- Drama: The Old Dog, New Tricks? (English title) / Old Rookie
- Romaji: Old Rookie
- Japanese: オールドルーキー
- Director: Yasuharu Ishii, Hisashi Kimura, Yoshihiro Ito
- Writer: Yasushi Fukuda
- Network: TBS
- Episodes: 10
- Release Date: June 26 – September 24, 2022
- Runtime: Sunday 21:00-21:54
- TV Ratings: 10.4%
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©
Ryotaro Shinmachi (Go Ayano) is a 37-year-old professional soccer player. He devoted his life to the sport and he was a member of the national soccer team. After an injury, his play has been in decline. This led to him playing for the J3 League. Now, he is forced to retire as a soccer player. All he knows is soccer, but, at the age of 37, he must find a regular job like other people and work like them. His daughters are extremely proud of him because he plays soccer, so he isn’t able to tell them about his retirement. Ryotaro Shinmachi then finds sports management company Victory. He decides to work there and work hard for the company, but, in his mind, he still has a hard time accepting his playing career is over. He faces a big problem at work.
Notes
- “The Old Dog, New Tricks?” takes over TBS‘ Sunday 21:00 time slot previously occupied by “My Family” and followed by “Atom’s Last Shot” on October 16, 2022.
Cast
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| Go Ayano | Kyoko Yoshine | Taishi Nakagawa | Sae Okazaki | Takahisa Masuda |
| Ryotaro Shinmachi | Toko Fukazawa | Takuya Jo | Kahori Mazaki | Sota Umeyashiki |
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| Erika Ikuta | Kurumi Inagaki | Rana Izutani | Katsumi Takahashi | Nana Eikura |
| Rumi Itoyama | Izumi Shinmachi | Meisa Shinmachi | Goro Katsushika | Kanako Shinmachi |
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| Takashi Sorimachi |
| Masashi Takayanagi |
Additional Cast Members:
- Fuju Kamio – Naoto Igaki
- Tomohiro Ichikawa – Kohei Imamura
- Ami Touma – Mayu Misaki
- Mika Ahn – Rio (ep.1)
- Toru Baba – Isato Suzuki (ep.1)
- Yuuki Nomura – Ryo Oyobe (ep.1)
- Shion Suzuki – Yuto Tonoka (ep.1)
- Hideo Kurihara – Koji Yoshihiro (ep.1,4)
- Gakudai – Tamachi (ep.1,6)
- Sento Takemori – Tsuruoka (ep.1)
- Yoshihiro Nozoe – Hara (ep.1)
- Mitsunori Hirokawa – Owner Ozu (ep.1)
- Ryusei Yokohama – Toshiya Yazama (ep.1,10)
- Teppei Steel – Arikawa (ep.2)
- Terunosuke Takezai – Kazunari Takatsuki (ep.2)
- Megumi Seki – Misa Kayaba (ep.2)
- Ryosuke Takei – skateboard shop manager (ep.2)
- Mai Shinohara – Ayumi Honda (ep.2-3,9)
- Haruna Uechi – Chihiro (ep.2-3,9)
- Ran Tamai – Reporter Oishi (ep.2-3)
- Juri Tanaka – Shuhei Hideshima (ep.3)
- Makoto Nakamura – Coach Ono (ep.3)
- Shunsaku Fukuba – Trainer Kashimura (ep.3)
- Riku Ichikawa – Miyamoto (ep.3)
- Mizuki Itagaki – Kenjiro Kitashiba (ep.4)
- Shunya Iwakami – Kensuke Koizumi (ep.4)
- Ami Touma – Mayu Misaki (ep.5)
- Koichiro Tomioka – Aoki (ep.5)
- Bob Suzuki – Iwai (ep.5)
- Katsuya Takagi – coach (ep.5)
- Yosuke Asari – Kazuto Aragaki (ep.6)
- Junko Abe – Akane Aragaki (ep.6)
- Katsuhiro Higo – Yosuke Higa (ep.6)
- Takayuki Sakoi – Coach Kawanishi (ep.6)
- Shodai Fukuyama – Shuji Yoshiki (ep.7)
- Maho Nonami – Yuriko Kondo (ep.7)
- Yuzuru Kawai – Koshi Maeoka (ep.7)
- Kenjiro Tsuda – Koichiro Yabe (ep.7)
- Yasuhi Nakamura – Okonogi (ep.7)
- Toru Kugasawa – Kasezawa (ep.7)
- Hiroaki Hirata – Keiichiro Minato (ep.7)
- Momoko Tanabe – Mai Furukawa (ep.8)
- Ryohei Otani – Hiroya Miyano (ep.8)
- Saori Watanabe – Kyoko (ep.8)
- Shota Watanabe – Kenjiro Aso (ep.9)
- Momiji Yamamura – Keiko Kazama (ep.9)
- Daisuke Shiba – chef (ep.9)
- Toru Kizu – Ishida (ep.9)
- Masanobu Katsumura – Hiroaki Mitsuoka (ep.10)
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