Buzzer Beat (2009)
Buzzer Beat is a Fuji TV Japanese television drama, which stars Yamashita Tomohisa, Keiko Kitagawa, and Aibu Saki. The series primarily focuses on two characters, Naoki Kamiya, a professional basketball player, and Riko Shirakawa, an aspiring violinist. Over the course of the series Naoki faces difficulties trying to succeed in the world of basketball, and Riko struggles to become a successful violinist. Eventually the two meet and the series chronicles their relationship and struggles, as well as those of their friends.
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Cast
Tomohisa Yamashita
as Naoki Kamiya
Tomohisa Yamashita is an actor and director, known for Code Blue: The Movie (2018), The Man from Toronto (2022) and The Head (2020)..
Keiko Kitagawa
as Riko Shirakawa
Keiko Kitagawa (北川 景子 Kitagawa Keiko, born August 22, 1986) is a Japanese actress and former model. She was an exclusive model for the Japanese Seventeen magazine from late 2003 to mid-2006, and quit...
Saki Aibu
as Natsuki Nanami
Nobuaki Kaneko
as Ren Yoyogi
Nobuaki Kaneko is a Japanese drummer and actor. He is nicknamed Akkun and N.K. He is a member of the rock band Rize.
Hideaki Ito
as Tomoya Kawasaki
Hideaki Ito (伊藤 英明 Itō Hideaki, born August 3, 1975) is a Japanese actor.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Hideaki Ito, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Shihori Kanjiya
as Mai Ebina
Director
Kozo Nagayama
