Season 9 (2003-2004)<br /><br />Recorded: Tuesday, September 23, 2003<br />Aired: Wednesday, October 1, 2003<br /><br />Stage 1 Survivors: 1: Yamada Kōji (29)<br />70: Satō Manabu (24)<br />72: Asaoka Hiroyuki (32)<br />77: Shiratori Bunpei (36)<br />92: Kobayashi Masaaki (28)<br />95: Takeda Toshihiro (28)<br />96: Yamamoto Shingo (29)<br />97: Akiyama Kazuhiko (30)<br />98: Yamada Katsumi (37)<br />99: Jordan Jovtchev (30)<br />100: Nagano Makoto (31)<br /><br />Stage 2 Survivors: 1: Yamada Kōji (29)<br />70: Satō Manabu (24)<br />72: Asaoka Hiroyuki (32)<br />77: Shiratori Bunpei (36)<br />92: Kobayashi Masaaki (28)<br />95: Takeda Toshihiro (28)<br />96: Yamamoto Shingo (29)<br />97: Akiyama Kazuhiko (30)<br />99: Jordan Jovtchev (30)<br />100: Nagano Makoto (31)<br /><br />Stage 3 Survivors/Finalists: 72: Asaoka Hiroyuki (32)<br />77: Shiratori Bunpei (36)<br />100: Nagano Makoto (31)