Kunoichi (TV series)

Kunoichi
女: KUNOICHI(クノイチ) Kunoichi
Also known as	Women of Ninja Warrior Kunoichi - Women's Sasuke
Genre	Sports entertainment, obstacle course
Created by	Ushio Higuchi
Based on	Sasuke by Ushio Higuchi
Voices of	Keisuke Hatsuta (2001–2006, 2009) Hayato Arima (2003) Wataru Ogasawara (2004-2007, 2025) Jun Umeda (2007) Fumiyasu Sato (2009) Kengo Komada (2006, 2017–2018) Shinya Sugiyama (2017–2018, 2025) Ryusuke Ito (2018)
Narrated by	Tsutomu Tareki [ja] (2001-2004, 2017-2018) Ken Taira [ja] (2006) Kiyoshi Kobayashi (2006–2007) Yoshikazu Hirano [ja] (2009) Jun Hattori [ja] (2025)
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of seasons	12
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer	Inui Masato
Producers	Kogake Yoshiyuki Makoto Fujii
Production locations	Makuhari Messe, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Japan
Running time	30 minutes (US) 20 minutes (UK)
Original release
Network	TBS
Release	December 22, 2001 (2001-12-22) – present
Related
Sasuke
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Kunoichi (KUNOICHI(クノイチ); stylized as 女 KUNOICHI(クノイチ) in Japan) is a women's obstacle course competition held in Japan and broadcast on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It is a spin-off of Sasuke, another obstacle course series. Kunoichi is different from Sasuke in that the competitors are exclusively female. The show is re-broadcast as Women of Ninja Warrior on the American G4 channel. It originally ran for 8 tournaments between 2001 and 2009 with the first tournament held as Kinniku Banzuke special. In 2017, after an 8-year hiatus, it was renewed for a 9th tournament which aired on February 12, 2017. After another 7-year hiatus, it was renewed once again under new name Kunoichi - Women's Sasuke for a 12th tournament which aired on January 13, 2025.^[1] Since the 9th tournament, the show took place on an indoor course at the Makuhari Messe Convention Hall, unlike past tournaments taking place at Mt. Midoriyama Studio City.