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** Makoto Nagano fell victim to one of these during Stage 1's slide jump. While the obstacle worked fine for everyone else, part of the rope attached to the slider was stuck on the outside railing, which caused the slider to stop too many feet away from the net, and made the jump towards the net impossibly short. After Nagano complained about the rope getting cut off, the officials took a second look, and agreed with him, thus disqualifying his attempt. The good news and bad news: Nagano has to do the ''entire course'' over again. {{spoiler|He succeeds}}.

** In Sasuke 24, Kenji Takahashi was one of the competitors to make it to the final stage. During his climb, his safety line got tangled up and he was unable to continue until time eventually ran out.

** Trampolinist Daisuke Nakata was the victim of a hit-and-run prior to Sasuke 17, leaving him with severely weakened grip strength. The effects are clearly seen when he attempts the third stage of the tournament, unable to make it past the Arm Rings, the first obstacle. He competes again in Sasuke 20, but he's unable to get past the Salmon Ladder.

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* [[Little Miss Badass]]: Rena Higashi was able to reach stage 3 of Kunoichi when she was 13!

* [[Lost in Translation]]: Hiroyuki Asaoka - a teacher of the Japanese equivalent of elementary school - is known by the alliterative pun nickname "Sasuke Sensei". In the English subtitles and narration, the nickname is changed to "Professor Ninja Warrior", which ruins the pun.

* [[Married to The Job]]: All-Star Katsumi Yamada; training for this ''is'' his job.

* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Travis Schraeder can best be described as this; he's an extremely strong competitor and rarely loses the course by falling, but never manages to outrun the clock.

* [[Transsexual]]: Hibari.

* [[True Companions]]: It may be a competition, but the real opponent is the course rather than the other contestants. As a result, regulars like the All-Stars and the up-and-coming young guns have a great deal of respect for and camaraderie with each other. Shown rather touchingly by G4's special detailing Levi Meeuwenberg's training, where he spent a good deal of time with the All-Stars (Makoto Nagano in particular) and all of them were eager to let this person they barely knew into their homes and treat him as one of their own.

* [[World of Badass]]: It's a show about people from all walks of life, from Olympic athletes to gas station attendants, running an insanely grueling Japanese obstacle course in the name of glory.

* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]: The most glaring example is Katsumi Yamada, to the point where he actually quit competing for a tournament before having a [[He's Back]] moment

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