Liar Game is a Japanese television drama series in 2007. It was adapted from a popular manga of the same name into a live action series directed by Hiroaki Matsuyama. The drama began airing in Japan on April 14, 2007. It featured Erika Toda as Nao Kanzaki, and Shota Matsuda as Shinichi Akiyama. The first season of Liar Game had 11 episodes, with a 3 hour long finale, which was a first for a drama series.[1] It has also gained the second highest viewer satisfaction rating, for the season, in an Oricon survey.[1]
Cast
Players
| Cast | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Erika Toda | Kanzaki Nao (18) | Honest + Naive College Student. |
| Shota Matsuda | Akiyama Shinichi (26) | "Genius Swindler" Ex-convict for bankrupting MLM Company |
| Soichiro Kitamura | Fujisawa Kazuo | Nao's former junior high school teacher (now retired) |
| Soko Wada | Etou Koichi | (leopard skin clothing) |
| Mayuko Iwasa | Ishida Rie | (black sunglasses and white pantsuit) |
| Makoto Sakamoto | Ono Wataru | Fish Store Clerk (thick black rimmed glasses) |
| Yoshiyuki Morishita | Tsuchida Yasufumi | (older, crooked teeth) |
| Shingo Ippongi | Makita Tomoyuki (56) | President of small workshop |
| Hiroo Otaka | Kida Noriyuki (48) | Business Company Clerk |
| Yuki Umishima | Takamura Yoshimi (29) | Housewife |
| Yoshio Doi | Sajima Kenta (34) | Actor |
| Sachiko Nakagome | Aso Hiromi (29) | Truck Driver |
| Masayuki Izumi | Okano Kenya | |
| Hajime Aoki | Kinoshita Keigo | |
| Fumiko Mizuta | Kawamura Chisato (22) | Model |
| Akiko Hatakeyama | Nozoe Keiko (40) | Housewife |
| Naoki Yukishima | Sugawara Yuji (22) | |
| Mitsunari Sakamoto | Nishino Takahiko (32) | Florist Shop assistant |
| Kinako Kobayashi | Kayama Harumi (26) | Restaurant Clerk |
| Yuki Baba | Hanayama Tetsuo (29) | TV Assistant Director |
| Tamao Yoshimura | Iimura Jun (31) | Housewife |
| Hitomi Kitahara | Nakaya Kazuko (21) | College Student |
| Kosuke Suzuki | Fukunaga Yuji | |
| Kazuma Suzuki | Yokoya | (white hair, clothes and shoes, green eyes); connected to MLM company that Akiyama bankrupted |
| Hiroko Taguchi | Takada Michiko | Unknown |
Liar Game Tournament
| Cast | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Shigeo Kiyama | Solario (voice) | Liar Game main dealer |
| Ryoko Yuui | Dealer | |
| Michiko Kichise | Eri | Liar Game coordinator |
| Ikkei Watanabe | Tanimura Mitsuo | Cop with gold front tooth from Nao Kanzaki's city |