Nogizaka46 Miyu Matsuo and other idols will also participate! “SASUKE” female version “KUNOICHI” will be broadcast for the first time in 7 years

■Idols who are proud of their workouts gather at “KUNOICHI”!

“SASUKE” is a major program that TBS is proud of, and is scheduled to be broadcast on Christmas Day, December 25th, 2024. Before the excitement of “SASUKE” subsides, it has been decided that the female version of “KUNOICHI” will be broadcast for the first time in seven years.

The broadcast date is January 13, 2025, and the stage of the revival is Makuhari Messe. 50 carefully selected strongest women of Reiwa aim for complete domination.

■Members with outstanding physical abilities from the idol world, including Nogizaka46, gather!
Serious members from the idol world are participating in the competition aiming for complete domination. Led by Nogizaka46’s Miyu Matsuo, who boasts the physical ability of the Sakamichi group, there is a lineup of athletic members who are showing off their efforts in the “Idol Preliminaries” currently being streamed on the official YouTube “SASUKE Channel”.

“KUNOICHI” revived for the first time in 7 years and caused an idol sensation.

■Top of top athletes including Olympic gold medalists gather!
Japan’s top athletes will also gather to make a comeback after seven years. Risako Kinjo (Kawai), who won a gold medal at the Rio and Tokyo Olympics in wrestling and was the world number one six times including the world championships; Hikaru Mori, who has participated in two consecutive Olympics in trampoline; and Kimishima, who has won three consecutive 100m championships in the Japan Athletics Championships. All of the faces representing Japan’s women’s sports world, including Arisa, were there.

In addition, former RIZIN world champion Kanna Asakura and 2023 Japanese modern pentathlon champion Ayumu Saito will also be participating. What kind of achievements will these athletes who boast the world’s highest level of physical ability perform?

■From “SASUKE”, the world’s No. 1 female player and the daughter of that popular regular player will participate!
Ayano Oshima, who became the first Japanese woman to clear the 1st stage in 2022 in “SASUKE” in 24 years and is also a member of the winning team of “SASUKE World Cup 2024” to be broadcast in 2024, will also be participating in this “SASUKE”. He will return to the stage of “KUNOICHI”. SASUKE’s No. 1 female athlete has only one goal: complete domination. Will she be able to demonstrate her power alongside Yuko Mizuno, the finalist of the 3rd KUNOICHI competition?

Furthermore, among the 50 challengers is Miyuna Kokoro (1st year junior high school student), the eldest daughter of Masashi Hioki, a popular player who is a regular on the 3rd stage of SASUKE. It will be interesting to see how far he can go with the support of his father who rushed to the venue.

■“SASUKE” new area “Screwdriver” also appears in “KUNOICHI”!
Upon its return for the first time in seven years, an area where “KUNOICHI” appeared for the first time will also appear. The new area “Screwdriver” that will be unveiled on “SASUKE 2024 ~42nd Tournament~” broadcast on December 25th will also appear on “KUNOICHI”. The same evil hand that attacked the “SASUKE” challenger will also attack “KUNOICHI”.

Main photo: Miyu Matsuo (Nogizaka46)

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Program information

TBS『KUNOICHI 2025』
(2025)
01/13 (Monday/Holiday) 18:30~
[Performers]
Live commentary: Wataru Ogasawara (TBS announcer), Shinya Sugiyama (TBS announcer)
Reporter: Rina Shinohara (TBS announcer)
Challengers: 50 women from various professions
Supporting guests: Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Masashi Hioki, Yusuke Morimoto, Atsushi Sato

“KUNOICHI 2025” program site
https://www.tbs.co.jp/kunoichi-TBS/