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Drama: The Confidence Man JP
Romaji: Konfidensu Man JP
Japanese: コンフィデンスマンJP
Director: Ryo Tanaka, Hiro Kanai, Toshiyuki Mitsuhashi
Writer: Ryota Kosawa
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes: 10
Release Date: April 9 - June 11, 2018
Runtime: Monday 21:00-21:54
TV Ratings: 8.9%
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Dako (Masami Nagasawa) is a con woman. She stays at a suite in a luxury hotel and schemes to take money from vicious wealthy people like yakuza bosses and evil businessmen. She works with Boku-chan (Masahiro Higashide) and Richard (Fumiyo Kohinata). Boku-chan is a sincere and timid young con man. Richard is a veteran con man.

Dako is able to master knowledge from various professions in a short period of time and disguises herself as someone working in that field. Along with Boku-chan and Richard, they carry their plans using fantastic teamwork.

Notes

"The Confidence Man JP" takes over Fuji TV's Monday 21:00 time slot previously occupied by "Princess Jellyfish" and followed by "Absolute Zero 3" on July 9, 2018.
Related titles:
1. The Confidence Man JP | Konfidensu Man JP (Fuji TV / 2018)
2. The Confidence Man JP: The Movie (2019)
3. The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess | Confidence Man JP: Princess hen (2020)
4. The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero | Confidence Man JP: Eiyuu hen (2022)
5. Confidence Queen | Confidence Man KR (TV Chosun-Coupang Play-Amazon Prime Video / 2025)

Cast



Masami Nagasawa	Masahiro Higashide	Fumiyo Kohinata	Shinya Kote
Dako	Boku-chan	Richard	Igarashi



Yosuke Eguchi	Michiko Kichise	Ken Ishiguro	Shiro Sano	Rino Katase
Eisuke Akahoshi (ep.1)	Shizuko Sakurada (ep.2)	Zenzo Shogasaki (ep.3)	Tsutomu Tawaraya (ep.4)	Nancy Nonomiya (ep.5)



Teruyoshi Uchimura	Raita Ryu	Ryo	Teppei Koike	Ryuta Sato
Mitsuru Madarai (ep.6)	Yozo Yoron (ep.7)	Mika Minobe (ep.8)	Kimihiko Katsura (ep.9)	Hideo Hachimaki (ep.10)

Additional Cast Members:

Eiji Takigawa - Mr. Moustache
Michael Keida - butler
Atsushi Yamanishi - Chief Ishizaki (ep.1)
Takashi Sumita - Tetsuo Sakata (ep.1)
Yuika Motokariya - Misao (ep.2)
Taro Omiya - Managing Director Ono (ep.2)
Yasuyuki Maekawa - Shun Mizuuchi (ep.2)
Fumika Baba - Yuki Sudo (ep.3)
Haruka Uchimura - Iwao Yamamoto (ep.3)
Denden - Tomonori Ban (ep.3)
Koen Kondo - Masaya Myashita (ep.4)
Masaru Nagai - Niiru Nonomiya (ep.5)
Bokuzo Masana - Yasuharu Tabuchi (ep.5)
Tatsuya Gashuin - Doctor Dangerous (ep.5)
Takayuki Yamada - George Matsubara (ep.5)
Yoshihiro Nozoe - Morio Kawabe (ep.6)
Satomi Nagano - Miyo Kawabe (ep.6)
Hiroshi Yamamoto - Mankichi Madarai (ep.6)
Koji Yano - Misumi (ep.6)
Aimi Satsukawa - Rika Yajima (ep.7)
Yoshinori Okada - Yuya Yoron (Kinta) (ep.7)
Yuki Sakurai - Yae Yoron (Ginko) (ep.7)
Atsuko Maeda -Yae Yoron impostor (ep.7)
Yuki Shibamoto - Seiko Saito (ep.8)
Mie Ohta - Yumi Uemura (ep.8)
Soko Wada - Atsushi Hanbara (ep.9)
Ku Ijima - Shoji Shimura (ep.9)
Ryota Ozawa - Shoichi Shimura (ep.9)
Akaji Maro - Sun Xiu Ha (ep.10)
Toru Nomaguchi - Sun Xiu Ha's subordinate (ep.10)
Yoshihiko Hakamada - Koukichi Ebigawara (ep.10)
Haruna Uechi - Teacher Hiromi (ep.10)
Naho Toda - Boku-chan's mother (ep.10)
Hayate Yukawa
Takato Yonemoto

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Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	10/11/2018	9.4%
02	10/18/2018	7.7%
03	10/25/2018	9.1%
04	11/01/2018	9.2%
05	11/08/2018	9.3%
06	11/15/2018	8.2%
07	11/22/2018	8.9%
08	11/29/2018	8.3%
09	12/06/2018	9.5%
10	12/13/2018	9.2%
Average		8.9%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Comments

Duke hyda Sep 09 2025 6:58 pm Nice this is the original am watching the Korean version now

Kitsune Jul 10 2023 12:08 am Saw a photo of Masami Nagasawa as a Ninja. Anyone knows what episode is that?

TakoChan Sep 06 2021 1:51 am This whole series is Great!! highly recommended if you're a fan of comedy-heist show. The latest &closest example to this show would be The Great Pretender anime and Lupin (French Netflix).

Just when you thought they already exhausted all the best cameos in the middle of the season, and you that the finale will only focus on the 3 lead actors. You Are Wrong! Ryuta Sato in the finale is the MVP in my opinion. Been a fan of him since Kisarazu Cat's Eyes, and never saw him as the villain character. It was refreshing seeing him in this light. He should be considered more as the villain/leading character.

levi ackermann May 17 2021 7:02 pm amazing show, highly recommend

Flam Mar 27 2021 12:24 am Dako is the best. I can understand bokuchan so annoyed at her because she is often like an ero-baba ?. He must be frustrated when he must acting like he fall in love to her, and when he marry her. Is this gonna end after 2 movies???? Aaawww!!! Can we have 3rd movie??? Or season 2?? We need to see how monako grow into!!

asahiro Mar 13 2021 4:45 am Maybe japan? JP for Japan?

Makino Oct 06 2020 9:03 am What does JP stand for? Thanks

Wisa Dec 27 2019 10:34 pm Fantastically fun jdrama.. Like ???

Auto May 28 2019 1:33 pm eps 5 is Doctor X parody, hihihi

Melissa Sep 19 2018 6:27 am Very high quality production!! I love it! Script can be outrageous but very entertaining

R Aug 15 2018 3:31 am Amazing cast , great comedy , interesting plot i highly recommend it

Jonah Kyle Jul 29 2018 6:55 pm Nagasawa's character Dako is the quintessential manic Japanese girl, manifested as an early middle-aged woman. Always fun to watch.

Ayano Jul 24 2018 1:47 pm Nagasawa's acting was superb.. i like her role where she was not holding back.. she is super versatile.. the show was very entertaining..xD

smilefam Jun 29 2018 9:43 am finally finished this. it's less intense than kurosagi and funnier. So entertaining to watch. Nagasawa is somehow annoying but yeah alright. suits her well

yoshi238 Jun 24 2018 7:32 am i really love this <3, it's so funny and the scripts are well written, nagasawa and higashide have great chemistry! hoping for season 2 :)

guesswho Jun 23 2018 3:04 am So annoying with the lead female character, the plot is ok but becomes bad because of her, I drop after first episode.

A Apr 14 2018 7:42 pm Pilot is good. I like it. Fighting

machan Dec 20 2017 3:52 am looks promising <3

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+## [[Confidence Queen]] | Confidence Man KR (TV Chosun-Coupang Play-Amazon Prime Video / 2025)
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