Buzzer Beat
title: "Buzzer Beat" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2009-japanese-television-series-debuts", "2009-japanese-television-series-endings", "japanese-drama-television-series", "fuji-television-dramas"] topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzer_Beat" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| native_name | ブザー・ビート~崖っぷちのヒーロー |
| image | Buzzer Beat Intertitle.jpg |
| caption | Buzzer Beat logo |
| genre | Romance, sports |
| producer | Nakano Toshiyuki |
| starring | See below |
| opentheme | Ichibu to Zenbu by B'z |
| country | Japan |
| location | Tokyo |
| language | Japanese |
| network | Fuji TV |
| first_aired | |
| last_aired | |
| num_series | 1 |
| num_episodes | 11 |
| :: |
| native_name = ブザー・ビート~崖っぷちのヒーロー | image = Buzzer Beat Intertitle.jpg | caption = Buzzer Beat logo | genre = Romance, sports | camera = | runtime = | creator = | developer = | producer = Nakano Toshiyuki | executive_producer = | starring = See below | voices = | narrated = | theme_music_composer = | opentheme = Ichibu to Zenbu by B'z | composer = | endtheme = | country = Japan | location = Tokyo | language = Japanese | network = Fuji TV | first_aired = | last_aired = | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 11 | list_episodes = | related = Buzzer Beat is a Fuji TV Japanese television drama starring Tomohisa Yamashita, Keiko Kitagawa, and Saki Aibu.
The series primarily focuses on two characters, Naoki Kamiya (Tomohisa Yamashita), a professional basketball player, and Riko Shirakawa (Keiko Kitagawa), an aspiring violinist. Throughout the series, Naoki faces difficulties trying to succeed in the world of basketball, and Riko struggles to become a successful violinist. Eventually, the two meet, and the series chronicles their relationship and struggles, as well as those of their friends.
Cast
- Tomohisa Yamashita as Kamiya Naoki
- Keiko Kitagawa as Shirakawa Riko
- Saki Aibu as Nanami Natsuki
- Shihori Kanjiya as Ebina Mai
- Hideaki Itō as Coach Kawasaki Tomoya
- Nobuaki Kaneko as Yoyogi Ren
- Junpei Mizobata as Hatano Shuji
- Munetaka Aoki as Moriguchi Shuto
- Satoshi Kanada as Kasukabe Yoshio
- Akiyoshi Kawashima as Matsuyama Ryosuke
- Masaru Nagai as Utsunomiya Toru
- Miki Maya as Kamiya Makiko
- Aya Ōmasa as Kamiya Yuri
- Ayaka Komatsu as Kanazawa Shion
- David M. as Larry Brown (JC ARCS' Foreign Player)
- Hakura Kuroki as Fukuda Seiko
- Keisuke Kato as Oze Yoichi
- Takaki Ishida as Saga Hiroaki
- Yumi Sugimoto as Akita Saori
- Ayana as Kaori Saeki (JC ARCS' Photographer)
- Yasuyuki Maekawa as Yusuke Mishima
- Chisun as Kamiya Yukino
- Ryuta Kawabata as Yusuke Komaki
- Natsumi Ohira as Yuri's friend
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