Spectacular SASUKE 20

, officially SSAS 2023, is the upcoming twentieth SSAS tournament. Initially announced by C.W.H Entertainment as the third tournament of 2022, the tournament has been delayed indefinitely due to heavy loaded preparations by the producers along with multiple consequences including the host's unforeseen busy schedules. This was the first tournament after Nereus' kanzenseiha, and likely be the first tournament of 2023, hence the leaked official name.

Development
On December 31, 2021, C.W.H Entertainment, a label that produced the SSAS franchise, dropped a teaser regarding future SSAS events of 2022. This partially confirms that SSAS 20 would be held in 2022, alongside SSAS Trials 4, which would be served as the official preliminary trials for the competition, along with the unplanned second all-stars competition.

Since early January 2022, the castings for SSAS Trials 4 have been privately conducted, until it is made public starting on January 13. The tapings for the trials have began in April 2022 and expected to wrap up by the end of the year. However, due to the producers' unforeseen consequences, the whole taping process of the show have been slower than expected, with multiple delays have been issued. This leading to the tournament unable to be held at the end of the year, thus pushing the schedule for the competition to 2023.

Pre-selection
Shortly after the taping of ĐHN SASUKE 2022: Sofia's 10th Anniversary, the host of that competition have pre-selected top 10 competitors of the tournament to compete in SSAS 20. The following competitors are:


 * Bucky Barnes
 * Tô Minh Nhật
 * Trần Hương Thủy
 * Orm Marius
 * Hyuuga Hinata


 * Shilo Norman
 * Nereus
 * Inazuma Sofia
 * Đặng Đức Anh
 * Haruno Sakura

On January 6, 2023, it was rumored that all 6 grand champions will return to compete this tournament, and will wear the number bibs #1495 to #1500. In the following day, this was officially confirmed through a "first look" teaser.

Leaks and rumours
As SSAS 20 being the 20th anniversary tournament, several leaks have been revealed about the tournament format. During the finale of SSAS Beastmaster: The Darkside's League, the course for the episode have unveiled the possible new Second and Third Stage for the planned renewal course. However, in late December 2022, the producers denied the rumor in which that course would be fully applied to the tournament, criticizing it as an "impossible renewal" and citing the course was "pointless for going on".

On January 5, 2023, C.W.H Entertainment confirms that SSAS 20 will pit 350 competitors attempting the course, where competitors will be given numbers from #1151 to #1500.

The new course was once again leaked on January 11, 2023. It is known that the course was prepared with several obstacles from different eras returning, as well as some new obstacles and modifications.

Obstacles
① ^Cliff Arms ② ~Rope Glider ③ ④ ~Flying Spider ⑤ ^Enhanced Attack ⑥ Double Warped Wall ⑦ ⑧ ~Squirrel Run

Time limit: ? seconds (? seconds for female competitors) ^ - Denotes New Obstacle * - Denotes Modified Obstacle ~ - Denotes Returning Obstacle

Obstacles
① ~Flying Chute ② Dragon Drop ③ Dragonback ④ ~Jumping Spider ⑤ Barrier Pool ⑥ *Wall Lift Kai

Time limit: ? seconds (? seconds for female competitors) ^ - Denotes New Obstacle * - Denotes Modified Obstacle ~ - Denotes Returning Obstacle

Obstacles
① ~Floating Boards + ② ③ ④ ^Furious Cliffhanger ⑤ ~Deja Vu + ⑥ *Vertical Limit ⑦ ⑧

^ - Denotes New Obstacle * - Denotes Modified Obstacle ~ - Denotes Returning Obstacle