First woman to beat Ninja Warrior

Gotta enjoy the eccentric British announcer.
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Zyrxilsays...

That can't be the official narrator for this when it airs in the UK...can it? It's gotta be just some guy dubbing it intentionally using a weird butler stereotype voice.

heathensays...

>> ^Zyrxil:

That can't be the official narrator for this when it airs in the UK...can it? It's gotta be just some guy dubbing it intentionally using a weird butler stereotype voice.


It can and it is!
It's Stuart Hall, he used to voice "It's a Knockout", in the '70s and '80s, in the same style.

Gallowflaksays...

>> ^Zyrxil:

That can't be the official narrator for this when it airs in the UK...can it? It's gotta be just some guy dubbing it intentionally using a weird butler stereotype voice.


You know, people do actually tend to speak like that, if they originate from certain places or had a nice Ox/bridge education.

lucky760says...

It's worth mentioning that this is not the same Ninja Warrior tournament that only 3 men have completed, Sasuke, but the women's version, Kunoichi.

Even more worth mentioning is that not only did Ayako Miyake beat Kunoichi her first time out, but she won three tournaments in a row. Impressive.

jubuttibsays...

>> ^lucky760:

It's worth mentioning that this is not the same Ninja Warrior tournament that only 3 men have completed, Sasuke, but the women's version, Kunoichi.
Even more worth mentioning is that not only did Ayako Miyake beat Kunoichi her first time out, but she won three tournaments in a row. Impressive.

Yeah, I read the title and was like "Holy crap!", because I'd heard that Chie Nishimura was the only woman to even get past the first stage.

Bidoulerouxsays...

>> ^ctrlaltbleach:

Announcers never cheer on the American version of the show. This lady has won several times but I can't remember if a lady has ever won in the mens competition.


lol. not even the men win the men's competition. In fact, in all history of the show only two won.>> ^lucky760:

It's worth mentioning that this is not the same Ninja Warrior tournament that only 3 men have completed, Sasuke, but the women's version, Kunoichi.
Even more worth mentioning is that not only did Ayako Miyake beat Kunoichi her first time out, but she won three tournaments in a row. Impressive.


Only two ever won SASUKE. Also, KUNOICHI is kind of a joke. For comparison, the third stage of SASUKE (the men's competition) has no time limit; that's just how difficult it is. And after that you have the final stage, with a rope twice as long as the women's pole. IMO, they could just have the women do SASUKE with less of the upper arm endurance (replace it with full body endurance or leg endurance) and add time to the time limit on the first, second and final stages. The fact that such a scrawny girl, an acrobat at that, won shows it takes more balance/coordination/lightness than muscle/endurance/speed to win KUNOICHI, so the girls who train with SASUKE in mind are disadvantaged (especially, they can't have enough muscle and endurance to beat SASUKE, but they have too much to beat KUNOICHI which requires a lighter, more "balanced" - in every sense - body).

Also, the English commentator is piss-poor. It's even more infuriating than the Japanese guy who keeps screaming like she's winning the first freaking gold medal of History. At least the Japanese guy does it consistently in a crescendo and not only when he thinks there's "action" happening in a weird counterpoint or worse, whispering for no reason since she CAN'T BLOODY HEAR HIM. The Japanese guy comments live and doesn't whisper, why the hell would he do that. He should be imprisoned for noise pollution over the airwaves. Also, get rid of the ridiculous overlays, it's distracting.

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