Byplayers: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kenichi Endo, Ren Osugi, Tomorowo Taguchi, Susumu Terajima, Yutaka Matsushige and Ken Mitsuishi all receive offers to take part in a big budget drama series with a famous lead actor and world famous director. To study their roles and relationships, the director asks the six supporting actors to live together for 3 months at a share house. The actors begin their temporary living arrangement. An incident from 10 years ago though causes the actors to hold resentment.

Series details

• Title: Byplayers
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2017-01-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-03-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 25213
• IMDb ID: tt6287382
• TVDB ID: 322344

Cast and credited roles

• Osugi Ren — Osugi Ren
• Kenichi Endo — Endo Kenichi
• Taguchi Tomorowo — Taguchi Tomorowo
• Susumu Terajima — Terajima Susumu
• Ken Mitsuishi — Mitsuishi Ken
• Yutaka Matsushige — Matsushige Yutaka

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-01-13; final listed air date 2017-03-24; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2018-02-07; final listed air date 2018-03-07; episode order: 5.
• Season 3: premiered 2021-01-09; final listed air date 2021-03-26; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Byplayers 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.