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==Details==
 
==Details==
 
*'''Title:''' 下町ロケット
 
*'''Title:''' 下町ロケット
 
*'''Title (romaji):''' Shitamachi Rocket
 
*'''Title (romaji):''' Shitamachi Rocket
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*'''Also known as:''' Downtown Rocket
 
*'''Format:''' Renzoku
 
*'''Format:''' Renzoku
*'''Genre:''' Corporate, drama
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*'''Genre:''' Corporate, Drama
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*'''Broadcast network:''' TBS
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*'''Air time:'''  [[Nichiyou Gekijo (TBS)|Sunday 21:00]]
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==Season 1==
 
*'''Episodes:''' 10
 
*'''Episodes:''' 10
*'''Broadcast network:''' TBS
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*'''Viewership ratings:''' 18.64%
 
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2015-Oct-18 to 2015-Dec-20
 
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2015-Oct-18 to 2015-Dec-20
*'''Air time:'''  [[Nichiyou Gekijo (TBS)|Sunday 21:00]]
 
  
==Synopsis==
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===Synopsis===
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Tsukuda Kohei ([[Abe Hiroshi]]) worked as an investigator, then decided to work in his father's manufacturing factory, strives with his workers to overcome problems and pursue his passion in manufacturing. Although Kohei stops researching at the Space Science Development Agency to succeed Tsukuda Manufacturing, he cannot leave behind his true passion for rocket development. The cost of rocket engine development has put Kohei's company in serious financial trouble, almost on the verge of bankruptcy.
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As it struggles to raise funds, its rival company, Nakashima Industrial, sues Tsukuda Manufacturing for patent infringement. The company's reputation soon drops and banks refuse to finance them, but then one of Japan's leading companies, Teikoku Heavy Industries, offers to buy them a Tsukuda patent for 2 billion yen. Although the company is heavily indebted and desperately in need of cash, the patent is what the engineers put all their efforts and dreams into. Kohei, a president who feels responsible for the livelihood of his workers, faces a very tough decision.
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===User/Viewer Ratings===
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<vote type=1/>
  
==Cast==
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===Cast===
[[File:Shitamachi Rocket TBS chart.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Correlation chart]]
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[[File:Shitamachi Rocket TBS chart.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Correlation chart]]
 
*[[Abe Hiroshi]] as Tsukuda Kohei
 
*[[Abe Hiroshi]] as Tsukuda Kohei
*[[Tsuchiya Tao]] as Tsukuda Rina, Kohei's daughter
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*[[Tsuchiya Tao]] as Tsukuda Rina (Kohei's daughter)
 
*[[Tatekawa Danshun]] (立川談春) as Tonomura Naohiro
 
*[[Tatekawa Danshun]] (立川談春) as Tonomura Naohiro
*[[Yasuda Ken]] as Yamazaki Mitsuhiko
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*[[Yasuda Ken]] as Yamasaki Mitsuhiko
 
*[[Wada Soko]] as Ehara Haruki
 
*[[Wada Soko]] as Ehara Haruki
 
*[[Konno Hiroki]] as Sakota Shigeru
 
*[[Konno Hiroki]] as Sakota Shigeru
*[[Yamazaki Ikusaburo]] (山崎育三郎) as Mano Kensuke
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*[[Yamazaki Ikusaburo]] as Mano Kensuke
 
*[[Nakamoto Ken]] (中本賢) as Tsuno Kaoru
 
*[[Nakamoto Ken]] (中本賢) as Tsuno Kaoru
*[[Tanida Ayumi]] (谷田歩) as Karakida Atsushi
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*[[Tanida Ayumi]] as Karakida Atsushi
 
*[[Nakamura Tomoya]] as Asagi Shohei
 
*[[Nakamura Tomoya]] as Asagi Shohei
 
*[[Abe Shinnosuke]] as Nomura Kosuke
 
*[[Abe Shinnosuke]] as Nomura Kosuke
*[[Takeuchi Ryoma]] (竹内涼真) as Tachibana Yosuke
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*[[Takeuchi Ryoma]] as Tachibana Yosuke
 
*[[Sano Gaku]] as Kawamoto Koji
 
*[[Sano Gaku]] as Kawamoto Koji
 
*[[Ato Kai]] as Tanabe, lawyer
 
*[[Ato Kai]] as Tanabe, lawyer
*[[Maya Miki]] as  Izumi Saya, Kohei's ex wife
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*[[Maya Miki]] as  Izumi Saya (Kohei's ex wife)
 
*[[Arai Hirofumi]] as Tomiyama Takaharu
 
*[[Arai Hirofumi]] as Tomiyama Takaharu
*[[Kinoshita Hoka]] as Mizuhara Shigeharu
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*[[Kinoshita Houka]] as Mizuhara Shigeharu
 
*[[Hashimoto Satoshi]] as Mita Kimiyasu
 
*[[Hashimoto Satoshi]] as Mita Kimiyasu
 
*[[Shunputei Shota]] as Yanai Tetsuji
 
*[[Shunputei Shota]] as Yanai Tetsuji
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*[[Ikehata Shinnosuke]] (池畑慎之介) as Nakagawa Kyoichi
 
*[[Ikehata Shinnosuke]] (池畑慎之介) as Nakagawa Kyoichi
 
*[[Megumi Toshiaki]] as Kamiya Shuichi
 
*[[Megumi Toshiaki]] as Kamiya Shuichi
*[[Baisho Mitsuko]] as Tsukuda Kazue, Kohei's mother
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*[[Baisho Mitsuko]] as Tsukuda Kazue (Kohei's mother)
 
*[[Kikkawa Koji]] as Zaizen Michio
 
*[[Kikkawa Koji]] as Zaizen Michio
 
*[[Sugi Ryotaro]] (杉良太郎) as Toma Hideki
 
*[[Sugi Ryotaro]] (杉良太郎) as Toma Hideki
*[[Imada Koji]]
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*[[Imada Koji]] as Ichimura Hayato
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*[[Takigawa Eiji]]
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*[[Yokota Eiji]] as Makita Shinsuke
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*[[Chiku Anju]] as patient
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*[[Kunimoto Shoken]] as Ando Jin
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*[[Ihara Shogo]] as Nakajima Masato (ep6-10)
  
==Production Credits==
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===Production Credits===
 
*'''Original work:''' Novel ''Shitamachi Rocket'' by [[Ikeido Jun]]
 
*'''Original work:''' Novel ''Shitamachi Rocket'' by [[Ikeido Jun]]
 
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Yatsu Hiroyuki]]
 
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Yatsu Hiroyuki]]
 
*'''Producer:''' [[Iyoda Hidenori]], [[Kawashima Ryutaro]]
 
*'''Producer:''' [[Iyoda Hidenori]], [[Kawashima Ryutaro]]
*'''Director:''' [[Fukuzawa Katsuo]], [[Tanazawa Takayoshi]] (棚澤孝義), [[Tanaka Kenta]] (田中健太)
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*'''Director:''' [[Fukuzawa Katsuo]], [[Tanazawa Takayoshi]], [[Tanaka Kenta]]
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*'''Music:''' [[Hattori Takayuki]]
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===Recognitions===
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*'''19th [[Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix]] (Oct-Dec 2015):''' Best Actor - [[Abe Hiroshi]]
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==Season 2==
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[[File:Shitamachi Rocket 2.jpg|thumb|300px|Shitamachi Rocket 2]]
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*'''Episodes:''' 11
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*'''Viewership ratings:''' 13.6%
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*'''Broadcast period:''' 2018-Oct-14 to 2018-Dec-16
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===Synopsis===
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Tsukuda Kohei (Abe Hiroshi), a former researcher at JAXA, took responsibility for a failed rocket launch and took over his father’s factory, Tsukuda Manufacturing. His company succeeded in developing and manufacturing a valve system for a rocket engine, and things seemed to be going smoothly for a while…
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However, business was deteriorating at Teikoku Heavy Industries, their primary customer for the rocket engine valve system, possibly marking the end of the Stardust Project. Furthermore, the agricultural equipment manufacturer notified them of the reduction in business. In the midst of all this, the father of Tonomura, the accounting manager, falls ill and he decides to go help out at the family farm. Watching Tonomura drive the tractor, Tsukuda realizes something. This was the moment a new dream was born. Moving from the universe to the earth, a new story begins.
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===Cast===
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[[File:Shitamachi Rocket 2-chart.jpg|thumb|130px|Correlation chart]]
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*[[Abe Hiroshi]] as as Tsukuda Kohei
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*[[Tsuchiya Tao]] as Tsukuda Rina
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*[[Takeuchi Ryoma]] as Tachibana Yosuke
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*[[Yasuda Ken]] as Yamasaki Mitsuhiko
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*[[Tokushige Satoshi]] as Karube Makio
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*[[Wada Soko]] as as Ehara Haruki
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*[[Konno Hiroki]] as Sakota Shigeru
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*[[Nakamoto Ken]] (中本賢) as Tsuno Kaoru
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*[[Tanida Ayumi]] as Karakida Atsushi
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*[[Tsubokura Yoshiyuki]] as Kurata Shinji
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*[[Baba Toru]] as Kashiwada Hiroki
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*[[Asakura Aki]] as Kano Aki
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*[[Tateishi Ryoko]] as Tonomura Kyoko
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*[[Yamamoto Keisuke]] as Makita
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*[[Yamada Yusuke]] as Honda Ikuma
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*[[Matsukawa Naruki]] as Saeki Fumiya
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*[[Sugaya Tetsuya]] as Ueshima Tomoyuki
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*[[Kanno Rio]] as Sakamoto Nanao
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*[[Hara Anna]] (原アンナ) as Saito Ayumi
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*[[Bokumoto Sakiko]] (ぼくもとさきこ) as Nishina Misaki
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*[[Imoto Ayako]] as Shimazu Yuu
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*[[Maya Miki]] as Izumi Saya
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*[[Rokkaku Seiji]] as Tatsuno
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*[[Uchiba Katsunori]] (内場勝則) as Kandagawa Atsushi
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*[[Okada Kohki]] as Inamoto Akira
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*[[Imada Koji]] as Ichimura Hayato
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*[[Megumi Toshiaki]] as Kamiya Shuichi
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*[[Ikehata Shinnosuke]] (池畑慎之介) as Nakagawa Kyoichi
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*[[Furutachi Ichiro]] (古舘伊知郎) as Shigeta Toshiyuki
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*[[Kinoshita Houka]] as Mizuhara Shigeharu
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*[[Kudo Yuki]] as Tonomura Sakiko
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*[[Yamamoto Gaku]] as Tonomura Masahiro
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*[[Nakamura Baijaku]] as Suenaga Takaaki
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*[[Baisho Mitsuko]] as Tsukuda Kazue
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*[[Onoe Kikunosuke]] (尾上菊之助) as Itami Dai
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*[[Tatekawa Danshun]] (立川談春) as Tonomura Naohiro
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*[[Kanda Masaki]] as Matoba Shunichi
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*[[Kikkawa Koji]] as Zaizen Michio
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*[[Sugi Ryotaro]] (杉良太郎) as Toma Hideki
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*[[Suzuki Hirofumi]] as Taguchi Takuya
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*[[Ihara Shogo]] as Nakajima Masato (ep1)
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*[[Asada Halo]] as Haruka (ep10)
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===Production Credits===
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*'''Original work:''' Novel ''Shitamachi Rocket Ghost'' by [[Ikeido Jun]]
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*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Ushio Kentaro]], [[Tsuchiya Ken]]
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*'''Producer:''' [[Iyoda Hidenori]], [[Tawada Yutaka]]
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*'''Director:''' [[Fukuzawa Katsuo]], [[Tanaka Kenta]], [[Aoyama Takahiro]], [[Matsuki Aya]]
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*'''Music:''' [[Hattori Takayuki]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.tbs.co.jp/shitamachi_rocket/ Official site]
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*[http://www.tbs.co.jp/shitamachi_rocket/2015/ Season 1 official site]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:下町ロケット|Japanese Wikipedia]]
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*[http://www.tbs.co.jp/shitamachi_rocket/ Season 2 official site]
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*[http://jhollywoodnet.com/en/program/downtown_rocket/ Season 2: Japan Hollywood Network]
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*[[Wikipedia:ja:下町ロケット_(TBSのテレビドラマ)|Japanese Wikipedia]]
  
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{{SeasonRing|TBS|Season 2|Summer 2018|[[Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni (2018)|Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni]]|Winter 2019|[[Good Wife]]}}
  
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Latest revision as of 07:48, 13 October 2025

For the WOWOW drama of the same name, see Shitamachi Rocket.
Shitamachi Rocket
Contents:  Season 1Season 2

Details

  • Title: 下町ロケット
  • Title (romaji): Shitamachi Rocket
  • Also known as: Downtown Rocket
  • Format: Renzoku
  • Genre: Corporate, Drama
  • Broadcast network: TBS
  • Air time: Sunday 21:00

Season 1

  • Episodes: 10
  • Viewership ratings: 18.64%
  • Broadcast period: 2015-Oct-18 to 2015-Dec-20

Synopsis

Tsukuda Kohei (Abe Hiroshi) worked as an investigator, then decided to work in his father's manufacturing factory, strives with his workers to overcome problems and pursue his passion in manufacturing. Although Kohei stops researching at the Space Science Development Agency to succeed Tsukuda Manufacturing, he cannot leave behind his true passion for rocket development. The cost of rocket engine development has put Kohei's company in serious financial trouble, almost on the verge of bankruptcy.

As it struggles to raise funds, its rival company, Nakashima Industrial, sues Tsukuda Manufacturing for patent infringement. The company's reputation soon drops and banks refuse to finance them, but then one of Japan's leading companies, Teikoku Heavy Industries, offers to buy them a Tsukuda patent for 2 billion yen. Although the company is heavily indebted and desperately in need of cash, the patent is what the engineers put all their efforts and dreams into. Kohei, a president who feels responsible for the livelihood of his workers, faces a very tough decision.

User/Viewer Ratings

4.75
(4 votes)

Cast

Correlation chart

Production Credits

Recognitions

Season 2

Shitamachi Rocket 2
  • Episodes: 11
  • Viewership ratings: 13.6%
  • Broadcast period: 2018-Oct-14 to 2018-Dec-16

Synopsis

Tsukuda Kohei (Abe Hiroshi), a former researcher at JAXA, took responsibility for a failed rocket launch and took over his father’s factory, Tsukuda Manufacturing. His company succeeded in developing and manufacturing a valve system for a rocket engine, and things seemed to be going smoothly for a while…

However, business was deteriorating at Teikoku Heavy Industries, their primary customer for the rocket engine valve system, possibly marking the end of the Stardust Project. Furthermore, the agricultural equipment manufacturer notified them of the reduction in business. In the midst of all this, the father of Tonomura, the accounting manager, falls ill and he decides to go help out at the family farm. Watching Tonomura drive the tractor, Tsukuda realizes something. This was the moment a new dream was born. Moving from the universe to the earth, a new story begins.

Cast

Correlation chart

Production Credits

External Links




Summer 2015
TBS
Winter 2016
Napoleon no Mura
Season 1
Kazoku no Katachi



Summer 2018
TBS
Winter 2019
Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni
Season 2
Good Wife