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Drama: Escape
Romaji: Escape Sore wa Yukai no Hazu datta
Japanese: ESCAPE それは誘拐のはずだった
Director: Naoko Komuro, Makoto Naganuma
Writer: Kayo Hikawa
Network: NTV
Episodes: 10
Release Date: October 8 - December 10, 2025
Runtime: Wednesday 22:00
TV Ratings: 3.9%
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Yui Yagami (Hiyori Sakurada) is 20 years old and is a 2nd year student at a prestigious university. She is the daughter of the president of a pharmaceutical company, which is one of Japan's leading companies. Although she lost her mother at a young age, she was raised by her father's love. She has a serious personality that is concerned with social welfare and poverty, but she is reluctant to interact with people. Behind that, there is a secret that she only knows. At her 20th birthday party, Yui Yagami is kidnapped by a group of people for ransom. Daisuke Hayashida (Hayato Sano) is one of the kidnappers. He is a 24 year old man, who grew up in a poor family background. He has a history of being involved in fraud. He currently works as a car mechanic and he has a honest personality with a blunt attitude. Due to his family problems, it's easy for him to sense changes in people's emotions. The kidnapping for ransom fails, but Yui Yagami begs Daisuke Hayashida to escape with her.

Notes

"Escape" takes over NTV's Wednesday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "Chihayafuru: Meguri" and followed by "Fuyu no Nankasa, Haru no Nankasa" on January 14, 2026.

Cast



Hiyori Sakurada	Hayato Sano	First Summer Uika	Shunsuke Tanaka	Hiroyuki Mamiya
Yui Yagami	Daisuke Hayashida	Shino Bandai	Sota Fuji	Kyoichi Yagami



Yasuko Tomita	Kazuki Kitamura	Kousei Yuki	Kisuke Iida	Chihiro Kato
Miyako Kiryuu	Keishi Yagami	Kenji Yamaguchi	Joji Saito	Masaki Onishi



Hiromu Takatsuka	Mirai Shida	Sachie Hara	Raito Abe	Yu Kamio
Misaki Onishi	mysterious woman	Akira Jounouchi	Hikaru Jounouchi	Shinobu Kiryuu



Satoru Matsuo	Makiya Yamaguchi
Taku Komiyama	Hirota Shiraki

Additional Cast Members:

Masanobu Sakata - Ebihara
Yuuka Kageyama - Riri Kosaka
Maho Nonami - Tomoko Hayashida
Yu Kamio - Shinobu Kiryu
Makiya Yamaguchi - Hirota Shiraki
Yuzu Ashikawa - Umi Shibuya
Masaru Yahagi - Sakagami
Takayuki Sakoi - researcher
Tsubaki Nekoze - Mikiko Tsuboi
Asuka Kurosawa - Etsuko Takagi (ep.2,5)
Hiroki Uchi - Issei Hatanaka (ep.3-4)
Takeo Gozu - cafe owner (ep.3)
Shigehiro Yamaguchi - worker (ep.4)
Nina Yamazaki - Issei Hatanaka's wfie (ep.4)
Katsuyuki Miyake - detective (ep.5)
Masashi Tada - detective (ep.5)
Keisuke Horibe - Haruka Iwase (ep.6)
Jinto Yoshida - Taiki Konno (ep.6)
Ami Yokouchi - Akari Izumi (ep.6)
Goro Yoshida - police officer (ep.6)
Oolong ta Yoshida - Tejima (ep.7)
Ryubun Sumori - club man (ep.7)
Yasuto Kosuda - Doctor Hasunuma (ep.8)
Mamiko Ito - employee (ep.8)
Jyutaro Yamanaka - Ayato Kurosaki (ep.10)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	10/08/2025	4.7%
02	10/15/2025	4.0%
03	10/22/2025	4.1%
04	10/29/2025	3.3%
05	11/05/2025	4.1%
06	11/12/2025	4.1%
07	11/19/2025	4.0%
08	11/26/2025	4.2%
09	12/03/2025	3.2%
10	12/10/2025	3.4%
Average		3.9%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

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 * '''Release Date:''' October 8 - December 10, 2025
 * '''Runtime:''' Wednesday 22:00
+* '''TV Ratings:''' 3.9%
 * '''Language:''' Japanese
 * '''Country:''' Japan
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+'''Additional Cast Members:'''
 * [[Masanobu Sakata]] - Ebihara
 * [[Yuuka Kageyama]] - Riri Kosaka
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 * [[Yu Kamio]] - Shinobu Kiryu
 * [[Makiya Yamaguchi]] - Hirota Shiraki
+* [[Yuzu Ashikawa]] - Umi Shibuya
+* [[Masaru Yahagi (1987)|Masaru Yahagi]] - Sakagami
+* [[Takayuki Sakoi (1978)|Takayuki Sakoi]] - researcher
+* [[Tsubaki Nekoze]] - Mikiko Tsuboi
+* [[Asuka Kurosawa]] - Etsuko Takagi (ep.2,5)
+* [[Hiroki Uchi]] - Issei Hatanaka (ep.3-4)
+* [[Takeo Gozu (1948)|Takeo Gozu]] - cafe owner (ep.3)
+* [[Shigehiro Yamaguchi]] - worker (ep.4)
+* [[Nina Yamazaki]] - Issei Hatanaka's wfie (ep.4)
+* [[Katsuyuki Miyake]] - detective (ep.5)
+* [[Masashi Tada]] - detective (ep.5)
+* [[Keisuke Horibe]] - Haruka Iwase (ep.6)
+* [[Jinto Yoshida]] - Taiki Konno (ep.6)
+* [[Ami Yokouchi]] - Akari Izumi (ep.6)
+* [[Goro Yoshida]] - police officer (ep.6)
+* [[Oolong ta Yoshida]] - Tejima (ep.7)
+* [[Ryubun Sumori]] - club man (ep.7)
+* [[Yasuto Kosuda]] - Doctor Hasunuma (ep.8)
+* [[Mamiko Ito]] - employee (ep.8)
+* [[Jyutaro Yamanaka]] - Ayato Kurosaki (ep.10)
+==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 || 10/08/2025 || 4.7%
+|-
+| 02 || 10/15/2025 || 4.0%
+|-
+| 03 || 10/22/2025 || 4.1%
+|-
+| 04 || 10/29/2025 || 3.3%
+|-
+| 05 || 11/05/2025 || 4.1%
+|-
+| 06 || 11/12/2025 || 4.1%
+|-
+| 07 || 11/19/2025 || 4.0%
+|-
+| 08 || 11/26/2025 || 4.2%
+|-
+| 09 || 12/03/2025 || 3.2%
+|-
+| 10 || 12/10/2025 || 3.4%
+|-
+! colspan=2 | Average || 3.9%
+|}
+Source: [http://www.videor.co.jp/ Video Research, Ltd.]
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