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Banjō no alpha: Yakusoku no shōgi (2019)

Name: Banjō no alpha: Yakusoku no shōgi
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019-02-03
Cast: Hiroshi Tamaki, Yusuke Kamiji, Manami Higa, Sumika Nono, Junpei Yasui

First aired February 3, 201949m/ep1 season · 4 epsEnded

Drama

Overview

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.