Filming Locations: Midoriyama, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Cast
Actor
Character
Shingo Yamamoto
Himself - Competitor (25 episodes, 1997-2010)
Katsumi Yamada
Himself - Competitor (23 episodes, 1997-2010)
Keisuke Hatsuta
Himself - Announcer (21 episodes, 1998-2010)
Toshihiro Takeda
Himself - Competitor (21 episodes, 2000-2010)
Kazuhiko Akiyama
Himself - Competitor (19 episodes, 1998-2010)
Makoto Nagano
Himself - Competitor (19 episodes, 2001-2010)
Naoki Iketani
Himself - Competitor (16 episodes, 1998-2010)
Minoru Kuramochi
Himself - Competitor (13 episodes, 2002-2010)
Ichiro Furutachi
Himself - Announcer (12 episodes, 1997-2003)
Kenjirô Ishimaru
Himself - Competitor (12 episodes, 2002-2010)
Masami Harashima
Himself - Competitor (12 episodes, 2003-2010)
Wataru Ogasawara
Himself - Announcer (12 episodes, 2005-2011)
Toyohisa Iijima
Himself - Competitor (11 episodes, 1997-2005)
Bunpei Shiratori
Himself - Competitor (11 episodes, 2002-2008)
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Trivia
Only three competitors have achieved "kanzenseiha" (i.e. completed all four stages) since the start of the competition: Kazuhiko Akiyama in Competition 4 (Fall 1999), Makoto Nagano in Competition 17 (Fall 2006) and Yuuji Urushihara in Competition 24 (Spring 2010) and second time in Competition 27 (Fall 2011). "Kanzenseiha" translates into English as "complete domination."