| Traces Japan’s history with the Olympic games and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for viewers before Tokyo hosts the event again in 2020. The first half tells the story of marathon runner Kanakuri Shiso, who became one of the first Japanese nationals to participate in the Olympics in Stockholm in 1912. The second half features Tabata Masaji, the coach who laid the foundations of Japanese swimming and helped bring the games to Tokyo for the first time in 1964. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Takeshi Kitano | 古今亭志生 | 47 |
| Ryunosuke Kamiki | Gorin | 47 |
| Koji Yakusho | 嘉納治五郎 | 47 |
| Rina Kawaei | 知惠 | 47 |
| Hana Sugisaki | Shima | 47 |
| Tetta Sugimoto | 永井道明 | 47 |
| Shido Nakamura | 金栗实次 | 47 |
| Yutaka Takenouchi | 大森兵藏 | 47 |
| Yutaka Matsushige | 东龙太郎 | 47 |
| Mirai Moriyama | 美浓部孝藏 | 47 |
| Shinobu Ôtake | 池部几江 | 47 |
| Ai Hashimoto | 小梅 | 47 |
| Yukiyoshi Ozawa | 三岛弥太郎 | 47 |