- Drama: 81diver
- Romaji: Hachi-One Diver
- Japanese: ハチワンダイバー
- Director: Naruhide Mizuta, Hiroaki Matsuyama
- Writer: Osho Furuya, Yokusaru Shibata
- Network: Fuji TV
- Episodes: 11
- Release Date: May 3 – July 19, 2008
- Runtime: 23:10-23:55
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
- Theme Song: Yui Aragaki – “Make My Day“
Plot
Kentaro SUGATA (Junpei MIZOBATA) used to be one of the most hopeful trainee to be a professional Shogi (Japanese chess) player, but fails at the final test. Now he has become a “Shinkenshi,” a gambler who plays Shogi for money, and boasts his 182 wins in a row. But he is devastated when he is beaten completely by a young woman known as “Ukeshi” (Riisa NAKA) who takes any challenges and never loses. As Shogi means everything to him, he decides to train himself harder to become the strongest player. Based on a popular comic, this comedy drama is about a young man’s exciting journey to reorganize his life through a series of tough challenges in Shogi guided by a mysterious girl.
Cast
- Junpei Mizobata – Kentaro Sugata (26)
- Riisa Naka – Soyo Nakashizu (19) / Milk
- Misako Yasuda – Rika Muguruma
- Mikio Date – Goro Kakuta (34)
- Takeshi Tomizawa – Yasuo Hidaka
- Yukina Kinoshita – Misaki Tsukishima (20)
- Tetsu Watanabe – Fumio Tsukishima (50)
- Fumiyo Kohinata – Hobbito Suzuki (45)
- Aya Omasa
Guest Appearances
- Nobuo Kyo – Mamushi (ep.2)
- David Ito – Katsura (ep. 2)
- Ren Osugi – Shintaro Jinno (ep. 2,3,6)
- Hitori Gekidan – Mojiyama (ep3-5)
- Masaki Kyomoto – ep.5,7
- Shuichi Ikeda
- Osho Furuya
- Momoka Yamada – Soyo Nakashizu (child) (ep.10)
- Leo Morimoto – ep.11
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