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==Profile==
* '''Drama:''' Downtown Rocket (English & literal title)
* '''Romaji:''' Shitamachi Rocket
* '''Japanese:''' 下町ロケット
* '''Director:''' [[Katsuo Fukuzawa]]
* '''Writer:''' [[Jun Ikeido]] (novel), [[Hiroyuki Yatsu]]
* '''Network:''' [[TBS]]
* '''Episodes:''' 10
* '''Release Date:''' October 18 - December 20, 2015
* '''Runtime:''' Sundays 21:00
* '''TV Ratings:''' 18.5%
* '''Language:''' Japanese
* '''Country:''' Japan

==Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©==
Kohei Tsukuda ([[Hiroshi Abe]]) worked as a researcher at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. He now runs a family-owned factory that manufactures small engines. His daughter Rina ([[Tao Tsuchiya]]) is a high school student. He doesn't get along well with his daughter, but the family owned business is improving. Kohei attempts to develop a rocket engine, which is a lifelong dream for him, but it causes his factory to suffer.

One day, an important client stops ordering from Kohei's company. He tries to borrow money from the bank, but the bank declines his loan application. To make matters worse, a rival factory sues Kohei's company for patent infringement. Kohei and his employees face a dire situation.

At this time, a large company offers a deal to Kohei. The company wants to buy their patent for 2 billion yen. Kohei must decide whether to sell the company's patent or follow his dream.

==Notes==
# "Downtown Rocket" takes over [[TBS]]' Sunday 21:00 time slot previously occupied by "[[Save Our Town]]" and followed by "[[The State of Union]]" on January 17, 2016.
# Based on two novels in the “Shitamachi Rocket” novel series by [[Jun Ikeido]]: “Shitamachi Rocket” (published from April 18, 2008 to May 22, 2009 in weekly magazine Weekly Post) and “Shitamachi Rocket 2 Gaudi keikaku” (published November 5, 2015 by Shogakukan).
# Novel “Shitamachi Rocket” won the 145th Naoki Prize in 2011.
# Related titles (drama series):
## [[Downtown Rocket]] | Shitamachi Rocket (TBS / 2015)
## [[Downtown Rocket (2018)|Downtown Rocket]] | Shitamachi Rocket (TBS / 2018)

==Cast==
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|1picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Hiroshi Abe.jpg
|1name=Hiroshi Abe
|1charactername=Kohei Tsukuda
|2picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Tao Tsuchiya.jpg
|2name=Tao Tsuchiya
|2charactername=Rina Tsukuda
|3picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Danshun Tatekawa.jpg
|3name=Danshun Tatekawa
|3charactername=Naohiro Tonomura
|4picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Ken Yasuda.jpg
|4name=Ken Yasuda
|4charactername=Mitsuhiko Yamasaki
|5picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Soko Wada.jpg
|5name=Soko Wada
|5charactername=Haruki Ebara
|6picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Hiroki Konno.jpg
|6name=Hiroki Konno
|6charactername=Shigeru Sakota
|7picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Ikusaburo Yamazaki.jpg
|7name=Ikusaburo Yamazaki
|7charactername=Kensaku Mano
|8picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Ken Nakamoto.jpg
|8name=Ken Nakamoto
|8charactername=Kaoru Tsuno
|9picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Ayumi Tanida.jpg
|9name=Ayumi Tanida
|9charactername=Atsushi Karakida
|10picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Tomoya Nakamura.jpg
|10name=Tomoya Nakamura
|10charactername=Shohei Asaki
|11picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Shinnosuke Abe.jpg
|11name=Shinnosuke Abe
|11charactername=Kosuke Yason
|12picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Ryoma Takeuchi.jpg
|12name=Ryoma Takeuchi
|12charactername=Yosuke Tachibana
|13picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Gaku Sano.jpg
|13name=Gaku Sano
|13charactername=Koji Kawamoto
|14picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Miki Maya.jpg
|14name=Miki Maya
|14charactername=Saya Izumi
|15picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Hirofumi Arai.jpg
|15name=Hirofumi Arai
|15charactername=Keji Tomiyama
|16picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Houka Kinoshita.jpg
|16name=Houka Kinoshita
|16charactername=Shigeharu Suibara
|17picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Satoshi Hashimoto.jpg
|17name=Satoshi Hashimoto
|17charactername=Kimiyasu Mita
|18picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Shota Shunputei.jpg
|18name=Shota Shunputei
|18charactername=Tetsuji Yanai
|19picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Hideo Higashikokubaru.jpg
|19name=Hideo Higashikokubaru
|19charactername=Setsuo Negi
|20picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Shinnosuke Ikehata.jpg
|20name=Shinnosuke Ikehata
|20charactername=Kyoichi Nakagawa
|21picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Toshiaki Megumi.jpg
|21name=Toshiaki Megumi
|21charactername=Shuichi Kamiya
|22picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Mitsuko Baisho.jpg
|22name=Mitsuko Baisho
|22charactername=Kazue Tsukuda
|23picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Koji Kikkawa.jpg
|23name=Koji Kikkawa
|23charactername=Michio Jaijen
|24picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Ryotaro Sugi.jpg
|24name=Ryotaro Sugi
|24charactername=Hideki Toma
|25picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Kazutaka Ishii.jpg
|25name=Kazutaka Ishii
|25charactername=Munenori Ishizaka
|26picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Koji Imada.jpg
|26name=Koji Imada
|26charactername=Hayato Ichimura
|27picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Saburo Ishikura.jpg
|27name=Saburo Ishikura
|27charactername=Sho Sakurada
|28picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Masanori Sera.jpg
|28name=Masanori Sera
|28charactername=Tsunehiro Kibune
|29picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Kotaro Koizumi.jpg
|29name=Kotaro Koizumi
|29charactername=Naoyuki Shiina
|30picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Mitsuomi Takahashi.jpg
|30name=Mitsuomi Takahashi
|30charactername=Atsushi Nakasato
|31picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Bakarhythm.jpg
|31name=Bakarhythm
|31charactername=Nobuo Yokoto
|32picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Tenkyu Fukuda.jpg
|32name=Tenkyu Fukuda
|32charactername=Naoto Tsukishima
|33picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Takehiro Hira.jpg
|33name=Takehiro Hira
|33charactername=Hiroyuki Kusaka
|34picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Eiji Takigawa (1977).jpg
|34name=Eiji Takigawa (1977){{!}}Eiji Takigawa
|34charactername=Tamotsu Todo
|35picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Eisuke Sasai.jpg
|35name=Eisuke Sasai
|35charactername=Shinji Takigawa
|36picture=File:Downtown Rocket-Akira Otaka.jpg
|36name=Akira Otaka
|36charactername=Satoshi Yamanobe
}}
'''Additional Cast Members:'''
* [[Shoken Kunimoto]] - Hitoshi Ando
* [[Shinji Rokkaku]] - Mizoguchi
* [[Shigeyuki Totsugi]] - Tamura
* [[Koen Kondo]] - Chikada
* [[Toshiya Nagasawa]] - Tsutomu Sakurada
* [[Kazutoyo Yoshimi]] - Takashi Mikami
* [[Asahi Yoshida]] - Chief Editor Iizuka
* [[Kento Kano (1993)|Kento Kano]]
* [[Himena Tsukimiya]]
* [[Rika Makino]]
* [[Kai Ato]] - Lawyer Tanabe (ep.1)
* [[Lou Oshiba]] - Tokuda (ep.1)
* [[Goro Oishi]] - Oba (ep.1)
* [[Komatsu Toshimasa]] - Murata (ep.1)
* [[Songha]] - Takase (ep.2)
* [[Hiroshi Okochi]] - Oizumi (ep.2)
* [[Taijiro Tamura]] - Nobuo Zaizen (ep.3)
* [[Takeshi Kongochi]] - Hiroki Aoyama (ep.3)
* [[Koichi Kojima]] - Satoru Konishi (ep.8)
* [[Aya Takashima (1979)|Aya Takashima]] - Noriko Sakuma (ep.9-10)

==Trailers==
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==Episode Ratings==
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #F9F9F9; border: 1px #AAA solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
! align=left width=20% bgcolor="F52887" | Episode
! align=left width=45% bgcolor="F52887" | Date
! align=left width=35% bgcolor="F52887"| Ratings<br>(Kanto Region)
|-
| 01 || 10/18/2015 || 16.1%
|-
| 02 || 10/25/2015 || 17.8%
|-
| 03 || 11/01/2015 || 18.6%
|-
| 04 || 11/08/2015 || 17.1%
|-
| 05 || 11/15/2015 || 20.2%
|-
| 06 || 11/22/2015 || 17.8%
|-
| 07 || 11/29/2015 || 17.9%
|-
| 08 || 12/06/2015 || 20.4%
|-
| 09 || 12/13/2015 || 18.2%
|-
| 10 || 12/20/2015 || 22.3%
|-
! colspan=2 | Average || 18.5%
|}
Source: [http://www.videor.co.jp/ Video Research, Ltd.]

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==External Links==
* [http://www.tbs.co.jp/shitamachi_rocket/ Official Website]

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