The Old Dog, New Tricks? (2022)
Synopsis
Crushed by his sudden forced retirement, a professional soccer player pivots into a new career when he starts working for a sports management company.
First Air Date: 2022-06-26
Last Air Date: 2022-09-04
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 10
Networks: TBS
Top Cast
- Go Ayano as Ryotaro Shinmachi
- Kyoko Yoshine as Toko Fukazawa
- Takashi Sorimachi as Masashi Takayanagi
- Nana Eikura as Kanako Shinmachi
- Taishi Nakagawa as Takuya Jo
- Sae Okazaki as Kaori Mazaki
- Takahisa Masuda as Sota Umeyashiki
- Erika Ikuta as Rumi Itoyama
- Katsumi Takahashi as Goro Katsushika
- Fuju Kamio as Naoto Igaki
Seasons
Season 1 (2022)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 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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Ep. 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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Ep. 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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Ep. 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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Ep. 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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Ep. 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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Ep. 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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Ep. 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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Ep. 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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Ep. 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.
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