Seijitsu Kusano

Seijitsu Kusano (草野誠実, Kusano Seijitsu) is a character in the 2019 Japanese drama series Scams. He is a well-meaning young man who joins a phone scam operation and gets increasingly embroiled in the underworld. Seijitsu Kusano is portrayed by Yosuke Sugino.

Appearance
Kusano is a tall, slender, well-groomed, young Japanese man in his early to mid twenties, he has brown eyes and black hair typical of his ethnicity. He is often seen wearing smart business suits in the series.

Episode 1
Kusano meets up with his friends, Hana, Shotaro and Misaki Azuma, at the pub, he talks to them about being disheartened for not being able to find a job, despite studying four years and graduating from university. His friend Shotaro encourages him and speaks to him of getting a job in finance that pays 300,000 yen per one to two hours, however due to it being a shady business Kusano turns the offer down.

Later on he joins Shotaro in a visit to the supermarket, who steals several bundles of money from the store, the police spot and chase after the criminal, Kusano quickly steals a car from one of citizens and drives it towards Shotaro rescuing him. Shotaro's irritable behaviour causes Kusano to crash the car, he later finds himself suspended in the air. Three gang members threaten him. The leader, Ryo Yamada, tells Kusano, about a job at a phone calling centre that scams the elderly out of their money. Kusano is soon freed and takes Yamada's advice joining the scamming operation as soon as possible. When he arrives, he finds he has to under-go brutal training lead by Tokugawa, who commands the new recruits to call as many elderly people as possible for money transfers, receiving a beating for any mistakes.

Appearances
Seijitsu appears in the following episodes: