Banjō no alpha: Yakusoku no shōgi (series)
盤上のアルファ 〜約束の将棋〜- Production country: Japan
- Production companies: NHK
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 2/3/2019
- Release date of last episode: 2/24/2019
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 4
- Run time: 49 min.
Series description
Newspaper journalist Shunsuke Akiba is transferred to the cultural desk and put in charge of shogi. He meets Nobushige Sanada, a 33-year-old aiming to be a professional shogi player by achieving the rank of 4-dan or more. Sanada is over the age limit as he could not achieve 4-dan by the age of 26, and is now trying to take an exam for admission to 3-dan. Akiba supports Sanada's attempt to become a professional shogi player and becomes interested in the game.
