The fifth episode of the TBS Sunday drama “The Royal Family,” starring Satoshi Tsumabuki (44), will be broadcast on November 9. In the fourth episode (broadcast on November 2), Snow Man’s Meguro Ren (28), whose appearance had been announced for some time, finally made an appearance. In the fourth episode (aired on the 2nd), Snow Man’s Ren Meguro (28) finally made his appearance. The fifth episode will focus on the character played by Meguro, and has been attracting a lot of attention. The Royal Family” is based on the novel of the same title by Kazuma Hayami, which won the “JRA (Japan Racing Association) Award for Horse Culture. The story centers on Eiji Kurisu (Tsumabuki), a former tax accountant, and depicts the 20 years of dreams and passion of people involved in horse racing. The filming is fully backed by JRA, with the cooperation of horse owners, trainers, and jockeys, and will be shot on actual racetracks. Meguro’s character was kept a secret, but in the fourth episode it was announced that he is a young university student named Koichi Nakajo. He is the illegitimate son of Kozo Sanno (Koichi Sato/64), the president and horse owner of “Royal Human Corporation” where Kurisu (Tsumabuki) works, and Kurisu will be informed of his existence in episode 5. Meguro-san was not seen in the play until the end of the fourth episode, and appeared only as a narrator. Even so, social networking sites were abuzz with comments such as, “It’s Meguro’s voice! In the first episode, “Meguro-kun’s narration” was trending, attracting the attention of many viewers. So, Koichi Nakajo, played by Mr. Meguro, will finally be participating in the story in earnest. The original story consists of two parts, and Koichi plays an active role in the second part as the “next generation of horse owners,” so the drama version, which enters the second half of the series, will probably develop in that way as well. The Royal Family” is expected to be the same, and the story has already reached the end of the first part of the original story. The Royal Family” has not been the most exciting story in terms of scenario, according to many people. While the drama focuses on depicting “horses” such as horse racing scenes and farms, it is said that the human drama, which is one of the strengths of Sunday drama, is “thin. The Royal Family is not so boring that I can’t watch it, but I don’t think it’s particularly interesting either. Some people said, “It’s about horse racing, so that’s why I think it’s exquisite. The story is about horse racing, so it’s very well drawn. So, it’s a drama that is very appealing to horse racing fans and those who are interested in racehorses, but a bit painful for those who are not interested in horse racing at all. The Royal Family” started with high ratings only because it was the “number one drama” in the Sunday drama slot, but it seems to be losing numbers little by little each time.
