BG: Personal Bodyguard

Synopsis

Akira Shimazaki (Takuya Kimura) lives with his middle school student son. He used to work as a bodyguard, but, due to an incident, he now works as a security guard at a construction site. The private security company where he works establishes a new bodyguard division. Hiding his past as a bodyguard, Akira Shimazaki begins work as a novice bodyguard.

First Air Date: 2018-01-18

Last Air Date: 2020-07-30

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 16

Networks: tv asahi

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Top Cast

Takuya Kimura as Akira Shimazaki
Takumi Saitoh as Masaya Takanashi
Nanao as Mayu Suganuma
Shotaro Mamiya as Seitaro Sawaguchi
Yosuke Eguchi as Yoshiaki Ochiai
Takaya Kamikawa as Goro Murata
Yuriko Ishida as Aiko Tachihara
Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Junya Kouno
Toshiyuki Nagashima as Shigenobu Imazeki
Takashi Ukaji as Osamu Hikawa

Seasons

Season 1 (2018)

A retired bodyguard pretends to be a novice when his humble security company decides to implement a new bodyguard division.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (2018-01-18)

Security guard Akira Shimazaki is asked by his boss to join the company’s newly created bodyguard division. But his past threatens to ruin everything.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (2018-01-25)

Someone starts a fire at the house of human rights advocate Judge Yukinaga. The judge hires Akira and his team of bodyguards to protect his family.
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (2018-02-01)

The bodyguards get a call from the manager of a famous celebrity. Akira and Takanashi must safely deliver her a "bonus" of 100 million yen.
Ep. 4: Episode 4 (2018-02-08)

Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Aiko Tachihara asks Akira's team to guard her during a secret meeting away from her official security detail.
Ep. 5: Episode 5 (2018-02-15)

Ex-soccer player Junya Kono is the reason Akira left his job. But when Junya hires Akira for a new assignment, the team must uncover his true motives.
Ep. 6: Episode 6 (2018-02-22)

Akira's new client is former prime minister Samejima. Just when he and his team start their assignment, Samejima's granddaughter is almost abducted.
Ep. 7: Episode 7 (2018-03-01)

Akira agrees to guard his ex-wife Hitomi but tries to draw a line between his personal and professional life. A dinner date takes an unexpected turn.
Ep. 8: Episode 8 (2018-03-08)

After Murata is unfairly accused, the team works hard to clear his name. Meanwhile, Akira gets a warning that someone might be trying to silence him.
Ep. 9: Episode 9 (2018-03-15)

Aiko agrees to tell the truth about Murata's death on live TV to clear his name. But before it can happen, Murata's family finds itself in danger.