Will Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story Return for Season 2? Renewal Status & Revival Odds

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Network: NHK
Seasons aired: 1
Total episodes: 47
Genres: Drama, War & Politics
First aired: 2019-01-06
Last aired: 2019-11-24
Runtime: 45 min
TMDB rating: 7.8 / 10 · 5 votes

What is Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story about?

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.