Kinshicho Paradise: Shibuya kara Ippon
Kinshicho Paradise: Shibuya kara Ippon (Japanese: 錦糸町パラダイス～渋谷から一本～) is a Japanese television drama series that aired on TV Tokyo from July 12 to September 27, 2024. The series consists of 12 episodes and was broadcast in the network's Friday 24:12 time slot.
Plot
The story centers on a housecleaning business located in Kinshicho, Tokyo, operated by three childhood friends: Daisuke (Kento Kaku), Yu-chan (Tokio Emoto), and Ippei (Motoki Ochiai). As they provide cleaning services to various clients, they encounter individuals connected to mysterious events occurring in the neighborhood.
The central mystery revolves around a series of QR codes appearing on street corners. Scanning these codes reveals information regarding past unsolved cases. The codes are linked to a journalist named Aoi (Masaki Okada). Through their work, the three friends find themselves inadvertently entangled in the investigations and the lives of those affected by these past incidents.
Cast
- Kento Kaku as Daisuke Kinomoto
- Tokio Emoto as Yuki Imai (Yu-chan)
- Motoki Ochiai as Ippei Okuda
- Masaki Okada as Aoi Sakata
- Honami Sato as Kokorone Takahashi
- Ken Mitsuishi as Kaoru
- Mari Hamada as Namie
- Koudai Matsuoka as Kota Azumi
- Takafumi Imai as CEO
- Hosshan as Massan
- Yoneko Matsukane as Massan's mother
- Kazuki Namioka as Man
- Naomasa Musaka as Genpaku Sugita
- Megumi as Izakaya owner
- Kodai Asaka as Mitsuno
- Atsushi Hashimoto as Muneharu Makita
- Kenta Izuka as Yohei Arakawa
- Taichi Saotome as Hirai
- Itsuji Itao as Masayuki Tachibana
- Nahana as Kazuko Tachibana
- Shugo Oshinari as Shoji
- Yura Someno as OL
- Ryu Morioka as Takahiro Toda
- Kurumi Shimizu as Rin
- Ryutaro Akimoto as Takayuki
- Rio Yamashita as Mai Machida
- Jun Miho as Mikako Machida
- Anne Suzuki as Teacher Kaneko
Production
The series was directed by Ryuichi Hiroki, Yu Ota, and Kohei Kinomoto. The screenplay was written by Takafumi Imai, Yu Ota, and Mai Ishiguro. It occupied the TV Tokyo Friday 24:12 time slot, following the conclusion of From the Dust and preceding Sorezore no Kodoku no Gourmet.