BG Personal Bodyguard
BG Personal Bodyguard (Japanese: 身辺警護人) is a Japanese drama series first broadcast in January 2018 in TV Asahi channel.
Shimazaki Akira is divorced and lives with his teenage son. Aikra used to work as a personal bodyguard but has since left the industry after an accident occurred in 2012 that his soccer superstar client was injured. He now works as a security guard at a construction site. The private security company where he works is going to setup a new bodyguard division. Without telling his manager the past, Akira Shimazaki begins work as a novice bodyguard.
Broadcast
The first episode was broadcast on January 18, 2018 in Japan. It was also aired at the same month by Wakuwaku Japan to few Asian countries including Indonesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Taiwan. The first episode received viewer rating of 15.7%.[1]
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Takuya Kimura (木村拓哉) | Akira Shimazaki (島崎章) [2] |
| Shinnosuke Abe | Harutaka Kiyota |
| Yōsuke Eguchi (江口洋介) | Yoshiaki Ochiai (落合義明) |
| Yuriko Ishida | Aiko Tachihara |
| Takaya Kamikawa | Goro Murata |
| Shotaro Mamiya | Seitaro Sawaguchi |
| Shinnosuke Mitsushima | Junya Kono |
| Toshiyuki Nagashima | Shigenobu Imazeki |
| Nanao | Mayu Suganuma |
| Takumi Saitoh | Masaya Takanashi |
| Kanau Tanaka | Shun |
| Takashi Ukaji | Osamu Hikawa |
| Tomoko Yamaguchi (山口智子) |
Special Appearance
Tomoko Yamaguchi who co-acted with Takuya Kimura in the 1996 Japanese drama classic Long vacation would appear in episode 6 and 7 as the ex-wife of Akira Shimazaki.[3]