BG: Personal Bodyguard: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Akira Shimazaki 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.

Series details

• Title: BG: Personal Bodyguard
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Action, Crime
• Premiere date: 2018-01-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 2020-07-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Asahi
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 57 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 35373
• IMDb ID: tt7533478
• TVDB ID: 340073

Cast and credited roles

• Takuya Kimura — Akira Shimazaki

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-01-18; final listed air date 2018-03-15; episode order: 9.
• Season 2: premiered 2020-06-18; final listed air date 2020-07-30.

Source and licence

Adapted from BG: Personal Bodyguard 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.