“Believe” starring Kimutaku starts at 11.7% of households, making a good start with the highest first-time audience ratings for commercial broadcasters this season – Sponichi Sponichi Annex Entertainment

The TV Asahi drama “Believe – The Bridge for You” (9:00 after Thursday), starring actor Takuya Kimura (51), started on the 25th with a 10-minute extension, and the average household audience rating for the first time was 11.7% ( According to video research, it was revealed on the 26th that it was in the Kanto area. The individual audience rating was 6.8%.

This year’s commercial drama series got off to a good start, surpassing the 11.5% recorded by the first episode (14th) of TBS’s Sunday Theater “Anti-Hero” (Sunday 9:00).

Riku Kariyama is a designer who works for a major general contractor. The story is about Kariyama, who is passionate about building bridges and faces the unexpected hardship of being imprisoned, but never gives up and searches for a path to hope and recovery.

In addition to Yuki Amami, who plays Riku’s wife, the cast includes Ryoma Takeuchi, Maika Yamamoto, Hayao Ichinose, Takaya Kamikawa, Takumi Saito, Fumiyo Kohinata, and Kinya Kitaoji.

The work is a Thursday drama commemorating the station’s 65th anniversary. This is the first time in two years that Kimura has starred in a drama series on the same station, since “10 Counts to the Future”, which aired in April 2022. Kimura also starred in the TV station’s 55th anniversary drama “Miyamoto Musashi” (2014), and was selected again.

The drama will be produced by the blockbuster drama series “BG ~Kinbe Keigojin~” (2018, 2020) starring Kimura, which recorded a total viewership rating of 8.6% for individuals and 15.4% for households. A luxurious lineup. The screenplay will be written by Yumiko Inoue, a storyteller known for her work in hit works such as “The White Tower” (2013), “Hirugao” (2014), and the “Emergency Interrogation Room” series (2014), and is known as a master at portraying human beings. Mr. Inoue and Kimura teamed up on “GOOD LUCK!!” (2003) and “Engine” (2005). Furthermore, the director is Jota Tsunehiro of the “Emergency Interrogation Room” series. Kimura is also a trusted member, and expectations are high for the film to be “one of the best human masterpieces of the Reiwa era.”

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