The TBS Sunday drama "Reboot," starring Ryohei Suzuki and airing Sundays at 9 PM, is currently enjoying great popularity. Social media is buzzing with speculation about who will play Yaichi Makita, the leader of the main opposition party and older brother of inspector Masachika Makita (played by Hideaki Ito).
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In episode 7 (aired March 8th), Hayase (Suzuki), disguised as Gido (Suzuki), witnesses Makita and Goroku (Kitamura Yukiya) in a private room at Goroku's shop. He discreetly hides and observes, and sees a man called "Yaichi-san" enter the private room. This man is Makita Yaichi.
That night, when Hayase pointed out Yaichi, Makita said, "The whale I'm targeting is Makita Yaichi," indicating his intention to arrest his own brother.
Only the back of Yaichi's body is shown in his first appearance, which sparked a lot of discussion on social media, with comments such as, "I'm so curious about the actor playing Yaichi Makita," "That back of the head...it looks like Ichikawa Danjuro, a big name in the Kabuki world," "Yaichi Makita's back looked exactly like Ebizo," "Who is it? That back...maybe Kikkawa Koji?", and "Is Yaichi Makita played by Sugimoto Tetta? He also looks a bit like Tsurumi Shingo."
