Choujin Olympics

The nihongo|Choujin Olympics|超人オリンピック is a fictional tournament from Yudetamago's manga and anime series "Kinnikuman" and its sequel "Ultimate Muscle" (or "Kinnikuman Nisei").

About

The Choujin Olympics is a tournament arranged and held by the nihongo|Intergalactic Choujin Committee|宇宙超人委員会,|Uchuu Choujin Iinkai in order to decide who is the top Choujin in the world. Currently 22 tournaments have been held, but only 20th, 21st, and 22nd Tournaments have taken place in the story. For some reason, the main battles are always held in Japan.

In "Kinnikuman Nisei" it is established that the Choujin Olympics originated on Earth in Greece.

Participation, rules, etc

Participation

* Basically all Choujin are capable of participating, excluding banned competitors like the Seven Akuma Choujin. For the 22nd Tournament, the tournament was limited to only "23 year old or younger Seigi Choujins". The only overaged competitor was Kani Base.
* Choujins must win their own nation's qualifying rounds in order to earn the right to travel to Japan and compete in the main tournament.

Rules

*See Choujin Wrestling Rules. In addition to these, there a matches with special rules such as the Deportation Match and the Coffin Deathmatch
*Each Choujin is allowed one second who must be from the same country as them.

Other

* The Champion must go on a world tour of title defense matches.
* The Champion is awarded the nihongo|Choujin World Heavyweight|世界超人ヘビー級,|Sekai Choujin Hebii-kyuu belt.
* There are also circumstances which can result in the champion being stripped of the title.

Tournament History

9th Tournament

*Year: Unknown
*Champion: Mayumi Kinniku

10th Tournament

*Year: Unknown
*Champion: Mayumi Kinniku

11th Tournament

*Year: 1948
*Champion: Harabote Muscle
*Runner-Up: Mayumi Kinniku

18th Tournament

*Year: 1972
*Champion: Uldraman (Japan flagicon|Japan)

19th Tournament

*Year: 1975 （1976?）
*Champion: Robin Mask (England flagicon|United Kingdom)
*Runner-Up: Uldraman (Japan flagicon|Japan)
*Tournament Chairman: Harabote Muscle

20th Tournament

*Year: 1980
*Champion: Kinnikuman (Japan flagicon|Japan)
*Runner-Up: Robin Mask (England flagicon|United Kingdom)
*3rd Place: Terryman (United States flagicon|United States of America)
*4th Place: Ramenman (China flagicon|People's Republic of China)
*Tournament Chairman: Harabote MuscleFinals Participants

　　　　　　　┏━Kinnikuman (Japan flagicon|Japan) 　　　　┏━━┫ 　　　　┃　　┗━Curry Cook (India flagicon|India) 　┏━━┫ 　┃　　┃　　┏━Brockenman (West Germany flagicon|Germany) 　┃　　┗━━┫ 　┃　　　　　┗━Ramenman (China flagicon|People's Republic of China) ━┫ 　┃　　　　　┏━Terryman (United States flagicon|United States of America) 　┃　　┏━━┫ 　┃　　┃　　┗━Skyman (Mexico flagicon|Mexico) 　┗━━┫ 　　　　┃　　┏━Canadianman （Canada flagicon|Canada） 　　　　┗━━┫ 　　　　　　　┗━Robin Mask （England flagicon|United Kingdom）

21st Tournament

*Title: nihongo|Choujin Olympics: The Big Fight|超人オリンピック ザ・ビッグファイト
*Year: 1981
*Champion: Suguru Kinniku （Japan flagicon|Japan）
*Runner-Up: Warsman （Soviet Union flagicon|Soviet Union）
*3rd Place: Ramenman （China flagicon|People's Republic of China）
*4th Place: Wolfman （Japan flagicon|Japan）
*Tournament Chairman: Harabote MuscleFinals Participants

　　　　　　　　　┏━Kinnikuman (Japan flagicon|Japan) 　　　　┏━━┳━┫ 　　　　┃　　┃　┗━King Cobra (India flagicon|India） 　　　　┃　　┃ 　　　　┃　　┗━━━Benkiman （Ancient Inca Empire flagicon|Peru|state） 　┏━━┫ 　┃　　┃　　　　┏━Chienowaman （Norway flagicon|Norway） 　┃　　┗━━┳━┫ 　┃　　　　　┃　┗━Cubeman （Hungary flagicon|Hungary|1957） ━┫　　　　　┃ 　┃　　　　　┗━━━Wolfman （Japan flagicon|Japan） 　┃ 　┃　　　　　　　┏━Watchman （Switzerland flagicon|Switzerland） 　┃　　┏━━┳━┫ 　┃　　┃　　┃　┗━Brocken Jr. （West Germany flagicon|Germany） 　┗━━┫　　┃ 　　　　┃　　┗━━━Ramenman （China flagicon|People's Republic of China） 　　　　┃ 　　　　┃　　　　┏━Teapackman （Sri Lanka flagicon|Sri Lanka） 　　　　┗━━┳━┫ 　　　　　　　┃　┗━Warsman （Soviet Union flagicon|Soviet Union） 　　　　　　　┃ 　　　　　　　┗━━━Pentagon （U.S. flagicon|United States of America）

22nd Tournament

*Title: nihongo|Choujin Olympics: The Resurrection|超人オリンピック ザ・レザレクション
*Year: 2018
*Champion: Kevin Mask （England flagicon|United Kingdom）
*Runner-Up: Mantarou Kinniku （Japan flagicon|Japan）
*Tournament Chairman: Ikemen MuscleFinalist Participants

　　　　　　　　　┏━Mantarou Kinniku （Japan flagicon|Japan） 　　　　┏━━┳━┫ 　　　　┃　　┃　┗━Wash Ass （Ancient Inca Empire flagicon|Peru|state） 　　　　┃　　┃ 　　　　┃　　┗━━━Barrierfreeman （Sweden flagicon|Sweden） 　┏━━┫ 　┃　　┃　　　　┏━The Matenrou （U.S. flagicon|United States of America） 　┃　　┗━━┳━┫ 　┃　　　　　┃　┗━Ricardo （Brazil flagicon|Brazil） ━┫　　　　　┃ 　┃　　　　　┗━━━Jade （Germany flagicon|Germany） 　┃ 　┃　　　　　　　┏━PriClun （Croatia flagicon|Croatia） 　┃　　┏━━┳━┫ 　┃　　┃　　┃　┗━Destruction （Iraq flagicon|Iraq） 　┗━━┫　　┃ 　　　　┃　　┗━━━Ilioukhine （Russia flagicon|Russia） 　　　　┃ 　　　　┃　　　　┏━Chijimiman （South Korea flagicon|South Korea） 　　　　┗━━┳━┫ 　　　　　　　┃　┗━Kevin Mask （England flagicon|United Kingdom） 　　　　　　　┃ 　　　　　　　┗━━━Legox （Netherlands flagicon|Netherlands）

In the anime version, the tournament is instead called the nihongo|Choujin World Grand Prix|超人ワールドグランプリ and Mantarou Kinniku is declared Champion instead of Kevin Mask.

Champion History

All names are presented as they appear on the back of the Championship Belt (with the exception of Kevin Mask) as seen in chapter 52 of "Kinnikuman".

*HURAN GOOCHI （Karl Gotch?）
*RUTERS （Lou Thesz?）
*GIN KINSUKI （Gene Kiniski?）
*BADY ROGAS （Buddy Rogers?）
*RUTERS （2nd Reign）
*DORYMAN （Terryman's father）
*HARY REIS （Harley Race?）
*GIYATK BURIS （Jack Brisco?）
*BO BU
*BA BA （Giant Baba?）
*GIYATK BURIS （2nd Reign）
*HARR???? (rest of name covered by Kinnikuman's hand)
*DASTYRO?? (Dusty Rhodes? (rest of name covered by Kinnikuman's hand))
*HARY MAN
*BA BA （2nd Reign）
*SINIA MAN （Seniorman, Terry's grandfather?）
*MAYUMI （Mayumi Kinniku）
*URDORMAN （Uldraman）
*ROBINMASK （Robin Mask）
*KINNIKUMAN （Suguru Kinniku）
*Kevin Mask