Old Rookie

Synopsis

Shinmachi Ryotaro (Ayano Go) is a professional soccer player who devoted his life to the sport and even represented his country. However, an injury caused his performance to slump. After this, he played for the J3 League. But he is suddenly forced to retire as a soccer player and hit with the reality that he has no skills besides soccer. And at the age of 37, it is rather late for Ryotaro to join the workforce. As his two daughters Izumi and Meisa (Inagaki Kurumi, Izutani Rana) are proud of him for being a soccer player, he cannot break the news to them just yet until he can tell them about his second career. Ryotaro comes across a sports management company Victory headed by Takayanagi Masashi (Sorimachi Takashi) and decides to work in this line on account of his wholehearted love and respect for sports even though it involves working behind the scene as a representative and manager of athletes. Even so, he still has difficulty coming to terms with his retirement. It is not easy to change jobs at 37 and he also faces a big hurdle at work. Will Ryotaro choose soccer or his new life?

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