In Yokoku Satsujin, the 2019 TV Asahi Japanese adaptation of A Murder is Announced, Hachiya Machi (八矢万智 - Machi Hachiya in Western format) is the wife of the local pastor Hachiya Monma and the direct parallel of ("Bunch") from the original novel. Machi is nicknamed "Banchi" from the syllables in her name. She and her husband are friends of Kuroiwa Reiri and the others living at Komichi-no-yakata (Little Hall - "Little Paddocks").
Banchi has the same role in the adaptation as in the original, except that because there is no Miss Marple, Banchi has far less to do and far fewer lines. The same scene in which Bunch reads the news announcment about the murder is reproduced in this adaptation but here, "Banchi" seems more concerned about it than Bunch who knew it was a game. Banchi's husband "Hamon" has to explain to her how the murder game works.
The part of "Banchi" is played by Yamaguchi Kaori (山口香緒里).