Mirai Shida Joins GACKT in Fuji TV Drama Black Trick
Shida's casting extends her streak of consecutive drama seasons to nine, and marks her first collaboration with GACKT in a timeslot she has not appeared in for five years.
Key Facts
- Mirai Shida plays elite lawyer Yukari Aso in Fuji TV's drama 'Black Trick: The Manipulator of Justice,' which begins July 20.
- Shida appears in her ninth consecutive drama season, a streak that started with 'Billion x School' in July 2024.
- The drama stars GACKT as Naoto Uramawashi, a lawyer who uses lies to uncover the truth.
- Shida's character Yukari Aso is a model student who dislikes lies and is assigned to work under Uramawashi.
- The series airs Mondays at 21:00 on Fuji TV starting July 20.
Reporting from 2 sources: Eiga Natalie, Cinema Today.
Mirai Shida has been cast in Fuji TV's new Monday 9pm drama "Black Trick: The Manipulator of Justice," playing elite lawyer Yukari Aso opposite GACKT's protagonist Naoto Uramawashi. The legal entertainment series begins July 20. Shida appears in her ninth consecutive season, having been in every season since "Billion x School" in July 2024.
Mirai Shida will play Yukari Aso, an elite lawyer at the major firm Cordia Law Office who graduated from a national university's law faculty and passed the bar on her first try. She is a model student type who dislikes lies and shortcuts, making her incompatible with Uramawashi's methods. Due to certain circumstances, she is sent to work under him and ends up being tossed around. Shida described the role as straightforward and almost clumsily believing in justice, with a strong conviction not to lie.
The drama is a legal entertainment piece in which Uramawashi, a sharp lawyer who holds a first-class architect qualification, uses lies as a weapon to uncover the truth and save clients. Shida called the work fresh among courtroom dramas, with thrilling developments that question what righteousness is. The series airs Mondays at 21:00 on Fuji TV starting July 20.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Eiga Natalie 神尾楓珠がGACKTと初共演、月9「ブラックトリック」で建築事務所のアシスタントに
- Cinema Today 神尾楓珠、GACKTと初共演 7月期「ブラックトリック」で3年ぶりフジ月9出演