Banjou no Alpha

Details

 * Title: 盤上のアルファ
 * Title (romaji): Banjou no Alpha
 * Tagline: 約束の将棋 / Yakusoku no Shogi
 * Format: Renzoku
 * Genre: Drama
 * Episodes: 4
 * Broadcast network: NHK BS Premium
 * Broadcast period: 2019-Feb-03 to 2019-Feb-24
 * Air time: Sunday 22:00

Synopsis
Reporter Akiba Shunsuke is transferred by his boss to the cultural desk and is put in charge of covering shogi. He suddenly meets Sanada Nobushige at a small diner. Akiba learns that Sanada, who won an amateur national tournament, is aiming to become a professional player. Akiba begins living with Sanada and finds himself becoming more and more interested in shogi.

Cast

 * Tamaki Hiroshi as Akiba Shunsuke
 * Yamashiro Ruito as young Shunsuke
 * Kamiji Yusuke as Sanada Nobushige
 * Tanaka Kanau as young Nobushige
 * Yasui Junpei (安井順平) as Tsuramaki Goro
 * Horii Arata as Date Kazuhisa
 * Natsuko (夏子) as Hisamoto Sanae
 * Ishibashi Renji as Hayashi Shige
 * Kondo Masaomi ae Senda Shozo
 * Ogata Atsushi (緒形敦) as Inamori Tadashi
 * Morishita Daichi (水上哲也) as Mizukami Tetsuya
 * Kato Ryo as Amano Kohei
 * Hida Yasuhito as Arai Shotaro
 * Ishii Kenichi as Sanada Shinjiro
 * Manda Hisako as Akiba Michiko
 * Higa Manami as Saito Keiko
 * Nono Sumika (野々すみ花) as Shizuka
 * Oka Mayumi as Senda Kayoko
 * Hara Hideko as Amano Natsumi
 * Kuruma Dankichi (車だん吉)
 * Rokkaku Shinji
 * Yamamoto Yuko
 * Yamazaki Ginnojo (山崎銀之丞)

Production Credits

 * Original work: Novel Banjou no Alpha by Shiota Takeshi
 * Screenwriter: Yamaoka Junpei (山岡潤平)
 * Producer: Sano Motohiko, Takahashi Ren (高橋練)
 * Director: Okada Takeshi
 * Music: Hayashi Yuki