Series synopsis
BG: Personal Bodyguard, also known as BG〜身辺警護人〜 is a Japanese crime drama mystery television series that premiered on tv asahi on January 18, 2018. It ended on July 30, 2020. It stars Takuya Kimura, Yosuke Eguchi, Takumi Saitoh and Nanao.
Akira Shimazaki (Takuya Kimura) lives with his middle school student son. He used to work as a bodyguard, but, due to an incident, he now works as a security guard at a construction site. The private security company where he works establishes a new bodyguard division. Hiding his past as a bodyguard, Akira Shimazaki begins work as a novice bodyguard.
Premise
Akira Shimazaki (Takuya Kimura) lives with his middle school student son. He used to work as a bodyguard, but, due to an incident, he now works as a security guard at a construction site. The private security company where he works establishes a new bodyguard division. Hiding his past as a bodyguard, Akira Shimazaki begins work as a novice bodyguard.
Premise: Bodyguards who protect people unarmed. An intense drama where the thoughts and emotions of people interweave.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Takuya Kimura as Akira Shimazaki
- Yosuke Eguchi as Yoshiaki Ochiai
- Takumi Saitoh as Masaya Takanashi
- Nanao as Mayu Suganuma
- Shotaro Mamiya as Seitaro Sawaguchi
- Toru Nakamura as Kōmei Ryū
- Takaya Kamikawa as Goro Murata
- Mikako Ichikawa as Takako Kasamatsu
Supporting cast
- Yuriko Ishida as Aiko Tachihara
- Masanobu Katsumura as Kenzō Omata
- Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Junya Kouno
- Shunsuke Michieda as Kojirō Nakashima
- Toshiyuki Nagashima as Shigenobu Imazeki
- Kanau Tanaka as Shun Shimazaki
- Takashi Ukaji as Osamu Hikawa
- Shinnosuke Abe as Harutaka Kiyota
- Masami Horiuchi as Eiichi Igarashi
- Ozuno Nakamura
Guest cast
- Ryo Katsuji as Satoru Inukai
- Masatô Ibu as Sasuke Okubo
- Denden as Yuji Sato
- Kosuke Toyohara as Saburō Michioka
- Tomoharu Hasegawa as Yūta Kogure
- Ryo Kimura as Kunihiko Yukawa
- Masako Miyaji as Rinko Sumino
- Yoshinori Okada as Daisuke Ikuta
- Sei Hiraizumi as Yōji Ikuta
- Tomomi Maruyama as Moriharu Taniguchi
- Riko Narumi as Nagiko Kakuta
- Hiroki Miyake as Kazuya Iwata
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 16 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 9 | January 18, 2018 | March 15, 2018 |
| Season 2 | 7 | June 18, 2020 | July 30, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Security guard Akira Shimazaki is asked by his boss to join the company’s newly created bodyguard division. But his past threatens to ruin everything. |
January 18, 2018 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Someone starts a fire at the house of human rights advocate Judge Yukinaga. The judge hires Akira and his team of bodyguards to protect his family. |
January 25, 2018 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The bodyguards get a call from the manager of a famous celebrity. Akira and Takanashi must safely deliver her a "bonus" of 100 million yen. |
February 1, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 After the Kicks Guard team attracts some favorable press coverage, Akira receives a letter requesting his help from a man convicted of manslaughter. |
June 18, 2020 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Akira's new business attracts more attention from his colleagues. Later, he receives a big job: protecting Ema Morio, a talented but troubled pianist. |
June 25, 2020 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 To protect her hospital's reputation, Dr. Kasamatsu asks Akira to guard her new patient, an investor whose shady tactics attracted a violent reprisal. |
July 2, 2020 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | tv asahi |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 18, 2018 |
| Last aired | July 30, 2020 |
| Runtime | 46 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 21:00:00 |