Series synopsis
Pararescue Jumper, also known as PJ ~航空救難団~ is a Japanese drama television series that premiered on tv asahi on April 24, 2025. It ended on June 19, 2025. It stars Seiyo Uchino, Fuju Kamio, Anna Ishii and Kentaro Maeda.
Chief instructor Seiji Usami trains an elite team of rescue operatives to undergo daring missions in dangerous environments where others fear to go.
Premise
Chief instructor Seiji Usami trains an elite team of rescue operatives to undergo daring missions in dangerous environments where others fear to go.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Seiyo Uchino as Seiji Usami
- Fuju Kamio as Sawai Jin
- Anna Ishii as Fujiki Sayaka
- Kentaro Maeda as Shirakawa Tomoki
- Aoto Watanabe as Hasebe Tatsuya
- Kusama Richard Keita as Nishitani Randy
- Atsuhiro Inukai as Shouji Yuki
- Oshirō Maeda as Kondo Mamoru
Supporting cast
- Gaku Hamada as Nishina Ren
- Ai Yoshikawa as Nogi Yuna
- Hidekazu Mashima as Oyama Junichi
- Tomoharu Hasegawa as Takioka Ken
- Hiroyuki Takahashi as Nakabayashi Makoto
- Masumi Nomura as Morino Akari
- Kai Shishido as Horikoshi Masakazu
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 10 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | June 5, 2025 | June 5, 2025 |
| Season 1 | 9 | April 24, 2025 | June 19, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | June 5, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Seven students who have passed the extremely difficult selection test to become pararescue jumpers (commonly known as PJs/pararescue jumpers) belonging to the Aviation Rescue Group, an expert unit for saving lives, are lined up. Sawai Jin (Kamio Fuju), Fujiki Sayaka (Ishii Anna), Shirakawa Tomoki (Maeda Kentaro), Hasebe Tatsuya (Watanabe Aoto), Nishitani Randy (Keita Kusama Richard), Tokairin Yuuki (Inukai Takatake), and Kondo Mamoru (Maeda Oshiro) -- the members who passed through the narrow gate and will be training to become PJs at the Rescue Training Unit. As the seven students listen to the instruction of the training unit leader, Horikoshi Shoichi (Shishido Kai), with nervous expressions on their faces, they suddenly hear the sound of a helicopter approaching. The seven surprised students and instructors including Nishina Ren (Hamada Gaku) look up to the sky, where a rescue helicopter, a UH-60J, begins to hover. |
April 24, 2025 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 While the students continue to challenge their limits while being pushed both physically and mentally, they finally start training in the pool. However, even Fujiki Sayaka (Ishii Anna), who has the ability to have competed in the National Athletic Meet in swimming in the past, continues to struggle. Pushed to her limit in training that simulates a harsh rescue site at sea, Sayaka is attacked by a fear of water. The more Sayaka struggles desperately to recover, the more she panics...? After completing the training, her classmate Sawai Jin (Kamio Fuju) offers her words of encouragement, but Sayaka can't hide her irritation, saying, "Don't look down on me just because I'm a woman." |
May 1, 2025 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 As the harsh comprehensive sea training approaches, the training begins in the pool, where they patrol three air stations set up underwater while barely keeping themselves breathing. Then, Hasebe Tatsuya (Watanabe Aoto) loses consciousness as he becomes short of breath. Shirakawa Tomoki (Maeda Kentaro), who sees this, is overcome with tremendous fear... Shirakawa grew up in an orphanage and aimed to become a pararescue jumper in the hopes of becoming a hero to his fellow students at the facility. He was the top student when he passed the exam, and was relied on by the other trainees. Shirakawa pretends to be calm and behaves bravely, but he has flashbacks of the faces of Sayaka Fujiki (Anna Ishii) and Hasebe, who drowned during a previous training session, and he can't stop trembling. |
May 8, 2025 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | tv asahi |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 24, 2025 |
| Last aired | June 19, 2025 |
| Runtime | 44 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 21:00:00 |