《The Royal Family》Ep Intro

This drama is adapted from Hayami Kazuma's novel of the same name, depicting the ups and downs of the horse owner's family over twenty years.Tax accountant Risu Eiji (played by Satoshi Tsumabuki) felt empty after the death of his father. Because of a horse racing ticket that he won through novice luck, by chance, he became the secretary of Sanou Kozo (played by Hiroshi Sato), the autocratic president of the human dispatch company Imperial Manpower.

Sanno is obsessed with horse racing and pursues the victory of the horse named “Royal”. The two join hands to enter the Arima Memorial Race.At the same time, Nakajo Koichi (played by Ren Meguro), the son of Sanno’s lover, also appeared...

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Episode 1

Risu Eiji (played by Satoshi Tsumabuki) works in a large tax accounting firm, but he is frustrated by something and has no hope.At this time, Royal Human Company commissioned him to investigate the actual situation of the horse racing division.

Royalhuman is a human resources dispatch company founded by Sanno Kozo (played by Hiroshi Sato). However, the horse racing business department that Kozo promotes continues to suffer losses. Kozo's son, Human Resources Director Yutaro (played by Kotaro Koizumi), who is not optimistic about this, is dissatisfied with horse racing.An attempt was made to cancel the business department and an investigation was commissioned.

On the other hand, Kozo's wife Kyoko (played by Hitomi Kuroki) also hates horse racing.

Risu went to the designated Hokkaido auction venue to meet Kozo, but he was soon late.At this time, the new horse that he wanted to get at all costs was defeated by the rival horse owner Shiina Zenhiro (Sawamura Kazuki).Kozo looked askance at Risu, who was dumbfounded when he saw the auction scene for the first time, scolded him for being late, and then accompanied him to deal with the horse owner's business and introduced a beloved horse he owned.Kurisu's previous life had nothing to do with horse racing, which surprised him.In addition, he unexpectedly reunited with his former lover Kanako Nozaki (played by Matsumoto Wakana) who is now helping on his hometown farm in Hokkaido.

After the investigation, Kurisu reported the dismantling of the horse racing division as planned, but because he was concerned about something, he contacted Kanako and was shocked when he heard the reality of the horse racing world.

Kozo and Kanako's enthusiasm for horses moved Kurisu, who was worried about his job as a tax collector.Then go to Hokkaido.As a tax accountant and as a human being, the answer I finally came to after my troubles was... Risu started a new challenge——.

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Episode 2

Kurisu (played by Satoshi Tsumabuki), who was invited by Kozo (played by Sato Hiroshi) to join the Royal Human Company, was quickly appointed as the full-time secretary of the horse racing division, but corresponding with Kozo's wife Kyoko (played by Hitomi Kuroki), who hates horse racing, is also part of the job.

One day, Yutaro (played by Kotaro Koizumi) used the dissatisfaction of young employees as an excuse to put pressure on his father Kozo. If he cannot win 1 victory in the Central Horse Racing this year, he will cancel the horse racing division.Having accepted this, Kozo took Kurisu to the Miura Training Center in order to win the battle royal with the most combat effectiveness.However, Kozao's tough attitude aroused opposition from the trainer Tiansho and he said goodbye.Under Kozo's instructions, Risu immediately ran around looking for a new trainer.

At this time, Kurisu met Kanako (played by Matsumoto Wakana) who came to Tokyo to participate in the birth horse competition. He heard that there was an excellent horse trainer named Hironaka (played by Masanobu Ando), so he visited his stable...!

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Episode 3

Kanako (played by Matsumoto Wakana) is troubled by the ranch management that cannot see the future.That's because his father Takeshi (played by Kiba Katsuki) insists on not trading directly with horse owners through Seriichi, but for some reason, the horse owners are angry every time and break up.

On the other hand, Risu (played by Satoshi Tsumabuki) attended the birthday party of Kozo (played by Hiroshi Sato)'s daughter Yuriko (played by Nagisa Sekimizu).There I heard about the relationship between the Sanno family and horses from Kyoko (Hitomi Kuroki).

The Royal Human Company's Racing Division is rescued by Izania, who wins an unwinnable race, but both Izania and Fit are injured afterwards.In order to realize the dream of Arima Memorial Victory, Kozo and Kurisu began to look for new competition horses.Also, I bet on the auction of Beiling Farm, which produces many excellent race horses, but my opponent Shiina (Kuzuki Sawamura) also aims at the same horse...

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Episode 4

Risu (played by Satoshi Tsumabuki) is called by his trainer Hironaka (played by Masanobu Ando) to visit the breeding ranch in the Hidaka area.The Royal Hope racehorse bought by Kozo (Hiroshi Sato) for 100 million yen was moved to a breeding ranch in order to be trained to become a racehorse. However, due to extreme vigilance, the skilled staff were helpless and even the jockey could not be found.

Under such circumstances, Lisu and Hironaka pinned their hopes on someone.It’s the blond jockey Saaki (played by Mazu Takasugi) who belongs to Iwate Racing.However, it was difficult for local horse racing jockey Sasaki to obtain a central horse racing license, and he has caused some problems in the past...

Risu, who believed in Saaki's skills, negotiated tenaciously with the help of reporter Taira (Tsuda Kenjiro).

At the same time, a scandal was also exposed at royalhuman company, and Yutaro (played by Kotaro Koizumi) came forward to deal with it...

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Episode 5

Kozo (Hiroshi Sato)'s illegitimate son has been discovered!When Risu (Tsumabuki Satoshi) asked Kozo to explain, he revealed that the other party was the former waitress Nakajo Mikiko (Nakajima Tomoko), who is now recuperating in Maebashi hospital.

Kurisu went to visit Mikiko under the leadership of Kozo, and heard from Mikiko about the existence of her son Koichi (played by Ren Meguro) who is in college.After learning of the situation, Kurisu went to help instead of Mikiko, and the trust between Kozo and Kurisu became even stronger.Moreover, his son Koichi is also fascinated by the world of horse racing.

On the other hand, Kozo's wife Kyoko (Hitomi Kuroki), who was not at peace in her heart, took some action.

Under such circumstances, the Royal Hope Team and its rider Ryujiro (played by Takasugi Mazu), who won the debut battle, pursue the victory, and the Royal Team decides to participate in the Japanese Derby...

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Episode 6

While Royal Hope was always one step away from victory, the number of fans supporting them did grow.However, Kurisu (Tsumabuki Satoshi) was told by Kozo (Hiroshi Sato) that after the Arima Commemoration in 2017 and next year's Arima Commemoration, both he and the Royal Hope will retire.

This matter was also told at the family meeting beforehand. The next president suddenly ordered Yutaro (Kotaro Koizumi), and Yutaro could not hide his confusion.

And, because Kozo confessed something, Kurisu hurriedly went to see Kozo's illegitimate daughter Koichi (played by Ren Meguro)... Set off in the rain on the day of the Arima Memorial Race!

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