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Banjō no alpha: Yakusoku no shōgi
First aired on Feb 3, 2019
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Genres: Drama

Newspaper journalist Shunsuke Akiba is transferred to the cultural desk and put in charge of shogi. He meets Nobushige Sanada, a 33-year-old aiming to be a professional shogi player by achieving the rank of 4-dan or more. Sanada is over the age limit as he could not achieve 4-dan by the age of 26, and is now trying to take an exam for admission to 3-dan. Akiba supports Sanada's attempt to become a professional shogi player and becomes interested in the game.

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Hiroshi Tamaki | Akiba Shunsuke
Yusuke Kamiji | Sanada Nobushige
Manami Higa | Saito Keiko [Akiba's girlfriend]
Sumika Nono |
Junpei Yasui |
Natsuko |
Featured Crew
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Junpei Yamaoka | Writer
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Yuki Hayashi | Original Music Composer