The daughter of a genius shogi player channels the pain of her father's abandonment and her mother's death to become an elite competitor.
Miss King (Season 1)
Episode 1 (Episode 1) 9.6
Air date: 2025-09-29
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A shogi player becomes obsessed with winning and leaves his family. Many years later, his daughter Asuka sees his success and takes drastic action.
Episode 2 (Episode 2)
Air date: 2025-10-06
Runtime: 31 min
Overview: Asuka despairs when she is falsely accused of robbery at her workplace and arrested. Her half-brother arrives and offers to help on one condition.
Episode 3 (Episode 3)
Air date: 2025-10-13
Runtime: 34 min
Overview: Intent on becoming the first female regular professional shogi player, Asuka enters an amateur tournament but loses. She begins training under Todou.
Episode 4 (Episode 4)
Air date: 2025-10-20
Runtime: 31 min
Overview: Asuka worries that misfortune will continue to befall those around her if she continues with shogi. Todou recalls his tragic past with the game.
Episode 5 (Episode 5) 6.0
Air date: 2025-10-27
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: Asuka joins another female shogi player named Yuna for a meal and hears about the pressure she is facing to give up playing shogi after marriage.
Episode 6 (Episode 6)
Air date: 2025-11-03
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: Todou visits the shogi association to get Asuka's ban repealed, but Kaori denies him. Later, he and Asuka visit a former shogi association president.
Episode 7 (Episode 7)
Air date: 2025-11-10
Runtime: 31 min
Overview: Amid the tabloid scandal, Shoichi tells the shogi association that Asuka is his daughter. Meanwhile, Asuka attempts the kishi admission test.
Episode 8 (Episode 8)
Air date: 2025-11-17
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Asuka receives a manuscript of the content that was removed from Shoichi’s autobiography and learns the true reason why he walked out on his family.
