BG Personal Bodyguard
BG Personal Bodyguard (Japanese: 身辺警護人, BG Shinpen keigonin) is a Japanese television crime drama series starring Takuya Kimura and written by Yumiko Inoue. It aired first in January 2018 on TV Asahi. The second season runs on April 2020.
| PB Personal Bodyguard | |
|---|---|
| Japanese | 身辺警護人 |
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| Written by | Yumiko Inoue |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original release | January 18, 2018 |
Synopsis
Shimazaki Akira is divorced and lives with his teenage son. He used to work as a personal bodyguard but had since left the industry after an accident occurred in which 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 set up a new bodyguard division. Without telling his manager about the past, Akira Shimazaki starts working 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 in several Asian countries including Indonesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Taiwan. The first episode received a viewer rating of 15.7%.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Takuya Kimura (木村拓哉) | Akira Shimazaki (島崎章) |
| 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, appears in episodes 6 and 7 as the ex-wife of Akira Shimazaki.