{"rewrite":{"id":"r_f531a574387992476f4c74e8","clusterId":"c_d27df2afa54d4a29d0babe20","slug":"godon-maeda-and-rihito-itagaki-join-shuri-in-new-drama-dai-kuko-gate24","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Gōdon Maeda and Rihito Itagaki Join Shuri in New Drama \"Dai Kūkō ~GATE24~\"","summary":"Gōdon Maeda and Rihito Itagaki have been cast in the TV Asahi drama \"Dai Kūkō ~GATE24~\" starring Shuri. They play members of GATE24, a special unit under the Cabinet Secretariat tasked with airport security. Maeda plays super-elite immigration inspector Keiichiro Hayami, and Itagaki plays customs officer Atsushi Matsuyama. The drama starts in July, airing Thursdays at 21:00.","whyItMatters":"The casting of Maeda and Itagaki as allies with contrasting personalities to Shuri's lead adds internal friction to the GATE24 unit, setting up character dynamics that will drive the procedural drama.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eMaeda plays Keiichiro Hayami, a career bureaucrat from the Ministry of Justice who volunteers for GATE24 to understand field operations. He is described as calm and logical, relying on law and data, but clashes with Shuri's character Mori Machi, who operates on instinct. Itagaki plays Atsushi Matsuyama, a young customs officer who rose from the ranks after high school. He is proud of his work but lacks flexibility, leading to frequent conflicts with Hayami. Both characters are positioned as allies who challenge the lead in different ways.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe drama is set at an airport and follows the newly formed GATE24 team, composed of personnel from various ministries. Shuri plays Mori Machi, a customs officer with overwhelming observational skills. The series is written by Kentarō Ushio and directed by Jōta Tsunehiro. It premieres in July on TV Asahi.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Gōdon Maeda and Rihito Itagaki play immigration and customs officers in GATE24, but the unit answers to the Cabinet Secretariat, not the airport authority. That chain of command is the show's tension.","twitterPost":"Maeda and Itagaki play Cabinet Secretariat agents, not airport staff. That chain of command is the drama's tension.","threadsPost":"Gōdon Maeda and Rihito Itagaki join Shuri in \"Dai Kūkō ~GATE24~\" as members of a Cabinet Secretariat unit, not airport employees. The show's premise puts a national security team inside a civilian airport. That jurisdictional overlap is the drama's built-in conflict.","newsletterBlurb":"Gōdon Maeda and Rihito Itagaki have been cast in the TV Asahi drama \"Dai Kūkō ~GATE24~\" starring Shuri. Maeda plays a super-elite immigration inspector and Itagaki a young customs officer, both members of the special unit GATE24. The drama starts in July.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Eiga Natalie\",\"url\":\"https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/674999\",\"title\":\"Gōdon Maeda and Rihito Itagaki Join Shuri as Allies in New Drama \\\"Dai Kūkō ~GATE24~\\\", Becoming the \\\"Strongest Gatekeepers\\\"\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4275,"outputTokens":711,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1780696467,"createdAt":"2026-06-05T21:43:29.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-05T21:46:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-05T21:46:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_d27df2afa54d4a29d0babe20","canonicalTitle":"眞栄田郷敦・板垣李光人が新ドラマ「大空港～GATE24～」で趣里の仲間に、“最強の門番”へ","representativeArticleId":"a_a7bf149b93c8bc372f360f78","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"大空港～GATE24～\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"趣里\",\"眞栄田郷敦\",\"板垣李光人\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-05T21:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-05T21:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-05T21:46:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Eiga Natalie","url":"https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/674999","title":"眞栄田郷敦・板垣李光人が新ドラマ「大空港～GATE24～」で趣里の仲間に、“最強の門番”へ"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["大空港～GATE24～"],"studios":[],"people":["趣里","眞栄田郷敦","板垣李光人"],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Gōdon Maeda and Rihito Itagaki join Shuri in the TV Asahi drama 'Dai Kūkō ~GATE24~', which starts in July and airs Thursdays at 21:00.","Maeda plays Keiichiro Hayami, a super-elite immigration inspector and career bureaucrat who clashes with Shuri's instinct-driven character Mori Machi.","Itagaki plays Atsushi Matsuyama, a young customs officer who rose from the ranks after high school and frequently conflicts with Hayami.","The drama is set at an airport and follows GATE24, a special unit under the Cabinet Secretariat tasked with airport security.","The series is written by Kentarō Ushio and directed by Jōta Tsunehiro."]}