Tsuribaka Nisshi

Tsuribaka Nisshi (釣りバカ日誌) is a Japanese fishing-themed manga series written by Jūzō Yamasaki and illustrated by Kenichi Kitami. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original since 1979. It won the 28th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1983. The series has been adapted into a popular and long running movie series and anime television series. By 2020, it had over 26 million copies in circulation.

Overview
The story focuses on salaryman Densuke Hamasaki (a.k.a. Hama-chan), whom his supervisor Sasaki has dubbed the "Fishing Baka" because of his passion for fishing. One day Hama-chan meets and befriends an older fisherman named Su-san, who turns out to be Ichinosuke Suzuki, the CEO of the "Suzuki Construction" company that Hama-chan works for. The stories tend to focus on their relationship inside and outside of the office.

Characters

 * Densuke Hamasaki (浜崎 伝助)
 * Nicknamed Hama-chan (ハマちゃん). A salaryman/fishing baka who escapes his boring work life through fishing.


 * Michiko Hamasaki (浜崎 みち子)
 * Hama-chan's wife.


 * Koitarō Hamasaki (浜崎 鯉太郎)
 * Hama-chan's son.


 * Hazetarō (ハゼタロウ)
 * The Hamasaki family dog.


 * Ichinosuke Suzuki (鈴木 一之助)
 * Nicknamed Sū-san (スーさん). Hama-chan's boss who becomes his fishing apprentice.


 * Kazuo Sasaki (佐々木 和男)
 * Hama-chan's supervisor who doesn't understand his love for fishing and sometimes mispronounces his name as Hamazaki.


 * Kenichirō Dago (多胡 賢一郎)
 * Tetsuo Akiyama (秋山 哲夫)
 * Nakamori (中森)
 * Ichirō Asamoto (朝本 一郎)
 * Kōzō Doi (土井 光三)
 * Haruo Inagawa (稲川 春男)
 * Ichirō Asamoto (朝本 一郎)
 * Kōzō Doi (土井 光三)
 * Haruo Inagawa (稲川 春男)
 * Haruo Inagawa (稲川 春男)
 * Haruo Inagawa (稲川 春男)

Manga
The individual chapters have been collected into volumes from July 29, 1980, to volume 109 on March 30, 2022

Film series
The franchise had a live-action film series that spanned 20 mainline films released from 1988 to 2009, along with two spin-off films. The following are lists of the films and the regular cast members.

Regular cast

 * Densuke Hamasaki: Toshiyuki Nishida (1~)
 * Ichinosuke Suzuki: Rentarō Mikuni (1~)
 * Michiko Hamasaki: Eri Ishida (1~Special), Miyoko Asada (7~)
 * Koitarou Hamasaki: Tomo Ueno (10~11), Ryūichi Sugawara (12~13), Kaga Mochimaru (14~)
 * Kazuo Sasaki: Kei Tani (1~)
 * Hachirou Ohta: Ken Nakamoto (1~)
 * Hisae Suzuki: Yatsuko Tanami (1~6), Tomoko Naraoka (9~)
 * Director Akiyama: Takehiko Maeda (1), Takeshi Katō (3~)
 * Executive Director Hotta: Takehiko Maeda (3~8), Shinobu Tsuruta (9~10, 12~), Shūichirō Moriyama (11)
 * Chief of Personnel Haraguchi: Raita Ryū (7~10), Toshio Shiba (11~13), Takehiko Ono (14~)
 * Secretary Kusamori: Yasuhisa Sonoda (2~6), Takuzō Kadono (7~9), Baijaku Nakamura (10~13, 15~), Yōsuke Saitō (14)
 * Section Chief Funaki: Tōru Masuoka (15~)
 * Chief Clerk Takoshima: Mitsuru Katō (11~12, 16~), Hiroshi Iwazaki (13)
 * Maebara: Takashi Sasano (1~)

Cast

 * Densuke Hamasaki: Kōichi Yamadera
 * Ichinosuke Suzuki: Chikao Ōtsuka
 * Michiko Hamasaki: Misa Watanabe
 * Koitarou Hamasaki: Akemi Satō
 * Hazatarou: Naomi Shindō (2nd voice)
 * Kazuo Sasaki: Naoki Tatsuta
 * Sasaki's Wife: Chie Satō
 * Madoko Suzuki: Emiko Tanada
 * Kenichirou Dago: Tomokazu Seki
 * Reiko Nakamura: Makiko Ōmoto
 * Yuusuke Sou: Katsuyuki Konishi
 * Narration, Chief Akiyama, Hazetarou (1st voice): Yasuhiko Kawazu

TV series

 * Gaku Hamada : Densuke Hamasaki
 * Toshiyuki Nishida : Ichinosuke Suzuki