The lineup for the Ultimate Sports Men’s Competition has been revealed, featuring top athletes competing for the title in November 2024.
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Who is the ultimate man!? The strongest sports men's summit battle has announced all participating athletes. The 'Who is the ultimate man!? The strongest sports men's summit battle' is a program where sportsmen representing the entertainment world challenge in an extremely harsh competition for the title of 'strongest.' Starting in 2024, it will be held with an audience, and the venue filled with numerous fans will be wrapped in excitement as the souls and bodies of the trained sportsmen clash seriously, which has also received a lot of response on broadcast. Due to its great popularity, it has been decided to hold it with an audience again! The battleground is Ariake Arena. It is expected that fans will be able to experience the clash of beautiful men's souls and bodies that can only be seen here live. In addition to the previously announced participants, more challengers will join 'Sport Men.' Action actor Koji Saikawa from the Reiwa era will participate. Additionally, Chansung from 2PM, who has gathered 100,000 people at Tokyo Dome, will also make his first appearance. With this, all 15 participants have been decided, and the heated battle for the title of No.1 sportsman in the entertainment world will be exciting. The previously announced participants include MAZZEL's KAIRYU, SEITO, DXTEEN's Taichi Taniguchi, Shoutaro Tanaka, BUDDiiS's FUMINORI, MORRIE, SHOOT, n.SSign's Hanjun, and Heewon, along with support guests Yuki (YUJU) and Reo (REO) from aoen. Furthermore, a special performance exclusively for sportsmen by DXTEEN has been decided! More information, detailed schedules for competitions and events will be announced later. In addition to the athletes' fierce battles, fans can look forward to venue-exclusive fan service events where they can interact with the athletes and support guests. There will also be chances to receive signed balls and signed merchandise. Tickets for cheering are currently available by lottery. The upgrade ticket lottery is for applications made by October 27 (Monday). For more details, please check the official TBS ticket website. To commemorate the event, the release of 'Sport Men' original goods has also been decided. T-shirts with participant names and numbers, scarf towels, jumpers, baseball shirts, and cheering flags will be available for pre-order from October 15 (Wednesday) to October 21 (Tuesday) on the TBS SHOPPING 'Sport Men' page. Members of n.SSign will also participate! The 'Sport Men' event will be held at Ariake Arena in November, with new participants and support guests announced. Aoen's Masahisa will make his first appearance! The 'strongest sports men's summit battle' is confirmed to be held on November 18 at Ariake Arena. Event Overview: November 18 (Tuesday), doors open at 3:00 PM / start at 4:00 PM, ending at 9:00 PM (scheduled). Venue: Ariake Arena. Ticket price: All seats reserved at 7,800 yen (tax included). ★ For those who win and purchase through the lottery, upgrade tickets will be sold later by lottery. Upgrade tickets guarantee seating closer to the athletes (details to be announced later). For more details, please check the official TBS ticket website. <Ticket application> TBS ticket third lottery application period: until October 27 (Monday) at 11:59 PM. Ticket application can be made here. The release of 'Sport Men' original goods has been decided! [Order period] October 15 (Wednesday) 12:00 PM to October 21 (Tuesday) 11:59 PM [Sales site] TBS SHOPPING. Merchandise sales are also planned for the event day, but some items will be sold only online. Details of 2PM Chansung's goods will be announced after November 6 (Thursday). Event Overview: 'Who is the ultimate man!? The strongest sports men's summit battle' [Participating athletes (in alphabetical order)] Riku Arai EIKI (MAZZEL), Haru Okubo (DXTEEN), Yoichiro Kakita Masahisa (GAKU) (aoen), Kim Juno, Koji Saikawa, Gaku Sano, Kenshi Sugiya SEIYA (BUDDiiS), Song Yoon (n.SSign), Mitsuki Takayanagi (TBS announcer), Chansung (2PM), Yasunari Hirano (MAG!C☆PRINCE), Yoshiyuki Yamamoto [Support guests] KAIRYU (MAZZEL), SEITO (MAZZEL), Taichi Taniguchi (DXTEEN), Shoutaro Tanaka (DXTEEN), FUMINORI (BUDDiiS), MORRIE (BUDDiiS), SHOOT (BUDDiiS), Hanjun (n.SSign), Heewon (n.SSign), Katsumi Yamada (SASUKE), Yuki (YUJU) (aoen), Reo (REO) (aoen). Production and copyright: TBS Producer: Nobuhiro Fukushima Director: Takanobu Akitsu / Yasuaki Nagayama. Related links: 'Who is the ultimate man!? The strongest sports men's summit battle' official site.
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