Teppachi: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Hiroshi Kokusho was an ace of his high school's rugby club and used to receive attention all over the country. However, his aggressive play and selfishness got himself injured and he had no choice but to retire. Hiroshi got a job and lived alone after graduating from high school. However, a fight caused him to get fired from his job and he got kicked out from his apartment. A man then approached Hiroshi and said that he will introduce him to a perfect job which turned out to be the "Japan Ground Self-Defense Force" that protects the country's peace and security. Hiroshi, who used to be an immature man, got enlisted and became a full-fledged self-defense officer while wearing the combat helmet.

Series details

• Title: Teppachi
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Premiere date: 2022-07-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-09-14
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 54 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 70791
• IMDb ID: tt21116272
• TVDB ID: 421688

Cast and credited roles

• Keita Machida — Hiroshi Kokusho
• Hayato San — Yoshinari Baba
• Shiraishi Mai — Fuyumi Sakurama
• Kazuki Kitamura — Junichi Yame
• Sato Kanta — Ryuji Arai
• Hayate Ichinose — Kazuya Muto
• Asuka Kudo — Hayato Kazama
• Renn Kiriyama — Shinya Kaneko
• Yuki Kubota — Takayuki Oki
• Kousei Yuki — Haruki Nomura
• Mizusawa Rintaro — Katsuya Shibayama

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2022-07-06; final listed air date 2022-09-14.

Source and licence

Adapted from Teppachi 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.