On October 3rd, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi appeared at the production announcement for the drama "Shumaku no Rondo" (Kantele/Fuji TV, Mondays at 10pm), which he stars in and which begins on October 13th, held in Tokyo. At the beginning of the event, he mistakenly called his co-star Ryoko Kuninaka "Nakama-san" and apologized.
Since his first lead role in a TV series, "Good Person" (1997), Kusanagi has starred in many dramas produced by Kansai TV, including the "Boku Series" starting with "My Way of Life" (2003) and the "Senso Series" starting with "Money Wars" (2015). This will be his ninth lead role in a TV series, and his tenth lead role if you include the one-off "God's Beret: The Secret Story of the Creation of Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack" (2013).
This is an original work that brings together staff who worked on the "Boku Series" and "Senso Series." Kusanagi plays the role of the estate organizer. The production announcement was attended by Nakamura Yuri, Yagi Rikako, Akihisa Shiono, Ozawa Ryushin, Kanato Tsukishiro, Nakamura Masatoshi, and Jun Fubuki.
Although he mispronounced the name at the beginning, the press conference proceeded in a friendly atmosphere from start to finish, with "leader" Kusanagi shaking off the respondents. The same was true on set, with co-star Nakamura Yuri recalling, "Just having Tsuyoshi there brightened up the set, he was always joking around in a good way, and the laughter never stopped."
