Anne Nakamura & Yu Yokoyama cast in NTV-YTV drama “Yakusoku”

Anne Nakamura & Yu Yokoyama are cast in NTV-YTV drama series “Yakusoku.” The crime-mystery drama series features an original screenplay that will have the two leads play detectives. Anne Nakamura will play Aoi Kiriyuu. She is a detective and returns to her hometown after 16 years to prove her father’s innocence. Yu Yokoyama will play Kei Kosaka. He works with her on the case and also watches over her.

“Yakusoku” will first air April 11, 2024 (takes over NTV’s Thursday 23:59 time slot after “Time Traveler’s Disease“).

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: When Aoi Kiriyuu (Anne Nakamura) was a child, her mother died and her father then raised her alone in their suburban town. During the year 2008, a series of murders took place. One of the victims was the younger sister of a classmate that Aoi Kiriyuu liked. Aoi Kiriyuu was the person who found the body of her classmate’s younger sister. Aoi Kiriyuu was so traumatized by the discovery that she lost some of her memories just before the incident. Making things worse, Aoi Kiriyuu’s father was arrested as the serial killer. With no one left around her, Aoi Kiriyuu left her hometown.

Now, 16 years later, Aoi Kiriyuu has become a detective. She returns to her hometown to prove her father’s innocence, but another incident takes place. Detective Aoi Kiriyuu and her buddy detective Kei Kosaka (Yu Yokoyama) chases after the truth behind the case. She soon learns the hidden faces of her ex-classmates from her youth.