Crushed by his sudden forced retirement, a professional soccer player pivots into a new career when he starts working for a sports management company.
The Old Dog, New Tricks? (Season 1)
Episode 1 (Episode 1)
Air date: 2022-06-26
Runtime: 54 min
Overview: Forced to retire at 37 years old, soccer star Ryotaro Shinmachi must find a regular job but struggles due to his lack of professional skills.
Episode 2 (Episode 2)
Air date: 2022-07-03
Runtime: 54 min
Overview: Shinmachi and Tohko try signing a gifted 9-year-old skateboarder but learn that her hotheaded father is already in talks with a major overseas agency.
Episode 3 (Episode 3)
Air date: 2022-07-17
Runtime: 54 min
Overview: After a marathon runner managed by Tohko suffers a crushing defeat, he blames her for the media fallout and demands that Shinmachi manage him instead.
Episode 4 (Episode 4)
Air date: 2022-07-24
Runtime: 54 min
Overview: Shinmachi struggles with his lingering desire to return to soccer. Meanwhile, he manages a baseball player who is about to be dropped by his team.
Episode 5 (Episode 5)
Air date: 2022-07-31
Runtime: 54 min
Overview: An excited Jo recruits a young fencer named Misaki, but he has trouble figuring out how to promote her because of her extreme shyness.
Episode 6 (Episode 6)
Air date: 2022-08-07
Runtime: 54 min
Overview: Shinmachi gets tasked with managing a basketball player who is hoping to switch teams, but a serious injury in practice threatens the player's career.
Episode 7 (Episode 7)
Air date: 2022-08-14
Runtime: 54 min
Overview: Umeyashiki pushes for Victory to grant a wheelchair tennis player's request for management, despite the company having never signed a Para athlete.
Episode 8 (Episode 8)
Air date: 2022-08-21
Runtime: 54 min
Overview: When a volleyball player declines an offer to play for an Italian team in the world's best league, Takayanagi tasks Tohko with making her reconsider.
Episode 9 (Episode 9)
Air date: 2022-08-28
Runtime: 54 min
Overview: When Aso receives a four-year doping suspension, Takayanagi moves to terminate his contract, but Shinmachi is determined to prove his innocence.
Episode 10 (Episode 10)
Air date: 2022-09-04
Runtime: 54 min
Overview: Shinmachi changes careers. But when Igaki comes to him for help after a deal to play overseas falls through, he agrees to be his agent one last time.
