Date: From 10.00 p.m., Wednesdays, 6 July 2022
Station: Fuji TV
Scriptwriters: Honda Takaaki (Lion no Oyatsu, Gekikarado, Rental Nanmo Shinai Hito), Seki Erika (Gossip, Gosaigyou, Shinmai Shimai no Futari Gohan), Morohashi Hayato
Directors: Ishikawa Junichi, Nemoto Kazumasa
Theme Song: Chikara no Kagiri by GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE
Cast: Machida Keita, Sano Hayato, Shiraishi Mai, Kitamura Kazuki, Sato Kanta, Tokito Yuki, Ichinose Hayate, Sakaguchi Ryotaro, Ikeda Eikichi, Fujioka Maito, Kudo Asuka, Kiriyama Ren, Kubota Yuki, Yuki Kosei, Mizusawa Rintaro
Synopsis: During his high school days, Kokusho Hiroshi (Machida Keita) was the rugby club’s ace who attracted national attention. However, he sustained injuries owing to his self-centred and aggressive style of playing. He was criticised by his teammates and remained isolated until he stepped aside. After graduating from high school, he lived a carefree life without a regular job. Then one day, he has a brush with the law because of a fight that gets him sacked from his job at a construction site and evicted from the apartment that he had been living in for falling behind on the payment of his rent. Hiroshi is at his wits end when a man calls out that he will introduce the perfect job that comes with a fully equipped dorm and three meals a day for someone like him who is proud of his physical strength. It is to work for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force which defends the country’s peace and security. “With a name like that, weren’t you born to become a member of the Self-Defense Force?” Hiroshi initially refuses but makes a half-hearted decision to become a trainee. Despite the gruelling training, this turns out to be his true calling.
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