Keito Tsuna is cast for the lead role in TBS drama series “Renai no Susume.” He will be joined by Kyoya Honda, Wataru Ichinose, and Jiei Wakabayashi in major supporting character roles. Story for “Renai no Susume” is a teen romantic-comedy set at a strict high school that forbids dating for their students. Keito Tsuna will play student Keisuke Otori who challenges his school’s ban on dating.
“Renai no Susume” first airs November 21, 2023 in Japan.
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Teaser poster and release date set for Disney+ drama series “Dragons of Wonder Hatch” starring Sena Nakajima and Daiken Okudaira. The drama series features an original fantasy-adventure screenplay that mixes live-action and animation. In the drama series, Sena Nakajima plays high school student Nagi and Daiken Okudaira plays dragon rider Tyme, who lives in the world Upananta. These two people somehow meet.
“Dragons of Wonder Hatch” will be available to stream from December 20, 2023.
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Rui Tsukishima and Soya Kurokawa are cast in TBS live-action drama series “Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san.” The youth romantic-comedy drama series is based on the manga of same name by Soichiro Yamamoto and directed by Rikiya Imaizumi (“Little Nights, Little Love“). Netflix will also stream the drama series at a later point after the drama series airs. Filming for “Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san” took place around Shodo Island, Kagawa Prefecture and is now in post production editing.
“Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san” will first air March, 2024 in Japan.
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Kasumi Arimura and Kentaro Sakaguchi are cast in Netflix drama series “Beyond Goodbye.” The romance drama series is scripted by Yoshikazu Okada and directed by Hiroshi Kurosaki. Screenwriter Yoshikazu Okada, Director Hiroshi Kurosaki, and Kasumi Arimura previously worked together in 2017 NHK drama series “Hiyokko” and its 2019 NHK drama series sequel “Hiyokko 2.” For the drama series “Beyond Goodbye,” Kasumi Arimura and Kentaro Sakaguchi will play two people who meet and are connected by a person from their past.
Release date for “Beyond Goodbye” has not yet been set.
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Ryoko Shinohara and Ikusaburo Yamazaki are cast in TV Tokyo drama series “Hyena.” The drama series is a remake of 2020 SBS drama series “Hyena” starring Kim Hye-Soo and Ju Ji-Hoon. The TV Tokyo drama series version will revolve around two lawyers played by Ryoko Shinohara and Ikusaburo Yamazaki. Although they work and compete in the same industry, they come from different backgrounds.
“Hyena” will first air October 20, 2023 in Japan (takes over TV Tokyo’s Friday 8PM time slot after “Black Postman“).
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Mayu Hotta & Riku Hagiwara are cast in TV Asahi drama series “Tatoe Anata wo Wasuretemo.” The romance drama series is scripted by Taeko Asano (“Tsuki no Koibito ~Moon Lovers~“) and directed by Kentaro Otani & Akihiko Takaishi. The drama series will follow the relationship of piano instructor Miri Kono (Mayu Hotta) and food truck operator Sora Aoki (Riku Hagiwara). Sora Aoki also has a type of dissociative amnesia that makes it difficult for him to remember things.
“Tatoe Anata wo Wasuretemo” will first air October 22, 2023 in Japan.
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Daiki Shigeoka & Yuko Araki are cast in TV Asahi live-action drama series “Tanshin Hanabi.” The drama series is based on manga series “Tanshin Hanabi: Sakuragi Shun no Tanshin Funin Kagoshima” by Takashi Iwashige. In “Tanshin Hanabi,” Daiki Shigeoka & Yuko Araki will play Shun Sakuragi & Hana Takeda respectively. They are first loves from their junior high school days and meet again as adults. Both are married.
“Tanshin Hanabi” will first air October 14, 2023 in Japan.
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Kyoko Saito is cast for her first starring role in TV Asahi drama series “Nukarumi no Shokutaku.” The drama series is based on webcomic “Nukarumi no Shokutaku” by Inako. Kyoko Saito, who is a member of idol group Hinatazaka46, will play lead character Mia Nejiki. She is a young woman who is involved in an affair with the manager at her supermarket workplace.
“Nukarumi no Shokutaku” will first air October 21, 2023 in Japan.
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Trailer and poster added for movie “Ichiko” starring Hana Sugisaki & Ryuya Wakaba. The film will screen at the upcoming 28th Busan International Film Festival (October 4-13, 2023) in the Jiseok Section. Movie is directed by Akihiro Toda (“The Name“). The movie “Ichiko,” follows a man who searches for his girlfriend who disappeared the day after he proposed to her. He then learns about her traumatic past.
“Ichiko” will be released December 8, 2023 in Japan.
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Fuma Kikuchi is cast in NTV live-action drama series “Zeicho.” The drama series is based on manga series “Zeicho!: Nouzeika Daisan Shuunoukakari” by Yui Shin. For the live-action drama series version, Fuma Kikuchi will play main character Soichiro Aiba. He works as a tax collector at city hall and tries to find ways to help people, while collecting overdue tax payments.
“Zeicho: Haraenai ni wa Wake ga Aru” first airs October 14, 2023 in Japan.
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