# I Wanna Punch that Scumbag!

I Wanna Punch that Scumbag! (Japanese: あのクズを殴ってやりたいんだ, Hepburn: Ano kuzu wo nagutte yaritainda) is a romantic comedy television series scheduled to air in the Tuesday Drama slot on TBS Television from October 2024. It stars Nao. Yuta Tamamori plays Kairi Kuzutani, a mysterious blond man who meets the main character, Hokomi. This is his first appearance in a Tuesday drama in three years since Oh My Boss! Love Not Included. It is a completely original scripted television series about a woman who takes both love and boxing earnestly.

## Premise

The protagonist, Nao (Nao) Sato Hokomi, is a 29-year-old woman with a serious personality who works at a city hall. After her boyfriend runs away from her on her wedding day and she also discovers that he has been unfaithful, she decides never to be steady with a scumbag again. Then she meets Kairi Kuzutani (Yuta Tamamori), a kind and friendly man. When Kairi helps her out when she is down, she feels a sense of destiny, but soon finds out his true identity. She then started boxing, partly due to Kairi's influence. As she continues to be involved with Kairi, she learns more about his past.

## Production

Producer Mitsuki Tomura said that she created an original script to tell the story of a woman's growth through boxing and her love affair with someone she initially thought she disliked, but who she comes to gradually fall in love with. The main character, Hokomi, is a serious and clumsy woman, but her mere presence brightens up those around her and makes them want to cheer her on, so she was cast as a perfect match for Nao. Kairi is a man with secrets and is difficult to grasp, with a carefree smile and a dark expression. Tomura cast Tamamori for the role of Kairi because of the gap between when Tamamori smiles and when he has a straight face. For this role, Tamamori underwent a physical transformation. After a concert by his boy band Kis-My-Ft2 in February, Tamamori weighed 59 kilograms (130 lb), gained 13 kilograms (29 lb) in two months with muscle training, then lost more than 12 kilograms (26 pounds) again.
About the work, Nao said that she is excited to see what kind of work it will be because she has never seen a combination of a romantic comedy and boxing in a drama before. She said she hopes to convey to everyone the appeal of boxing and the beauty of building trust with others. Tamamori said that he was glad when he received the offer but also felt a lot of pressure. He said that it had been a long time since he had acted in a love story, so he wanted to give his all to the role. He said that Kairi is a character he has never played before, so he hoped that he could inspire the viewers. He said he hopes people will look forward to the drama, which is a romantic comedy but has various messages and is a passionate work.

## Promotion

Prior to the October 2024 broadcast of the drama, TVer, a video distribution service, started free distribution of La Grande Maison Tokyo and Oh My Boss! Love Not Included, two of Tamamori's previous TBS Television dramas, on September 6, 2024 as "Actors Special."

## Cast
### Hokomi Sato (Nao)

    She is 29 years old with a serious personality. On her wedding day, her boyfriend runs away from her and she also discovers that he is cheating on her. She decides not to be steady with such a scumbag anymore and starts boxing to change herself.

### Kairi Kuzuya (Yuta Tamamori)

    A mysterious man who is a photographer by day and a bartender by night. He and Hokomi meet as photographers at the wedding venue where she was to hold her wedding ceremony. He has a friendly personality and is very popular with the ladies. He kindly reaches out to her when she is depressed after her breakup, but he has suffered a traumatic event in his past and lives in an unusual place. For some reason, he knows the people at the boxing gym that she goes to.

### Yui Hanegi (Sae Okazaki)

    Daughter of the chairperson of the boxing gym where Hanegi goes to school. Yui had aspired to become a professional boxer, but due to certain circumstances, she is now a trainer at the boxing gym.

### Kanato Ohba (Yuta Koseki)

    An elite civil servant who works at the same city hall as Hokomi. He is perfect at his job, but not good at love.

### Satoru Aizawa (Yuki Kura)

    He is an assistant to Kairi, a photographer. He is Kairi's roommate and lives in the same room with Kairi. He adores Kairi, but in fact, he has a secret that she cannot tell Kairi.

### Sayami Sato (Yui Narumi)

    The younger sister of Hikomi. She is divorced and raising her daughter, Mimi, while helping out at her mother's snack bar. She is the complete opposite of Hokomi; she is free-spirited and prone to getting into steady relationships with scruffy men, but she has a cheerful personality.

### Nade Nitta (Shiori Tamai)

    A co-worker who works at the same city hall as Hokomi. She has a cheerful personality and is a good personal friend of Hokomi's.

### Nari Hanegi (Atsuro Watabe)

    The chairman of the boxing gym where Hokomi attends. He is a former boxer and a former champion of Japan.

### Akemi Sato (Yuki Saito)

    Hokomi's mother. She has been with only scruffy men in her life. Currently, she is a mom of a small snack bar, but she is still popular with men and always has a boyfriend. She has a cheerful personality that can laugh off any misfortune.

## Staff

* Screenplay: Yoko Izumisawa, Keiko Koname
* Producer: Korai Tomura, Daiki Sai, Masako Miyazaki
* Director: Shingo Okamoto, Yasuharu Ishii, Sakura Komaki
* Production Writings: TBS Television