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Buzzer Beat

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Title: ブザー・ビート
Title (English): Buzzer Beat
Tagline: 崖っぷちのヒーロー / Gakeppuchi no Hero
Format: Renzoku
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2009-Jul-13 start
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme song: Ichibutozenbu by B'z

Synopsis
Kamiya Naoki is a salaryman who belongs to his company's basketball team. Despite his appearance, he is completely weak under pressure when it comes to work and romance. Although he has a girlfriend, he falls in love with a spirited and cheerful woman who is unable to be straightforward. --Tokyograph

Cast
Yamashita Tomohisa as Kamiya Naoki
Kitagawa Keiko as Shirakawa Riko
Aibu Saki as Nanami Natsuki
Kanjiya Shihori as Ebina Mai
Mizobata Junpei as Hatano Shuji
Kaneko Nobuaki (金子ノブアキ) as Yoyogi Ren
Aoki Munetaka as Moriguchi Shuto
Kanada Satoshi (金田哲) as Kasukabe Yoshio
Kawashima Akiyoshi (川島章良) as Matsuyama Ryosuke
Oomasa Aya as Kamiya Yuri
Sugimoto Yumi as Akita Saori
Komatsu Ayaka as Kanazawa Shion
Ogi Shigemitsu as Ashikaga Kunimitsu
Nagai Masaru as Utsunomiya Toru
Maya Miki as Kamiya Makiko
Ito Hideaki as Kawasaki Tomoya
Kato Keisuke
Ishida Takaki (石田剛規)
Miyanaga Yuto (宮永雄太)

Production Credits
Screenwriter: Omori Mika
Producer: Nakano Toshiyuki (中野利幸)
Directors: Nagayama Kozo, Nishiura Masaki

Official Site
http://www.fujitv.co.jp/buzzerbeat/index.html

(Credit to JDorama.com for the synopsis)

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All i saw was Yumi and Kato.
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kitagawa Keiko = PGSM
Komatsu Ayaka = PGSM
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1st episode was good.
2nd ep. I'm looking forward to.
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Just started watching this. I kinda whiffed a bit and forgot to see what new dramas were starting >_>

I'd have watched this just for Yamashita Tomohisa and Aibu Saki being in it, but with Kitagawa Keiko in what seems like a lead role and Komatsu Ayaka there too, there's no way I could pass it up. Even if their uniforms are neon pink :lol: Ito Hideaki I recognize too, from First Kiss with Inoue Mao. Not many other people with eyebrows like that.

It seems kind of crazy that pro athletes would be making such low salaries. Yamashita's character was making less than I do, and that's even before his pay got cut. It seems pro basketball in Japan is actually only a few years old though. Interesting.

Keiko seems to have come back from nowhere. I think she went to college or something after PGSM? She was still over acting a bit in Mop Girl, but seems to have that cleared up. I wonder if Ayaka might be annoyed, with Keiko landing these lead roles right after coming back, while Ayaka's been stuck in minor roles and cameos all this time. Keiko always was the better actress though.
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Oh man, there's this one scene is ep. 4 I could watch over and over again.
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Finally caught up on this.

Keiko is definitely improved from PGSM. I don't think she quite has the subtlety of some of the other actors yet, but it works for her character.

Ayaka's role is very small. I wonder if there might be an episode that focuses on her a bit, like she had in Bambino!

Aibu Saki's character, I initially didn't want to believe was so two faced. Saki usually plays such innocent characters, but this one is rather... complicated. Yoyogi is right about her, she's hiding her true self behind a facade that pleases other people. Actually, her relationship with Yoyogi is in some ways more healthy than the one with Naoki, since she's being herself. Saki is doing a great job with this part too, showing the two sides just enough that you get the hint without overplaying it.

Yamashita Tomohisa is about what I expect from him. I actually like him better in roles where he can be a little silly though, like in Proposal Daisakusen.

So, what was the scene in episode 4 that was so interesting?
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C'mon u dont remember? It was when Shuji moved into the girls apartment ;D
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About Riko's bra?
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