Akagi: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

One stormy night, Nangou is playing a game of Mahjong with the local yakuza. Soon, he finds himself on a losing streak. If Nangou loses, he will have to pay with his life. Suddenly, a young teenaged boy, Akagi Shigeru, barges in, drenched from the rain. After watching a couple of games, he offers to replace the struggling Nangou. At that moment, a new legend was born.

Series details

• Title: Akagi
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Anime, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2005-10-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2006-03-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17176
• IMDb ID: tt0910592
• TVDB ID: 81935

Cast and credited roles

• Ginpei Sato — Hirayama Yukio - Fake Akagi
• Hideyuki Tanaka — Ichikawa
• Kouji Nakata — Ryuzaki
• Masane Tsukayama — Washizu Iwao
• Morio Kazama — Urabe
• Wataru Takagi — Yagi

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-10-05; final listed air date 2006-03-29; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Akagi on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.