 2006 |
| 32 | Celebrity | 16 | Kinnikun Nakayama | 6 | 550 | 29 March 2006 |
| 33 | Celebrity | 17 | Kinnikun Nakayama | 5 | 585 | 4 October 2006 |
| 34 | Pro | 13 | Paul Terek | 7 | 470 | 1 January 2007 |
| 35 | Celebrity | CB | Wacky | 5 | 405 | 30 March 2007 |
| 36 | Celebrity | 18 | Wacky | 5 | 455 | 5 October 2007 |
| 37 | Pro | 14 | Daisuke Miyazaki | 7 | 480 | 1 January 2008 |
| 38 | Pro | 15 | Daisuke Miyazaki | 6 | 395 | 3 January 2009 |
| 39 | Special | — | Hirokazu Ōyama | 5 | 340 | 7 January 2010 |
| 40 | Grand Prix | 1 | Gaku Sano | 5 | 340 | 21 November 2012 |
| 41 | Grand Prix | 2 | Wataru Mori | 6 | 423 | 11 April 2013 |
| 42 | Grand Prix | 3 | Mandy Sekiguchi | 6 | 485 | 29 December 2013 |
| 43 | Grand Prix | 4 | Mandy Sekiguchi | 6 | 575 | 23 December 2014 |
| 44 | Grand Prix | 5 | Gaku Sano | 6 | 400 | 23 December 2015 |
| 45 | Grand Prix | 6 | Gaku Sano | 6 | 450 | 10 October 2016 |
| 46 | Grand Prix | 7 | Mandy Sekiguchi | 4 | 310 | 1 January 2017 |
| 47 | Grand Prix | 8 | Yuki Nomura | 5 | 465 | 11 May 2017 |
| 48 | Grand Prix | 9 | Yuki Nomura | 5 | 335 | 28 September 2017 |
| 49 | Grand Prix | 10 | — | 3 | — | 1 January 2018 |
| 50 | Grand Prix | 11 | Kaisei Takechi | 6 | 510 | 22 March 2022 |
| EX7 | Kairiki | — | 28 March 2022 | |||
| EX8 | Kairiki | — | 7 August 2022 | |||
| EX9 | Strongman | 1 | Akihito Yamada | 4 | 210 | 23 September 2023 |
| EX10 | Strongman | 2 | Taiiku-kai TV team | 4 | 250 | 16 December 2023 |
| EX11 | Strongman | 3 | Akihiko Nakamura | 4 | 220 | 16 March 2024 |
| 51 | Grand Prix | 12 | Kaisei Takechi | 4 | 300 | 3 May 2024 |
| 52 | Grand Prix | 13 | Kaisei Takechi | 4 | 270 | 14 October 2024 |
| EX12 | Taiikusai | — | — | 3 | — | 31 December 2024 |
| 53 | Grand Prix | 14 | Yoshiyuki Yamamoto | 4 | 270 | 2 May 2025 |
References
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