Draft King (2023)

Draft King (2023) poster

Draft King (ドラフトキング) is a ten-episode WOWOW drama broadcast from 8 April to 10 June 2023, adapted from Tetsuro Kuromatsu's baseball manga and scripted by Kenichi Suzuki. Tsuyoshi Muro plays Ora Gohara, the brilliant and abrasive scout of the Yokohama Bay Golds, who hunts unknown talent across Japan ahead of the professional draft, with Hio Miyazawa as his junior scout. Shohei Tateno plays Kensuke Kurata, an overlooked university pitcher. A second season followed in 2026. (Japanese Wikipedia: Draft King; TMDB)

Watches

Zenith Chronomaster Open 03.2040.4061/21.M2040

Worn by Shohei Tateno as Kensuke Kurata. Housekihiroba, the Shibuya dealer that lent the watch, records a Zenith Chronomaster El Primero Open, Ref. 03.2040.4061/21.M2040, for this WOWOW series, which began on 8 April 2023, and credits it to "舘野翔平", a misspelling of Shohei Tateno (舘野将平); its post on the loan is dated two days before the premiere. The lent piece, by the dealer's listing, is the 42 mm steel black-dial model with the open window over the El Primero 4061's escapement, sold new in November 2019. Tateno plays Kensuke Kurata, a tall university pitcher. (Housekihiroba; Housekihiroba; Japanese Wikipedia: Draft King)

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