He made his debut in the 8th competition in September 2001 and was able to make it to the 2nd Stage, where he ended up timing out on the Wall Lift.

From the 9th to the 11th competitions, he made it to the Third Stage of each tournament, but wound up failing on the Globe Grasp obstacle all three times in a row.

His grip strength has failed to return to normal and his wrists remain crooked despite several surgeries.

^ In the 10th competition, the numbering system for the contestants ran from 901-1000 to indicate that 1000 competitors had attempted SASUKE's 1st Stage.

Like several of SASUKE competitors during Monster9 years, Nakata invited and competed in 4 of 15 (39 overall) Pro Sportsman No.1 tournaments, one of his appearances have third place finisher.