{"id":22165,"date":"2025-11-23T20:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T04:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/?post_type=program&#038;p=22165"},"modified":"2025-11-20T01:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:47:55","slug":"ep_02","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/program\/royal\/ep_02\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p><\/p>\n<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;22167,22168,22169,22170&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; autoplay=&#8221;yes&#8221; hide_prev_next_buttons=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>Invited by Kozo Sanno (Koichi Sato), Eiji Kurisu (Satoshi Tsumabuki) joins Royal Human and is appointed as the exclusive secretary for the company\u2019s Horse Racing Division. Among his many duties is managing the delicate relationship with Kozo\u2019s wife, Kyoko (Hitomi Kuroki), who openly despises horse racing.<\/p>\n<p>One day, Kozo\u2019s son Yutaro (Kotaro Koizumi) challenges his father, declaring that unless the division wins at least one race in the Central Horse Racing circuit by the end of the year, it should be shut down. Kozo accepts the ultimatum and determines to secure a victory with his prized horse Royal Fight, takes Kurisu to the Miho Training Center. However, Kozo\u2019s overbearing attitude offends trainer Tadokoro, leading to a falling-out. Kurisu is then tasked with finding a new trainer immediately.<\/p>\n<p>During this struggle, Kurisu reunites in Tokyo with his former girlfriend Kanako (Wakana Matsumoto), who tells him about a talented trainer named Hironaka (Masanobu Ando). Intrigued, Kurisu decides to visit Hironaka\u2019s stable\u2015but what awaits him there will change everything.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;22167,22168,22169,22170&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; autoplay=&#8221;yes&#8221; hide_prev_next_buttons=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] Invited by Kozo Sanno (Koichi Sato), Eiji Kurisu (Satoshi Tsumabuki) joins Royal Human and is appointed as the exclusive secretary for the company\u2019s Horse Racing Division. Among his many duties is managing the delicate relationship with Kozo\u2019s wife, Kyoko (Hitomi Kuroki), who openly despises horse racing. <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/program\/royal\/ep_02\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22167,"parent":22088,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"program_category":[358],"program_tag":[],"class_list":["post-22165","program","type-program","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","program_category-358"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/22165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/program"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22165"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/22165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22219,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/22165\/revisions\/22219"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/22088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"program_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program_category?post=22165"},{"taxonomy":"program_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program_tag?post=22165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}