It has been revealed that actor Fuku Suzuki will be starring in "Power Pro Drama 2025: The Story of My Success as an Ordinary New Member of the Workforce" (ABC TV), a drama adaptation of the popular baseball game "Power Pro Baseball" (hereafter "Power Pro") (Konami Digital Entertainment). Fuku, a huge baseball fan who started playing baseball in elementary school and joined the baseball club in junior high, will play the lead character, a first-year member of the workforce who loves Power Pro.
The drama is written by Kohei Tsuji, a member of the comedy duo "Nippon no Shachou" (Powder Pro Company), who is also a fan of the game. The protagonist, played by Suzuki, is a first-year working adult who loves the game. He devoted himself to baseball in high school, but a failure in an important game left him traumatized, and from then on, he suffered a series of defeats in life. On his first day at work, he was fed up with his seemingly unremarkable and unremarkable life, when by chance he discovered a mysterious game called "Powerful Social Worker."
Later, at the company's entrance ceremony, he meets a diverse group of unique characters, including his colleague Yabe, with his peculiar catchphrase; his rival Igari, with whom he competes for sales results; and his Madonna-like senior, Yamasaki. During his lunch break, he casually switches on the "Powerful Working Person" switch, and a list of quantified data appears, revealing the specs of the people he met at work. And his own abilities are also revealed. The strange world of "Powerful Working Person," where baseball games and everyday life are linked, begins...
Suzuki recalls his memories of Power Pro, saying, "When I started playing baseball, I remember my coach at the time telling me to play Power Pro and learn the rules of baseball. It's no exaggeration to say that I learned the rules of baseball through Power Pro and Pro Spirits!"
Suzuki appeared at the first pitch ceremony for the "Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 Powerful De-" professional baseball game between the Chiba Lotte Marines and the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks at ZOZO Marine Stadium! He wore a uniform with the number 29 (fuku) and the number 926 on his chest, the broadcast date of the drama, to promote the series. "Pawapuro-kun," the mascot character for the "Powerful Pro Baseball" series, also rushed to the stadium.
The drama "Power Pro Drama 2025 - The Story of How an Ordinary New Member of the Workforce Succeeded" will air from 12:24 a.m. on September 26th. It will be broadcast locally in the Kansai region, and will be available for catch-up streaming on TVer and ABEMA after the broadcast ends.
◇Comment from Fuku Suzuki
-How did you feel when you heard that the world of Power Pro was being made into a drama?
I've loved Power Pro since I was little, so I was surprised to hear that the world of the series was being adapted into a drama, and I was very happy to receive the offer to play the lead role! When I was in elementary school, I appeared in a baseball drama, which got me hooked on baseball and I joined the baseball club, so I'm also very happy to be able to appear in another baseball-themed drama.
-Do you have any memories of "Power Pro"?
When I started playing baseball, I remember my coach telling me to "play Power Pro and learn the rules of baseball." It's no exaggeration to say that I learned the rules of baseball through Power Pro and Pro Spirits! I also have fond memories of playing Power Pro at a teammate's house when I was in junior high school.
-Please give a message to our viewers.
Set in the world of Pawapuro, the story features a cast of unique characters, making it a drama that can be enjoyed by Pawapuro fans as well as those who are not yet familiar with the series! I hope that watching this drama will make you love Pawapuro even more!
