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Yuji Oda, star of “Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.: Race Through the Metropolis,” held an opening-day stage greeting at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on September 18, telling fans, “Aoshima is back.” The franchise has run since the drama series began in 1997, and this marks the first new installment centered on protagonist Shunsaku Aoshima in about 14 years. In the wake of this news, a thread on 5channel’s Entertainment/Sports News+ board buzzed with opinions about Oda’s signature roles, with users bringing up past dramas like “Look Back and He’s There” and “No Money” one after another, while views were split over his increasing variety-show appearances in recent years.
September 18, 2026
An opening-day stage greeting for the latest installment of the “Bayside Shakedown” series, “Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.: Race Through the Metropolis,” was held at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on September 18, attended by Yuji Oda, Shuri, Jin Shirasu, Takahisa Masuda, Kayo Noro, Shiori Tamai (Momoiro Clover Z), Karin Fujiyoshi (Sakurazaka46), Nagisa Saito, and director Katsuyuki Motohiro. Fans who had eagerly awaited the franchise’s newest entry packed the venue on opening day, with some even spotted wearing “Aoshima coats.” Surveying the crowd, Oda waved broadly and declared, “Sorry to keep you waiting so long. Aoshima is back!” — sending the audience into cheers.
Since the TV drama series began in 1997, “Bayside Shakedown” has won legions of devoted fans and sparked a nationwide “Bayside” boom across Japan. This new installment — the first story centered on Shunsaku Aoshima in about 14 years — is set in Tokyo, one of the world’s great megacities (metropolis). Newly assigned to the Metropolitan Police Department’s First Investigation Division, Aoshima finds himself confronted one after another by some of the worst cases in the department’s history.
Source: press.moviewalker.jp / Original article here
What people said
plus that doctor show — that's basically all I picture him in.
'Look Back and He's There,'
I don't really know
any of his other roles.
He also starred in a movie called 'Graduation Trip'
that flopped.
Can't believe you
don't know 'No Money.'
I was really hoping for a 'Best Guy 2.'
he really put a ton of work into that role.
Oda's weirdly hyped-up energy during World Athletics broadcasts used to be funny,
but seeing him just show up on a normal variety show bantering with comedians? I can't get on board with that.
Same with Masahiro Motoki — guys who
protected their image and avoided variety shows when young
really do end up changing their image a lot once they start doing variety later in life.
Same here —
seeing him grinning and laughing on a variety show honestly felt unsettling.
Yeah, on a Sunday Theater drama he played this creepy character —
a rich guy with too much free time living in a mansion who's obsessed with solving mysteries.
his only signature roles are really Aoshima and that doctor drama with Saburo Tokitani.
That kind of role, pretty much any young guy could pull off.
A dud of a movie for putting out a sequel after 'The Final.'
and 'Look Back and He's There'
are the real masterpieces.
'Aitsu ga Trouble,'
starring Yoko Minamino and Ken Hagiwara —
Oda was just a young supporting actor.
he was totally into it, singing 'Pepper Keibu' (the old Pink Lady hit).
Man, that takes me back lol
Back then, Kase was overwhelmingly the most popular. These days he's apparently left showbiz and become some kind of jack-of-all-trades.
Eisaku Yoshida also had a comeback on 'Money no Tora,'
split up with the model he was dating, remarried Rina Uchiyama,
and they had a kid born last year.
The jack-of-all-trades guy isn't Taishu Kase, it's 'Shin-Kase Taishu' (the 'New Kase Taishu').
Oda was the only one who was a genius kid out of Toin Gakuen — his brains were on a whole different level.
That scene where, since writing down all the bills' serial numbers was such a hassle, someone just says 'let's photocopy them instead,'
and they start running the cash through a copy machine — I laughed so hard my stomach hurt.
Watching the recent special reminded me just how good 'Bayside Shakedown' was.
Still not planning to watch the new one though lol
Nice try shilling.
Nobody knows that one,
first I've ever heard of it lol
Background and Key Points of This Topic
“Bayside Shakedown” is a franchise that began as a Fuji TV drama in 1997 and went on to spawn multiple films, sparking a nationwide “Bayside” boom. This marks the first new installment centered on protagonist Shunsaku Aoshima in about 14 years, and the sheer volume of activity in the thread reflects just how long that gap has been. Debate centered on how to weigh Yuji Oda’s career: some commenters cited 1990s dramas like “Look Back and He’s There” and “No Money” as classics, while others voiced discomfort with his recent variety-show appearances. A few posts grouped him with Eisaku Yoshida and Taishu Kase as the “Big Three of the Heisei era,” though claims about Kase’s current activities are based on hearsay and aren’t corroborated in the article itself, so they should be treated with caution.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “Yuji Oda: Aoshima Shunsaku Is ‘the Number One Role I’m Glad I Got to Play in My Acting Life’ — Overwhelmed Ahead of First ‘Bayside Shakedown’ in 14 Years.”
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