Details
Title: ブザー・ビート
Title (English): Buzzer Beat
Tagline: 崖っぷちのヒーロー / Gakeppuchi no Hero
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance, sports
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 14.3 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2009-Jul-13 to 2009-Sep-21
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme song: Ichibutozenbu by B'z
Synopsis
Kamiya Naoki is a young player from a professional basketball team. But due to his relatively smaller size and his tendency to crack under pressure, he is unable to show his true skills on the court. Meanwhile, Shirakawa Riko is a cheerful, strong-spirited music college graduate aiming to become a professional violinist. One day, Riko finds Naoki's lost cell phone on a bus, and their meeting begins a friendship that eventually turns into love. However, Naoki was already considering marriage with his current girlfriend. And it doesn't help matters that Naoki's coach has fallen in love at first sight with Riko! --Tokyograph
Cast
JC ARCS
Players
Yamashita Tomohisa as Kamiya Naoki (SG)
Mizobata Junpei as Hatano Shuji (SG/G)
Kaneko Nobuaki as Yoyogi Ren (F/SG)
Aoki Munetaka as Moriguchi Shuto (PF/C)
Nagai Masaru as Utsunomiya Toru (team captain/PG)
Ishida Takaki (石田剛規) as Saga Hiroaki (SG)
David M as Larry Brown (C)
Abe Shohei (阿部翔平) as Nishizaki Ken
Fujiyama Makoto (藤山誠) as Ito Shigeru
Matsuzaki Yutaka (松崎裕) as Endo Yuji
Nakamura Tomoya (中村友也)
Miyanaga Yuto (宮永雄太)
Saido Masahiko (西堂雅彦)
Management
Ogi Shigemitsu as Ashikaga Kunimitsu (company director)
Ito Hideaki as Kawasaki Tomoya (head coach)
Maekawa Yasuyuki as Mishima Yusuke (retired player/temporary assistant coach)
Kanada Satoshi as Kasukabe Yoshio (team manager)
Kawashima Akiyoshi as Matsuyama Ryosuke (trainer)
Ayana (綾那) as Saeki Kaori (official photographer)
Cheerleading Squad
Aibu Saki as Nanami Natsuki
Komatsu Ayaka as Kanazawa Shion
Kuroki Haruka (黒木春香) as Fukuda Seiko
Suzuki Hotaru (鈴木蛍)
Kataoka Haruka (片岡春香)
Saito Yuko (斉藤優子)
Yamamoto Sayuri (山本沙友里)
Kurose Noriko (黒瀬法子)
Hanada Kozue (花田梢)
Namiki Nao (双木奈央)
Kanako, Mimi, Nao, Naomi
Music Students
Kitagawa Keiko as Shirakawa Riko (violin)
Kanjiya Shihori as Ebina Mai (flute)
Kamiya Family
Maya Miki as Kamiya Makiko
Oomasa Aya as Kamiya Yuri
Chisun as Komaki Yukino (ep3-5,11)
Kawabata Ryuta as Komaki Yusuke (ep5,11) / Kakogawa Masashi (ep1-2)
Others
Kato Keisuke as Oze Yoichi
Mizukami Hiromi (水上裕望) as young Yoichi (ep2)
Sugimoto Yumi as Akita Saori (ep1,4,6-7,11)
Ohira Natsumi as Yuri's friend (ep1,6-7,11)
Masu Takeshi as Yatsuo Ryusuke (ep6-7,9-11)
Tezuka Satomi as Shirakawa Harumi (ep9-10)
Nomura Shinji (野村信次) as Shirakawa Mitsuo (ep9-10)
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Omori Mika
Producer: Nakano Toshiyuki
Director: Nagayama Kozo (ep1-2,5-6,9,11), Nishiura Masaki (ep3-4,7-8,10)
Music: B.B.O.S.T feat. Hinata Toshifumi, Sahashi Yoshiyuki (佐橋佳幸), Nobuchika Teruyuki (延近輝之), Makiyama Junko (牧山純子)
