# Trillion Game

Trillion Game (Japanese: トリリオンゲーム, Hepburn: Toririon Gēmu) is a Japanese manga series written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior since December 2020, with its chapters collected in ten tankōbon volumes as of February 2025. It is licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media.
A television drama adaptation aired from July to September 2023. A sequel live-action film to the drama series is set to premiere in February 2025. An anime television series adaptation produced by Madhouse premiered in October 2024.
The series won the 69th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2024.

## Plot

The founders of big company Trillion Game, Haru and Gaku, are two young men who become the first Japanese people in the 21st century to be listed in the top 10 of The World's Billionaires. The story takes place from Gaku's perspective, who recalls how he came this far: his first encounter with Haru, their first establishment of Trillion Game, and people who are involved with the success of the company.

## Characters
### Main
#### Haru Tennōji (天王寺 陽, Tennōji Haru)

    Voiced by: Takeo Ōtsuka (Japanese); Cody Savoie (English)
    Portrayed by: Ren Meguro
    The self-proclaimed "world's most selfish man" who aims to earn a trillion dollars by establishing Trillion Game. Haru is gifted with high communication skills, intelligence, and physical strength. He is good at negotiating, has an unmatched will to never give up, and will use any means necessary to achieve his goals. As co-founder of Trillion Game, he serves as its liaison, sales representative, and business decision maker.
    He was once a part of Dragon Bank Enterprises, a large corporation runs by the Kokuryū, but quits after they refuse to hire Gaku. He values Gaku and his engineering ability and would support him anytime. His speciality dish is a large-portion spicy fried rice. He is multilingual; fluent in, including but not limited to, English, Chinese, and French.
    It is still unknown why he is nowhere to be seen in the present timeline.

#### Manabu Taira (平 学, Taira Manabu) / Gaku (ガク)

    Voiced by: Shōya Ishige (Japanese); Chase Kloza (English)
    Portrayed by: Hayato Sano
    The main narrator of the story, who established Trillion Game with Haru and serves as President of the company in the present timeline. Contrary to Haru, he is reclusive, timid, socially awkward, and weak-willed. His first encounter with Haru was when he saved Gaku from being bullied, where Haru found out about Gaku's talent. A computer otaku who, despite being self-taught, has a skill on par with professionals: he hacked into Dragon Bank's server and discovered a fault in the company's security system. He unintentionally admitted this during his job interview there, which caught Kirika's attention. His nickname "Gaku" is the result of the on'yomi reading of his first name.
    One of his treasured asset is a ¥200,000 (around $1,300) office chair that Haru bought for him using their starting fund.

#### Kirika Kokuryū (黒龍 キリカ, Kokuryū Kirika) / Kirihime (桐姫)

    Voiced by: M.A.O (Japanese); Katelyn Barr (English)
    Portrayed by: Mio Imada
    The board director of Dragon Bank and the only daughter of its President, Kazuma Kokuryū. She is nicknamed "Kirihime" by the media for her atmosphere and personality. While brilliant and calm, but she is also arrogant and irreverent, treating everyone around her in a business-like manner. Kirika likes people who "can do their job" and has a keen eye for people, as well as a selfish nature inherited from her father. She became obsessed with Haru and Gaku after witnessing what they are capable of and has been trying, unsuccessfully, to bring them under her control. Despite this, there are multiple times when she helps Haru and Gaku, thinking it's more fun that way.

#### Rinrin Takahashi (高橋 凜々, Takahashi Rinrin)

    Voiced by: Yuki Tanaka
    Portrayed by: Riko Fukumoto [ja]
    The President of Trillion Game, who was only a college student when she was hired. She is known for being too stiff, which was a part of the failure in her job hunting. However, her personality makes her sensitive to even the tiniest detail, a trait neither Haru or Gaku possesses. Before joining Trillion Game, she worked part-timer at a flower shop, which helped her gain extensive knowledge about flowers. Using this, she posed as Trillion Game's then-fake AI system "Torinrin", offering consultations about flower arrangement through the company's online flower shop "Yorinuki". As an actual AI replaced her job and she graduated from college, Rinrin officially become the company's President.

### Trillion Game related parties
#### Kazuki Kedōin (祁答院 一輝, Kedōin Kazuki)

    Voiced by: Hiroki Tōchi
    Portrayed by: Kōji Kikkawa
    The President of Kedōin Venture capital, as well as Haru and Gaku's first investor. He always wears a cowboy hat, sunglasses, and leather shoes with heart and clover accessories on its soles. Despite his foul-mouthed personality, he is good at looking after his alliance.
    He used to work as manager at a talent agency called God Production, but was forced to leave for covering up one of its talent's scandals, having his life temporarily ruined. After teaming up with Haru, he successfully took over the company and became its President.

#### Mizuki (水樹)

    Voiced by: Shion Wakayama
    Portrayed by: Akari Akase
    A high school student who works part-time as Kedōin's assistant. She also appears in present timeline working for Gaku. She has sharp tongue and does not hesitate to speak up against Kedōin or Gaku.
    In the live-action drama, she is always seen with sailor school uniform and has her first name revealed, being named Fūka (風華), whilst in the manga she has seen wearing other clothes and has only been called "Mizuki".

#### Shingo Sakura (桜 心護, Sakura Shingo)

    Voiced by: Ryōta Suzuki
    Portrayed by: Yoshitaka Hara [ja]
    The former President of Sakusaku Lab, a small indie game company that Haru and Gaku acquired to rival Dragon Bank's big hit game Dragon Musume. He takes pride in game making, being described by his employer as someone who is "capable of making good games, but lack of talent to make hits", which caused all of his produced games to result in company loss. The company's first online game, Puchi Puchi Land, a remake of Shingo's first game, became a hit success after Trillion Game successfully employed Dragon Musume's former producer Hebijima into the company.

#### Futaba (二葉)

    Voiced by: Sayaka Senbongi
    Portrayed by: Seira Anzai [ja]

#### Nanamori (斜森)

    Voiced by: Rikuya Yasuda
    Portrayed by: Tomoya Maeno [ja]

#### Ogura (巨椋)

    Voiced by: Yuuki Shin
    Portrayed by: Daichi Kodaira [ja]

### Dragon Bank related parties
#### Kazuma Kokuryū (黒龍 一真, Kokuryū Kazuma)

    Voiced by: Takaya Hashi [ja]
    Portrayed by: Jun Kunimura
    The president of Dragon Bank and Kirika's father. Selfish just like his daughter, he desires for control and ownership of anything that gets in the way of his business. He confessed that he does not like fighting his rivals, and would rather buy them out or completely crush them. After the success of Trillion Game's online flower shop catches his attention, he began to imitate all of Trillion Game's business ventures, offers a large sum of money to buy the company, and even asked Haru to marry his daughter in order to make him part of Kokuryū.

#### Nagase (長瀬)

    Voiced by: Masaaki Mizunaka
    Portrayed by: Terunosuke Takezai
    Kirika's personal bodyguard and assistant who always looks irritated whenever Haru and Gaku approach her. His first name Tadanori (忠則) was never revealed in the manga.

#### Tōru Hebijima (蛇島 透, Hebijima Tōru)

    Voiced by: Toshihiko Seki

### Others
#### Sumeragi (皇)

    Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma

#### Akari Shirotora (白虎 あかり, Shirotora Akari)

    Voiced by: Lynn

#### Kunugi (功刀)

    Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda
    Portrayed by: Kenjiro Tsuda

## Media
### Manga

Written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, Trillion Game started in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior on December 11, 2020. Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on March 30, 2021. As of February 14, 2025, ten volumes have been released.
In February 2024, Viz Media announced that they licensed the manga for English publication on September 17 of the same year.

#### Volumes

| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
| 1 | March 30, 2021 | 978-4-09-861010-5 | September 17, 2024 | 978-1-9747-4972-0 |
| 1. "The Greediest Men in the World" (世界一のワガママ, Sekai Ichi no Wagamama) 2. "Start-Up" 3. "Million Game" 4. "Kirihime Fishing" (桐姫フィッシング, Kirihime Fisshingu) 5. "But You'll Win" (お前なら勝つだろ, Omae Nara Katsudaro) 6. "Tag Team" (タッグ, Taggu) 7. "Bad Man" (ワルい男, Warī Otoko) |||||
| 2 | August 4, 2021 | 978-4-09-861113-3 | November 19, 2024 | 978-1-9747-4997-3 |
| 3 | January 4, 2022 | 978-4-09-861228-4 | January 21, 2025 | 978-1-9747-5172-3 |
| 4 | July 4, 2022 | 978-4-09-861320-5 | March 18, 2025 | 978-1-9747-5214-0 |
| 5 | October 28, 2022 | 978-4-09-861456-1 | May 20, 2025 | 978-1-9747-5481-6 |
| 6 | March 30, 2023 | 978-4-09-861605-3 | — | — |
| 7 | July 12, 2023 | 978-4-09-861853-8 | — | — |
| 8 | November 30, 2023 | 978-4-09-862626-7 | — | — |
| 9 | April 30, 2024 | 978-4-09-862691-5 | — | — |
| 10 | February 14, 2025 | 978-4-09-863035-6 | — | — |

### Live-action

A television drama adaptation was announced on March 23, 2023. The series stars Ren Meguro as Haru Tennōji and Hayato Sano as Manabu "Gaku" Taira, and aired on TBS from July 14 to September 15, 2023. Snow Man performs the theme song "Dangerholic." The drama began streaming on Netflix worldwide in October 2023.
A live-action film, a sequel to the drama series, featuring the same staff and cast, premiered on February 14, 2025. The film's theme song is "SBY", performed by Snow Man.

### Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced in September 2023. It is produced by Madhouse and directed by Yuzo Sato [ja], with Ryunosuke Kingetsu overseeing series scripts, Kei Tsuchiya designing the characters, and Takurō Iga composing the music. The series premiered on October 4, 2024, on TBS and other networks, and will run for two consecutive cours. For the first cours, the opening theme song is "Beat the Odds", performed by &Team, while the ending theme song is "Unbelievable" (アンビリーバブル, Anbirībaburu), performed by Klang Ruler [ja]. For the second cours, the opening theme song is "Over the Top", performed by Hiroji Miyamoto, while the ending theme song is "Egoist", performed by imase.
Crunchyroll streams the series outside of Asia, with an English dub premiered on October 17, 2024. Medialink licensed the series in Southeast, South, and Central Asia, and Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand) for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel.

#### Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date |
| 1 | "The World's Most Selfish Man" Transliteration: "Sekai Ichi no Wagamama" (Japanese: 世界一のワガママ) | Kim Min-sun | Ryunosuke Kingetsu | Yuzo Sato [ja] | October 4, 2024 (2024-10-4) |
| 2 | "Start Up" | Tōru Ishida & Kim Bong-deok | Ryunosuke Kingetsu | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | October 4, 2024 (2024-10-4) |
| 3 | "You'll Win, Won't You?" Transliteration: "Omae Nara Katsudaro" (Japanese: お前なら勝つだろ) | Tōru Ishida | Ryunosuke Kingetsu | Yuzo Sato | October 11, 2024 (2024-10-11) |
| 4 | "A Bad Guy" Transliteration: "Warī Otoko" (Japanese: ワルい男) | Kanji Wakabayashi & Hwang Il-jin | Mitsutaka Hirota | Kanji Wakabayashi | October 18, 2024 (2024-10-18) |
| 5 | "The Maiden's Gaze" Transliteration: "Otome no Manazashi" (Japanese: 乙女の眼差し) | Akiko Nakano & Kentaro Hori | Tomomi Kawaguchi | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | October 25, 2024 (2024-10-25) |
| 6 | "I Want You To the Moon" Transliteration: "Tsuki Made Hoshikute" (Japanese: 月まで欲しくて) | Akiko Nakano, Kim Min-sun & Kentaro Hori | Ryunosuke Kingetsu | Akiko Nakano | November 1, 2024 (2024-11-1) |
| 7 | "Trillion Game, Inc." Transliteration: "Kabushiki Gaisha Toririon Gēmu" (Japanese: 株式会社トリリオンゲーム) | Nobu Ishida & Kim Bong-Deok | Mitsutaka Hirota | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | November 8, 2024 (2024-11-8) |
| 8 | "Flowers and Splendor" Transliteration: "Hana to Hana" (Japanese: 花と華) | Kanji Wakabayashi & Kim Min-sun | Ryunosuke Kingetsu | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | November 15, 2024 (2024-11-15) |
| 9 | "The Flower Way of Kabuki" Transliteration: "Kabuki no Kadō" (Japanese: 歌舞伎の花道) | Nobu Ishida & Hwang Il-jin | Mitsutaka Hirota | Atsuko Ishizuka | November 22, 2024 (2024-11-22) |
| 10 | "Golden Egg" | Kanji Wakabayashi & Hwang Young-sik | Tomomi Kawaguchi | Kanji Wakabayashi | November 29, 2024 (2024-11-29) |
| 11 | "The Illusory Man" Transliteration: "Maboroshi no Otoko" (Japanese: 幻の男) | Kentaro Hori & Hwang Il-jin | Mitsutaka Hirota | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | December 6, 2024 (2024-12-6) |
| 12 | "Two Bad Guys" Transliteration: "Waru ga Futari" (Japanese: ワルがふたり) | Noriaki Ishida | Ryunosuke Kingetsu | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13) |
| 13 | "The Decisive Battle!!" Transliteration: "Kessen!!" (Japanese: 決戦！！) | Kanji Wakabayashi & Kim Min-sun | Tomomi Kawaguchi | Atsuko Ishizuka | December 20, 2024 (2024-12-20) |
| 14 | "Haru vs. Gaku" Transliteration: "Haru vs. Gaku" (Japanese: ハルVS.ガク) | Tatsunori Miyake & Hwang Young-sik | Ryunosuke Kingetsu | Akiko Nakano | January 10, 2025 (2025-1-10) |
| 15 | "With You" | Kanji Wakabayashi & Hwang Il-jin | Mitsutaka Hirota | Kenichi Kawamura | January 17, 2025 (2025-1-17) |
| 16 | "I Love Money" | Toru Ishida & Hwang Il-jin | Ryunosuke Kingetsu | Kenichi Kawamura | January 24, 2025 (2025-1-24) |
| 17 | "Haru Unparalleled" Transliteration: "Haru Musō" (Japanese: ハル無双) | Kanji Wakabayashi | Tomomi Kawaguchi | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | January 31, 2025 (2025-1-31) |
| 18 | "The IT Cup" Transliteration: "IT no Sakazuki" (Japanese: ITの盃) | Kentaro Hori & Kim Min-sun | Mitsutaka Hirota | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | February 7, 2025 (2025-2-7) |
| 19 | "Look At the Sky Instead of the Peak" Transliteration: "Itadaki Yori mo Sora o Mite" (Japanese: 頂よりも空を見て) | Noriaki Ishida & Hwang Young-sik | Ryunosuke Kingetsu | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | February 14, 2025 (2025-2-14) |
| 20 | "The Price of Glory" Transliteration: "Eikan no Taika" (Japanese: 栄冠の対価) | Tatsunori Miyake | Tomomi Kawaguchi | Atsuko Ishizuka | February 21, 2025 (2025-2-21) |
| 21 | "The Dragon King's Palm" Transliteration: "Ryūō no Tenohira" (Japanese: 龍王の掌) | Toru Ishida & Kim Min-sun | Ryunosuke Kingetsu | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | February 28, 2025 (2025-2-28) |
| 22 | "All In" | Kanji Wakabayashi & Hwang Il-jin | Mitsutaka Hirota | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | March 7, 2025 (2025-3-7) |

## Reception

By September 2023, the manga had over 1.5 million copies in circulation. Trillion Game was one of the fifty nominees for the Next Manga Award in 2021. It ranked eighth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2022 list of best manga for male readers. It was nominated for the 15th Manga Taishō in 2022 and placed sixth with 55 points. Along with The Elusive Samurai, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, and Sūji de Asobo, Trillion Game won the 69th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2024.