The Old Dog, New Tricks?

7.5
2022

Production

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Crushed by his sudden forced retirement, a professional soccer player pivots into a new career when he starts working for a sports management company.

Seasons

10 Episodes • Premiered 2022

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1. Episode 1

Forced to retire at 37 years old, soccer star Ryotaro Shinmachi must find a regular job but struggles due to his lack of professional skills.

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2. Episode 2

Shinmachi and Tohko try signing a gifted 9-year-old skateboarder but learn that her hotheaded father is already in talks with a major overseas agency.

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3. Episode 3

After a marathon runner managed by Tohko suffers a crushing defeat, he blames her for the media fallout and demands that Shinmachi manage him instead.

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4. Episode 4

Shinmachi struggles with his lingering desire to return to soccer. Meanwhile, he manages a baseball player who is about to be dropped by his team.

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5. Episode 5

An excited Jo recruits a young fencer named Misaki, but he has trouble figuring out how to promote her because of her extreme shyness.

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6. Episode 6

Shinmachi gets tasked with managing a basketball player who is hoping to switch teams, but a serious injury in practice threatens the player's career.

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7. Episode 7

Umeyashiki pushes for Victory to grant a wheelchair tennis player's request for management, despite the company having never signed a Para athlete.

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8. Episode 8

When a volleyball player declines an offer to play for an Italian team in the world's best league, Takayanagi tasks Tohko with making her reconsider.

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9. Episode 9

When Aso receives a four-year doping suspension, Takayanagi moves to terminate his contract, but Shinmachi is determined to prove his innocence.

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10. Episode 10

Shinmachi changes careers. But when Igaki comes to him for help after a deal to play overseas falls through, he agrees to be his agent one last time.

Cast

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Go Ayano

Ryotaro Shinmachi

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Kyoko Yoshine

Toko Fukazawa

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Takashi Sorimachi

Masashi Takayanagi

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Nana Eikura

Kanako Shinmachi

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Sae Okazaki

Kaori Mazaki

Photo of Takahisa Masuda

Takahisa Masuda

Sota Umeyashiki

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Erika Ikuta

Rumi Itoyama

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Katsumi Takahashi

Goro Katsushika

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