The Old Dog, New Tricks? (2022)

Season 1

Crushed by his sudden forced retirement, a professional soccer player pivots into a new career when he starts working for a sports management company.

Released June 26, 2022 Episode 55 min 10+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: imdb.japanese-drama

Watch Providers: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

Production Companies: TBS, TBS Sparkle

Network: TBS

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

IMDb

7.2

/110/

Trakt

/11/

TMDb

/2/

Yasuharu Ishii
Director

Go Ayano
Ryotaro Shinmachi

Kyoko Yoshine
Toko Fukazawa

Takashi Sorimachi
Masashi Takayanagi

Nana Eikura
Kanako Shinmachi

Taishi Nakagawa
Takuya Jo

Sae Okazaki
Kaori Mazaki

Takahisa Masuda
Sota Umeyashiki

Erika Ikuta
Rumi Itoyama

S1E1 - Episode 1

Forced to retire at 37 years old, soccer star Ryotaro Shinmachi must find a regular job but struggles due to his lack of professional skills.

June 26, 2022, midnight

S1E2 - Episode 2

Shinmachi and Tohko try signing a gifted 9-year-old skateboarder but learn that her hotheaded father is already in talks with a major overseas agency.

July 3, 2022, midnight

S1E3 - Episode 3

After a marathon runner managed by Tohko suffers a crushing defeat, he blames her for the media fallout and demands that Shinmachi manage him instead.

July 17, 2022, midnight

S1E4 - Episode 4

Shinmachi struggles with his lingering desire to return to soccer. Meanwhile, he manages a baseball player who is about to be dropped by his team.

July 24, 2022, midnight

S1E5 - Episode 5

An excited Jo recruits a young fencer named Misaki, but he has trouble figuring out how to promote her because of her extreme shyness.

July 31, 2022, midnight

S1E6 - Episode 6

Shinmachi gets tasked with managing a basketball player who is hoping to switch teams, but a serious injury in practice threatens the player's career.

Aug. 7, 2022, midnight