After another 7-year hiatus, it was renewed once again under new name Kunoichi - Women's Sasuke for a 12th tournament which aired on January 13, 2025.

[citation needed] Each competition starts with 100 competitors from a range of backgrounds such as actors, comedians, housewives, and athletes, amateur and Olympians alike.

[citation needed] Since the 9th tournament, only 50 competitors participate instead likely due to insufficient amount of applicants.

Weighing only 90 pounds (41 kg), Ayako is also an acrobatic dancer, who used to work for Muscle Musical.

Recently Ayako and a few other Muscle Musical members including the creator and Sayaka Asami broke away and created their own group, so it is now rumored that she will no longer compete.

She is a Japanese newscaster and went into modeling after her appearance on Kunoichi, before joining the Muscle Musical by the time of the 7th competition.

[citation needed] Yuko Mizuno (水野 裕子, Mizuno Yuko) - After almost completing the Final Stage in the 2nd and 3rd Competitions, she was thought to be the most likely competitor to complete the Final Stage, and was once thought to be the "Queen of Kunoichi".

That was later similar to Makoto Nagano in Sasuke 12 (he reached the top of Final Stage's tower and missed the red button by 0.11 seconds).

Fans also call her Ms. Kunoichi, for her similar status to Mr. Sasuke, Katsumi Yamada.

[citation needed] In 2024, She was return to competed in Sasuke world cup 2024 as Team Japan Legend.

Also she made it to the Final Stage during her second appearance, in the 6th tournament, where she completed the Third Stage most difficult obstacle, Domino Hill, at a very quick pace, that exceed any competitors' time who attempted or completed that obstacle (including Ayako Miyake).

Rena has also competed in the juniors division of Sasuke where she ran out of time just a few inches from the buzzer of the Final Stage.

Yuko is a housewife, and her daughter is a tomboy and an athletic student, who joined the track and field team in order to train for Kunoichi.

Recently she broke away from Muscle Musical and formed her own group with Ayako Miyake.

Izumi managed a great run but ran out of time just a few feet short of the buzzer.

Catalina Ponor - A Romanian Olympic gold medal gymnast, she competed in the 6th competition, where she failed the "Flying Pillar" in the First Stage.

Oana Ban - Romanian gymnastic gold medalist in the team competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Diana Pickler - this American heptahlete from Washington State University competed in the 7th competition, but failed on the First Stage's Log Jam.

Sara Jean Underwood - the American model, 'Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007' and host of Attack of the Show competed in the 8th competition and made it to the Second Stage but she failed the Dancing Stones.

At least four Sasuke all-stars - Shingo Yamamoto, Toshihiro Takeda, Katsumi Yamada, and Makoto Nagano - are known to be training Kunoichi competitors.

In the seventh tournament, the buzzer that started the Flying Pillar's movement was placed before the preceding obstacle, the "Log Jam", forcing the contestant to get across the "Log Jam" quickly enough to be able to catch the pillar.

In the 6th Competition, it was turned into a time trial, with only the six fastest competitors (assuming more than six complete the course successfully) advancing to the Third Stage.

The Final Stage in the 2nd Competition involved a long balance beam with cylindrical bumps, over a pool of water.

In the 5th Competition, the ladder rungs alternated, making it more difficult for the competitor to reach the end, since they would have to climb the opposite wall every few steps.

Unlike Sasuke, Kunoichi's Final Stage competitors are not dropped into a free fall if they fail to finish before time runs out.

Just like in the regular version, the play-by-play commentary and interviews with participants are subtitled in English while the introduction, player profiles, and replays have been dubbed by voice actor Dave Wittenberg.

As with its sister program, Ninja Warrior, in G4's relaunch, the first seven episodes are edited with the opening sequence slightly edited with a widescreen version from the eighth episode then cuts to the show's logo, as transitions are replaced with a simple transition featuring the show's logo.