- Drama: Guardian of the Market (literal title)
- Romaji: Kyoso no Bannin
- Japanese: 競争の番人
- Director: Hideyuki Aizawa, Tomonobu Moriwaki
- Writer: Hotate Shinkawa (novel), Kentaro Ushio, Yu Kanda, Ichiro Anabuki, Kenta Tatenai
- Network: Fuji TV
- Episodes: 11
- Release Date: July 11 – Septemer 19, 2022
- Runtime: Monday 21:00-21:54
- TV Ratings: 8.8%
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©
Tsutomu Koshobu (Kentaro Sakaguchi) is smart enough to have passed his bar exam at the age of 20. He also graduated at the top of the law department at Tokyo University. He had his choice of prestigious job opportunities, but he chose to work at the Fair Trade Commission. The commission is commonly called the Guardian of the Market. There, Tsutomu Koshobu works for the 6th examination team. One day, Kaede Shirokuma (Anne Watanabe) joins the 6th examination team. Kaede Shirokuma is a detective. While chasing a criminal, she failed to catch the criminal that was right in front of her eyes. She was then ordered to transfer to the Fair Trade Commission. Even though Tsutomu Koshobu and Kaede Shirokuma have totally different personalities, they team up to tackle difficult cases.
Notes
- “Guardian of the Market” takes over Fuji TV‘s Monday 21:00 time slot previously occupied by “My Ex-Boyfriend’s Last Will” and followed by “PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit” on October 10, 2022.
- Based on novel “Kyoso no Bannin” by Hotate Shinkawa (published from November 22, 2021 to February 22, 2022 in monthly novel magazine Shousetsu Gendai).
Cast
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| Kentaro Sakaguchi | Anne Watanabe | Eiko Koike | Koji Ookura | Seishiro Kato |
| Tsutomu Koshobu | Kaede Shirokuma | Chiyoko Momozono | Shinichi Kazami | Kosuke Rokkaku |
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| Shinobu Terajima | Fumiyo Kohinata | Mario Kuroba | Ayaka Onishi | Moka Ishikawa |
| Satoko Honjo | Kiyomasa Todo | Tetsuya Omori | Eiko Midorikawa | Mamori Konno |
Additional Cast Members:
- Koji Yamamoto – Unkai Amasawa (ep.1-3)
- Takayuki Hamatsu – Toshiya Nagasawa (ep.1-3)
- Akapen Takigawa – Kenji Usui (ep.1-2)
- Katsuya – Masao Ando (ep.1-3)
- Shihou Harumi – Ichiro Masaoka (ep.1-3)
- Kohei Takeda – Masaki Ishida (ep.1-3)
- Masumi Nomura – Nanase Ishida (ep.1-3)
- Tomoharu Hasegawa – Kohei Toyoshima (ep.1-3)
- Misaki Hattori – Mitsuki Toyoshima (ep.1-3)
- Gakudai – first investigation division chief (ep.1)
- Ami Komuro – bride (ep.1)
- Hiroyuki Yamamoto – construction company employee (ep.1)
- Chise Niitsu – Yukari Nagasawa (ep.2-3)
- Toru Iwaoka – Ayumu Aoyagi (ep.2)
- Hiroki Ando – TV show host (ep.2)
- Daisaku Nishino – police officer (ep.2)
- Tomonori Mizuno – florist (ep.2)
- Yoshinori Okada – Ryuhei Shibano (ep.4-5,10)
- Yuichi Haba – Atsuo Rokkaku (ep.4-5,10)
- Hisashi Yoshizawa – Toshiharu Marukawa (ep.4-5)
- Tadashi Sakata – Akira Ichiki (ep.4-5)
- Shinji Rokkaku – Takuya Nishina (ep.4-5)
- Sawa Masaki – Shizue Mitsutani (ep.4-5)
- Kazushige Komatsu – Naoki Komaba (ep.4-5)
- Shohei Abe – Masaya Kitamura (ep.5)
- Sei Matobu – Chihiro Akabane (ep.6)
- Minori Hagiwara – Kasumi Ide (ep.6)
- Yushin Shinohara – Tamotsu Kurita (ep.6)
- Arata Saeki – Sakai (ep.6)
- Shiiko Utagawa – Akabaneya staff (ep.6)
- Shigeru Harihara – Kiyoshi Kusano (ep.6)
- Akiko Hinagata – Misako Kurosaki (ep.7)
- Nobuo Kyo – Junji Yamabe (ep.7)
- Natsuko – Rumi Tateyama (ep.7)
- Ayano Ota – Tatekawa (ep.7)
- Tsutomu Takahashi – Makoto Koshobu (ep.7-9)
- Kumiko Endo – Tomoko Koshobu (ep.8)
- Yuki Imai – Toru Mishima (ep.8,11)
- Hajime Okayama – Shintaro Uenuma (ep.8)
- Masanori Ishii – Kenichi Kinoshita (ep.8-10)
- Hiroro Ando – Ando (ep.8)
- Terunosuke Takezai – Kosuke Ozu (ep.8-10)
- Aki Maeda – Tamaki Ozu (ep.8-10)
- Tetsu Hirahara – Yuya Hiyama (ep.8-9)
- Mamoru Tsubouchi – Yoshito Sugawara (ep.8)
- Akira Yamamoto – Yuya Takagi (ep.8,10)
- Osamu Narimatsu – detective (ep.9)
- Hiroyuki Seguchi – Shuhei Tsukada (ep.10)
- Yoshihiro Nozoe – Yuji Kitazawa (ep.10)
- Toranosuke Kato – Tadanobu Tajima (ep.11)
- Takaya Sakoda – Yuu Matsuo (ep.11)
- Yoshihiko Hakamada – Masakazu Otani (ep.11)
- Yumi Wakatsuki – Asako Kitagawa (ep.11)
- Kazue Mitani – woman (ep.11)
- Manabu Hamada – Takashi Osawa (ep.11)
- Yuki Kura – Minato Takanashi (ep.11)
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