Blood and Sweat Japanese Television Series

Blood & Sweat is a Japanese television drama series broadcast on the WOWOW network. The series consists of eight episodes and aired from April 5 to May 24, 2026, in the Sunday 22:00 time slot.

Blood and Sweat promotional poster artwork — Blood and Sweat promotional artwork

Production and Staff

The series was directed by Riku Suokas, Daniel Toivonen, and Marie Iwasaki. The writing team consists of Riku Suokas, Daniel Toivonen, Marie Iwasaki, and Heikki Silja.

Cast and Characters

Blood & Sweat features an ensemble international and Japanese cast.

Anne Watanabe portrait — Anne Watanabe as Aki Suzumiya

Jasper Paakkonen portrait — Jasper Paakkonen as Yon Raine

Gaku Hamada portrait — Gaku Hamada as Keisuke Takagi

Mahiro Takasugi portrait — Mahiro Takasugi as Ryuji Suzumiya

Taichi Saotome portrait — Taichi Saotome as Hirofumi Tanaka

Jun Kunimura portrait — Jun Kunimura as Tokuro Suzumiya

Yuki Tokito portrait — Yuki Tokito as Masatada

Merlin Rose portrait — Merlin Rose as Lucas

Mikko Nousiainen portrait — Mikko Nousiainen as Niko Salonen

Alina Tomnikov portrait — Alina Tomnikov as Katrina Salmi

Actor	Role
Anne Watanabe	Aki Suzumiya
Jasper Paakkonen	Yon Raine
Gaku Hamada	Keisuke Takagi
Mahiro Takasugi	Ryuji Suzumiya
Taichi Saotome	Hirofumi Tanaka
Jun Kunimura	Tokuro Suzumiya
Yuki Tokito	Masatada
Merlin Rose	Lucas
Mikko Nousiainen	Niko Salonen
Alina Tomnikov	Katrina Salmi

Additional cast members include Elias Salonen as Beri and Antti Reini as Viljami Kurogeru.