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[[File:Bambino.jpg|thumb|350px|Bambino!]]
==Details==
*'''Title:''' バンビーノ!
*'''Title (romaji):''' Bambino!
*'''Format:''' Renzoku
*'''Genre:''' Drama, food
*'''Episodes:''' 11
*'''Viewership ratings:''' 14.2 (Kanto)
*'''Broadcast network:''' NTV
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2007-Apr-18 to 2007-Jun-27
*'''Air time:''' Wednesday 22:00
*'''Theme song:''' [[We can make it! (song)|We can make it!]] by [[Wikipedia:Arashi|Arashi]]

==Synopsis==
A drama adaptation of a popular comic written by Sekiya Tetsuji. After a year of working at a neighborhood Italian restaurant, Ban Shogo ([[Matsumoto Jun]]), an enthusiastic, cocky young college student from Fukuoka, comes to Tokyo to perfect his cooking skills as a chef in Italian cuisine.  He discovers he has much to learn and has to continually prove himself to the very competitive, quick and efficient staff at the upscale Italian restaurant.

==User/Viewer Ratings==
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==Cast==
[[File:Bambino Chart.jpg|thumb|350px|Correlation Chart]]
*[[Matsumoto Jun]] as Ban Shogo
*[[Karina]] as Hibino Asuka
*[[Sato Ryuta]] as Katori Nozomi
*[[Uchida Yuki]] as Shishido Miyuki
*[[Sasaki Kuranosuke]] as Kuwabara Atsushi
*[[Kitamura Kazuki]] as Yonamine Tsukasa
*[[Ichimura Masachika]] as Shishido Tekkan
*[[Hosshan]] (ほっしゃん。) as Oda Toshio
*[[Mukai Osamu]] as Senoo Masashi
*[[Komatsu Ayaka]] as Minakawa Kozue
*[[Yamamoto Kei]] as Endo Susumu
*[[Fukiishi Kazue]] as Takahashi Eri
*[[Sasaki Takao]] (佐々木崇雄) as Nagai Hirokazu
*[[Sato Yusuke]] as Takanashi Hiroshi
*[[Aso Kosuke]] (麻生幸佑) as Shibata Kenichiro
*[[Toda Keiko]] as Nogami Kyoko (eps. 5-7)
*[[Ikeuchi Hiroyuki]] as Hayama Yasuhide (ep. 7)

==Production Credits==
*'''Original writing:''' Sekiya Tetsuji (せきやてつじ)
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Okada Yoshikazu]]
*'''Producer:''' [[Kato Masatoshi]]
*'''Director:''' [[Otani Taro]], [[Murase Ken]], [[Asai Chizu]]
*'''Music:''' [[Kanno Yugo]]

==Episode Information==
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Episode
! width=350 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Subtitle
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Ratings<br>(Kanto)
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Ratings (Kansai)
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Ratings (Nationwide)
|- align=center
| 01 || Work is not that easy || 16.6 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 02 || I don't want to lose || 15.0 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 03 || Tears... Last day || 13.7 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 04 || The path that must be taken || 14.0 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 05 || What's that about love? || 14.6 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 06 || Comrades || 14.0 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 07 || What can I do for another person? || 13.2 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 08 || Let me do something || 13.6 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 09 || The door to becoming a chef!! || 13.7 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 10 || Everyone is a Bambino! || 13.8 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 11 || Trattoria Baccanale || 14.4 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align="center" style="background:#ffdead;"
! average || || 14.2 || ??.? || ??.?
|}
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==Awards==
*'''53rd [[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Best Actor - [[Matsumoto Jun]]
*'''53rd [[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Best Supporting Actor - [[Kitamura Kazuki]]
*'''53rd [[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Best Director
*'''53rd [[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Special Award

==Notes==
* The main character's nickname is Bambi, the word "bambino" means "baby", or "playful baby" as the author intended to use it.
* Because the main character's from Hakata, Fukuoka, Matsumoto Jun is practicing Hakata dialect (Hakata-ben). Also, he is going to speak Italian.

==External Links==
*[http://www.ntv.co.jp/bambi/ Official site]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:バンビーノ!|Japanese Wikipedia]]

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