FRONTRUNNERS
Season - Episode
4
Season 4 Jan 07, 2026
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4 - 1Cheesemaker and Dairy Farmer: Matsubara Masanori Jan 07, 2026
3
Season 3 Jan 08, 2025
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3 - 1Wildlife Vet - Saito Keisuke Jan 08, 2025 -
3 - 2Digital Services Innovator - Oba Carlos Jan 15, 2025 -
3 - 3Robotic Surgery Pioneer - Watanabe Go Jan 29, 2025 -
3 - 4Takama Takeshi - Environmentalist Mar 05, 2025 -
3 - 5Fish Leather Maker - Noguchi Tomohisa Mar 19, 2025 -
3 - 6Tree Surgeon - Goto Mizuho Mar 26, 2025 -
3 - 7Peace Educator - Sumioka Kenta Jul 30, 2025 -
3 - 8Compost Promoter - Taira Yuiko Aug 06, 2025 -
3 - 9Dollmaker - Nakamura Hiromine Aug 13, 2025 -
3 - 10 -
3 - 11Chef - Suzuki Yuko Oct 01, 2025 -
3 - 12 -
3 - 13Social Entrepreneur - Ishikawa Naohito Nov 19, 2025 -
3 - 14Dry Stone Waller: Kaneko Reo Nov 26, 2025 -
3 - 15Deaf Cyclist: Hayase Kumi Dec 24, 2025
2
Season 2 Jan 31, 2024
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2 - 1Master Salt Maker - Sato Kyojiro Jan 31, 2024 -
2 - 2Medical Interpreting Pioneer - Minamitani Kaori Feb 28, 2024 -
2 - 3Poet & NPO Founder - Ueda Kanayo Mar 20, 2024 -
2 - 4Snow Country Chef - Kuwakino Keiko Apr 24, 2024 -
2 - 5Supporting Street Children - Watanabe Hiroki May 01, 2024 -
2 - 6Orthopedic Shoe Meister - Nakai Yosuke May 29, 2024 -
2 - 7Cricket Food Producer - Ashikari Seiya Jun 19, 2024 -
2 - 8Ainu Cultural Advocate - Monbetsu Atsushi Jun 26, 2024 -
2 - 9Accessibility NPO Founder - Oda Yuriko Aug 14, 2024 -
2 - 10Coconut Entrepreneur Tackling Poverty - Mizui Yu Aug 21, 2024 -
2 - 11Nebuta Artist - Kitamura Asako Sep 25, 2024 -
2 - 12International Mountain Medic - Oshiro Kazue Oct 30, 2024 -
2 - 13Drone Entrepreneur - Kawanoue Kazufumi Nov 20, 2024 -
2 - 14Medical Companion for Travel - Ito Reiya Nov 27, 2024 -
2 - 15Horse-Powered Energy Innovator - Iwama Takashi Dec 04, 2024 -
2 - 16Bonsai Master - Kobayashi Kunio Dec 25, 2024
1
Season 1 Mar 22, 2023
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1 - 1Prosthetics Pioneer - Usui Fumio Mar 22, 2023 -
1 - 2Kyoto Foraging Master - Nakahigashi Hisato Mar 29, 2023 -
1 - 3Rope Rescue Expert - Hayashida Akihiro Apr 19, 2023 -
1 - 4Children's Hospice Founder - Tagawa Hisato May 24, 2023 -
1 - 5Vegan Washoku Chef - Kusumoto Katsumi Jun 28, 2023 -
1 - 6Japanese Cheese Trailblazer - Shibata Chiyo Jul 19, 2023 -
1 - 7Master Gardener - Kitayama Yasuo Jul 26, 2023 -
1 - 8Helicopter Physician - Tsugita Nobuyuki Aug 30, 2023 -
1 - 9Kyoto Kimono Dyer - Tabata Kihachi Sep 27, 2023 -
1 - 10Thatching Innovator - Sagara Ikuya Nov 15, 2023 -
1 - 11Pioneering Neurosurgeon - Kato Yoko Dec 27, 2023
Overview
FRONTRUNNERS highlights professionals at the very forefront of their field. We showcase their amazing work, discover their motivations, and learn about the challenges they face in the future.
Year 2025
Studio NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Director
Crew
Popularity 0.4351
Language Japanese, English
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