Author Ikeido Jun refutes rumors that Hanzawa Naoki is a purely fictional character with no real prototype

The 2020 annual super popular ratings champion Japanese drama "Hanzawa Naoki" has recently sparked heated discussions again. The reason is that an employee of Mitsubishi UFJ Bank named Junichi Hanzawa was rumored to be the real-life prototype of the character of Hanzawa Naoki. The rumors intensified, and the author Jun Ikeido recently had to speak out to refute the rumors, saying that the character of Hanzawa Naoki is purely fictional and has no real prototype.

·The agency commissioned by Ikeido Jun stated that although there is indeed such a person named Hanzawa in real life, and he happens to be an employee in the banking industry, he has no relationship with Hanzawa Naoki. The author has never met Jun'ichi Hanzawa, and the character of Hanzawa Naoki is purely fictional and has no other real prototype.

It seems that this is just a coincidence. It is probably difficult to find a "steel hero" like Hanzawa Naoki in the real workplace. The author also explained the reason for the name "Hanzawa Naoki". "Hanzawa" comes from the name of a friend he respects, and "Naoki" is just a name he likes.