Ryotaro is a cheerful professional soccer player devoted to the game he loves. He has risen to national team member, and come through with decisive goals when it counts… until injury begins to plague him. Facing retirement at 37, he realizes it is a little late for him to enter normal working society. Enter a sports management company called “Victory” which offers him a new lease on life. Yet somewhere in his heart, Ryotaro has not quite accepted his retirement, and he will need to reconcile with new challenges as an old rookie.


한없이 밝고 축구에 인생을 걸어온 프로 축구선수 신마치.
일본 대표까지 되면서 결정적인 장면에서 골도 성공시켰지만 그 후에는 부상의 영향으로 실력이 저조하다.
그야말로“기록보다 기억에 남은 남자”였지만 37살에 갑자기 현역 은퇴를 한다.
사회인으로 데뷔하기에는 너무 늦은 신마치였다.
이 최악의 시기에 스포츠 매니지먼트 회사「빅토리」를 만나게 된다.
다만 마음속 어딘가에는“은퇴”를 아직 받아들이지 못하는 자신이 있어 현실과의 사이에서 흔들린다.
그리고, 37살 사회 초년생의 길은 간단하지 않고 일에서도 큰 벽에 직면한다.


天生個性積極開朗，把人生奉獻在足球上的國家選手・新町。
他努力登頂成了日本的足球國家代表，也在關鍵的比賽中進球表現出色，但之後卻因受傷而陷入低谷。正所謂“比踢球記錄更令人有印象”的他，突然在37歲時決定退出足球界。
作為一社會新鮮人已太晚的新町，在低潮時遇上了“運動經紀公司「Victory」”。
但在內心深處其實尚未能接受自己已“退出足球界”的事實，而感到十分動搖不安。
然而，37歲的社會新鮮人絕不是一件容易的事，工作上亦將面臨種種困難局面。

The Table Tennis Warring States Period

The high school totem pole is not determined by grades or how many guys one can beat up. It is all about winning in table tennis, and the fierce battle for hegemony between the high school students resembles the fights for territories during Japan's Warring States Period.

East Tokyo is a brutal battleground where Satsukawa University's Shibuya High School reigns supreme thanks to its esteemed players like Shimazu the captain (Kai Ogasawara) and Saigo (Takuya Kusakawa). Many high schools have taken on Satsukawa in an attempt to unseat it, as if vassals were trying to take down their lord. But countless have been defeated in the hands of the mighty Satsukawa and put under its control. No matter how unreasonable, Satsukawa manages to get away with anything, as if to say, "A school not under Satsukawa's control is not a school."

In a bid to end such an era, one high school decides to take on champions Satsukawa. Ebisu Nagato Academy, commonly called Ebi High, is preparing for battle. "Let's take power and bring an end to this crazy period," vows Ebi High.

Captain Hisashi Shoin (Takumi Kitamura) scouts Ritsu Takasugi (Hayato Sano) to the Ebi High table tennis team. Ritsu is hampered by numerous obstacles like feuds between teammates such as his childhood friend and star player Kotaro Katsura (Tsuyoshi Furukawa), as well as Hisashi's illness and Kotaro's injury. But as they band together and battle on, they begin to unite.

With their unbreakable bond, Ebi High finally goes head-to-head against Satsukawa and wins. Their victory brings an end to conflicts, ushering in a new period of "Free Table Tennis." Or at least that was supposed to be the case...

Half a year later...
Team captain Kondo Yuumi (Win Morisaki) of Hachioji South Technical Public High School loses his match against Tenka Fubu Academy, which is unrivaled in its home base of Osaka. Oda Sanosuke (Yoshihiko Aramaki) from Tenka Fubu declares, "I will destroy Tokyo champions Ebi High and all the other schools and make them obey Tenka Fubu." Then, he imposes sanctions on Kondo, who Hijikata Toshiki (Mizuki Itagaki) calls "mother" and protects more than anyone else. Witnessing this, Hijikata vows to exact revenge on Oda with the words, "I would gladly die for mother."

Hijikata forms Ebi High Allied Forces with former rivals Inoue Monta (Koki Tanaka) and Ito Shunsuke (Kaname Yoshizawa) of Ebi High, as well as former Tenka Fubu ace Akechi Juhei (Naoya Kusakawa) with whom he wants to regain his friendship. Their eyes are set on overthrowing Tenka Fubu.

Akechi begins to reveal what happened in Osaka one year ago.
Why did Akechi come to Tokyo from Osaka alone?!
Why did Oda become so cold-hearted and start using fear to rule with an iron fist?

Will Ebi High Allied Forces be able to defeat Tenka Fubu and keep its precious allies protected in Tokyo??

Adapted from a novel by Jun Ikeido, the story follows the travails of a company man once touted as an elite executive candidate who falters when he voices opposition to his superiors over an acquisition, and is exiled to general affairs manager at a branch factory. Adding insult to injury, he is also ordered to serve as general manager of the plant’s failing rugby team, the Tokiwa Motors “Astros”, which once basked in glory but has since sunk to perennial cellar dweller. Hoping to resuscitate his own future along with that of a weak rugby team on the verge of disbandment, the embattled company man stakes pride and fortune on fulfilling two missions, putting all he’s got into work and sports in this inspirational human drama.


池井戸潤の小説が原作。
出世レースの先頭に立ち幹部候補とまで言われていたエリート社員が、
上司が主導する企業買収に異を唱えた結果、左遷人事で地方の工場に総務部長として
赴任することに。
やるせない思いで赴任先の工場に赴いたところ、トキワ発動機ラグビーチーム「アストロズ」のゼネラルマネージャーを兼務するよう命じられてしまう。
かつては強豪だったものの、いまは成績不振がつづいている「アストロズ」。
未来を断たれた自らのビジネスマンとしての再起と、廃部寸前の弱小ラグビー部の再建。
二つの使命を背負った男が、仕事にスポーツに、プライドと誇りをかけて
全力で立ち向かうヒューマンドラマ。


이케이도 준의 소설이 원작.
출세 레이스의 선두에서 간부 후보라고 불린 엘리트 사원이 상사가 주도하는 기업 매수에 이의를 제기한 결과, 좌천되어 지방 공장 총무부장으로 부임하게 된다.
안타까운 심정으로 부임처인 공장에 도착하지만 토키와발전기 럭비팀「아스토로즈」의 제너럴 매니저를 겸임하라는 명령을 받게 된다.
과거 강호였지만, 지금은 성적부진에 허덕이고 있는「아스토로즈」.
출세의 길이 끊긴 비지니스맨으로서의 재기와 폐부 직전의 약소 럭비부의 재건.
두 개의 사명을 짊어진 남자가 일과 스포츠에 자존심을 걸고 전력으로 맞서는 휴먼 드라마.


這部電視劇改編自池井戶潤的原著作品。
原本可以說是完全處於職業上升期的幹部候補精英職員，因為反對上司提議的企業收購計畫而遭左遷，被調至地方工廠擔任總務部長。

當他滿腹愁悶地趕赴到工廠之後，又被任命要兼任Tokiwa發動機橄欖球隊“Astros”的球隊經理人。“Astros”雖然曾經一度是一支強隊，但之後一直成績不佳。

毫無未來可言的工薪族的再度崛起，和幾乎面臨倒閉的羸弱橄欖球隊的重建。
這是一部關於這個背負著兩個使命的男人，在工作和運動方面，憑藉自己的自尊和驕傲，全力奮起的人情劇。

WOWOW brings another Keigo Higashino novel to the TV screen with “ Whose Is the Cuckoo's Egg?”.
A medical suspense drama about genetics in sport, family bonds, talents and skills, and what it means to be truly happy. Higashino delves into the lives of those struggling with the conflict between business aspirations and individual conscience in a powerful tale set against the accessible backdrop of competitive winter sports – a tale that is sure to captivate audiences everywhere.

白銀の世界に遺伝子の謎が舞う。その才能が努力か遺伝か。そして親子の絆とは？
東野圭吾原作、スポーツビジネスをめぐる医科学サスペンスに「まれ」の土屋太鳳が挑む！

With orders from her boss to attend, office temp Hana takes part in a round of golf with clients and wins with a hole-in-one. Unfortunately, this causes her to be fired for humiliating the president of the client company. Hana then meets golf coach Daigo, who sees talent in her and asks her if she would like to become a pro golfer. To help her family, who are being harassed by loan sharks because of loans that her late father left unpaid, Hana decides to become a professional golfer and pay off the loans. But this is where she witnesses the social gap of being poor! Hana also faces sinister golf battles set off by celebrity talent golfer, Riko. Can Hana win the prize money to pay off the debt?!

Nagumo is a social studies teacher at Mie Prefectural Koshiyama High School. A former baseball player in college who had to retire due to injury, he worked as a sports trainer before turning to his “other dream” of becoming a teacher at 32. When he is made advisor for the high school’s weak and disbanding baseball team, his life begins to come full circle, and strives to produce a miraculous turnaround for the team in this uplifting tale of love and baseball.


나구모는 미에 현립 코시야마 고등학교에 부임한지 3년차 사회과 교사.
대학시절까지 야구만 했지만 부상을 계기로 은퇴했다.
대학 중퇴후는 스포츠 트레이너로 일했지만 교사가 되는 꿈을 버리지 못하고 서른두 살에 대학에 재입학 후 교사가 되었다.
교원 생활을 하면서 지역 대지주의 손자가 입학한 것을 계기로 폐부 직전의 약소 야구부의 고문을 담당하게 되면서 생활이 완전히 뒤바뀐다.
어디에나 있을만한 지극히 평범한 사회과 교사가 낙오된 약소 고교 야구부를 재건하여 왕좌를 쟁취할 수 있을 것인가!?
고교 야구를 통해 다양한 사랑을 그린 드림 휴먼 엔터테인먼트!


南雲是任職於三重縣立越山高中第三年的社會科老師。
雖一直到大學都活躍於棒球場，但卻因傷引退。
大學中途退學後雖然從事運動教練的工作，但卻無法捨棄自己過去想成為老師的夢想，在32歲時再次進入大學學習，成為老師。
此時，因當地大地主的孫子入學，讓南雲成為了即將被廢社的棒球社顧問老師。這也使他的生活有了翻天覆地的轉變。
普通的社會科老師，居然在弱小棒球社「下剋上」！？
這是一齣透過高中棒球，刻畫各式各樣的愛、夢想成真，充滿人情味的作品！