Seiya Suezawa (Ae! group/Kansai Johnny’s Jr.), Hinako Sano, and Niko Ando are confirmed to appear! A spin-off drama starring Suezawa, making his first appearance in a Fuji TV drama, will be exclusively streamed on FOD! Suezawa plays Kyosuke Shinohara, a new bank employee in the loan department, the same department as the protagonist, Motoharu Kenzaki (Tadayoshi Okura). Shinohara is from the so-called “Yutori education generation.” Quick-witted and efficient, he gets his work done smoothly and doesn’t do things he doesn’t want to do. Watching Motoharu and the others obediently follow their superiors’ orders, he thinks, “I don’t want to become like this.” At the same time, because he grew up being compared to his highly capable older brother, who works as an executive at an IT company, he is sensitive to how others evaluate him. While he tries to act cool so that no one notices his sense of inferiority, he is actually a delicate and kind-hearted young man. Suezawa, who takes on the role of Shinohara, joined Johnny & Associates in 2009 and has been active in numerous concerts and stage productions. Last February, he was selected as a member of the Kansai Johnny’s Jr. unit “Ae! group,” and the group launched its activities with the first solo performance, “Bokura Ae! group tte iimasen,” produced and directed by Yu Yokoyama. This year, he successfully completed the group’s first live-streamed, no-audience concert, “Johnny’s DREAM IsLAND 2020→2025 ~Daisuki na Kono Machi Kara~” (2020), and began appearing on their first regular variety show, “THE GREATEST SHOW-NEN” (ABC TV / November 2020–), expanding his range of activities based in Kansai. In addition, Suezawa has also drawn attention for his work as an actor, including his first challenge at reading drama in his first solo starring stage production, “Kiosk” (2019). Furthermore, although this is Suezawa’s first appearance in a Fuji TV drama, he has been selected to star in the spin-off drama “Shitteru Shinohara.” He will also be co-starring for the first time with Okura, a senior member from the same Kansai region and the agency. Please look forward to seeing just how striking Suezawa’s presence will be!