NetflixPhysical: Asia has held Netflix subscribers in its steely grip for the last few weeks, and it got even more dramatic as Team Japan, Team Mongolia, and Team Korea made it to the last batch of episodes. Spoilers ahead.
The Physical: 100 spinoff show ultimately came down to a fight between Team Mongolia and Team Korea, as Team Japan were knocked out before the final. But when Team Korea won Physical: Asia, fans accused the competition of being “rigged” so that Korea would win, because that’s where the show is produced.
The drama only increased when Team Japan’s captain Yushin Okami had to delete a post he reshared that accused the show of being “biased.” Still, Physical: Asia has been a huge success for Netflix, and the streamer already has a number of other Physical: 100 spinoffs in development.
But here’s who’s on Team Japan in Physical: Asia.
Team Japan came in third place after being defeated by Castle Conquest
NetflixTeam Japan battled their way through to the semi-final of Physical: Asia alongside Team Mongolia and Team Korea, but Quest 5 defeated them as they struggled with Castle Conquest.
The challenge required the contestants to drag a 2.2 tonne cart over different obstacles, but the drawbridge gate proved to be too difficult for Team Japan, and the entire challenge took them over an hour to complete. They were knocked out because the other Teams managed to finish in under 30 minutes.
Captain Yushin Okami
NetflixYushin Okami is the captain of Team Japan, and he’s an MMA fighter who has fought in the UFC, ONE Championship, World Series of Fighting, and Professional Fighters League.
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He has 39 wins under his belt next to 15 losses, and seven of those defeats were by decision. Okami also has black belts in Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, just in case you were wondering how strong he is.
Yoshio Itoi
NetflixYoshio Itoi is a professional baseball player and was even on Team Japan in the World Baseball Classic in 2013 where he played in matches against Brazil and China.
He retired from professional baseball in 2022 after playing for teams like the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, the Orix Buffaloes, and the Hanshin Tigers. Physical: Asia isn’t the first time he’s played in a Netflix fitness show.
He’s the winner of the streamer’s Final Draft, which pitted retired athletes against each other. He came out on top and won 27 million yen.
Kana Watanabe
NetflixKana Watanabe is an MMA fighter with 13 wins to her name next to four losses, and two of those defeats were by decision. In 2020 she started fighting in the flyweight division of Bellator MMA in the US, before also fighting in the Professional Fighters League in 2024.
Soichi Hashimoto
NetflixSoichi Hashimoto is a Judo fighter who has a lengthy list of medals to his name that he’s won over the years. Most recently he won silver and bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He won gold at the Judo World Masters in 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2023.
He also won gold at the Judo World Championships in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023. Basically, if you’re offering a Judo gold medal, Hashimoto’s coming to take it.
Nonoka Ozaki
NetflixNonoka Ozaki is an Olympian wrestler who won the bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and won gold medals at the World Wrestling Championships in 2022 and 2023.
She also won gold at the Asian Wrestling Championships in 2022 and 2024.
Katsumi Nakamura
NetflixKatsumi Nakamura is a swimmer who represented Japan at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016 and the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. He won silver medals at the Asian Games in 2014 and 2018, as well as a gold medal for his 4×100 meter swim in 2018.
While we wait to see where in the world Netflix takes the competition next, take a look at whether Physical: 100 is scripted, check out our list of all the winners and eliminations in Physical: Asia, and remind yourself who won Physical: 100 Season 2.