Nozomi Sasaki to star in sumo drama

Fashion model Nozomi Sasaki (22) now has her first starring role in a drama series, though it will unexpectedly be about sumo wrestling. Tentatively titled “Dohyo Girl,” the story follows a young girl trying to save a high school sumo club from being abolished.

Sasaki plays the protagonist, a high school fashion model. Her father, who was a sumo wrestler, raised her like a boy, but she eventually resisted and severed her ties with sumo. When she accidentally ends up as a member of the school’s dying sumo club, she takes on the role of the club’s director in order to rebuild it.

Some of the male sumo club members will be recruited through this week’s issue of Weekly Young Jump. The series begins in July, airing at 12:50am on Tuesday nights on TBS. It will also air weekly on MBS on Thursdays.

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