Airi Suzuki and Ryota Katayose are cast in new TV Tokyo drama series “Oshi ga Joshi ni Narimashite.” The drama series is based on the webcomic of same name by Yuki Azuma & Ito Morinaga. The romantic-comedy screenplay has Airi Suzuki play Hitomi Nakajo, who is an OL and an otaku when it comes to stage actor Toma Kiryu. To her surprise, he becomes her boss at her place of work.
“Oshi ga Joshi ni Narimashite” first airs October 4, 2023 in Japan.
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Mikako Tabe is cast for a lead role in Fuji TV drama series “Ichiban Sukina Hana.” The drama series features an original screenplay and will revolve around four people who come different backgrounds, but become friends. For Mikako Tabe, “Ichiban Sukina Hana” will be her first starring role in a Fuji TV drama series. She will play Yukue Ushio. She has had only one friend, a boy, since she was young. She then happens to meet three other people.
“Ichiban Sukina Hana” first airs October, 2023 in Japan (takes over Fuji TV’s Thursday 10 PM time slot after “What a Wonderful World“).
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Kuranosuke Sasaki, Kyohei Takahashi, & Asuka Saito are cast in TBS drama series “My Home Hero” and movie version “My Home Hero.” The drama series and movie is based on manga series “My Home Hero” by Naoki Yamakawa. The screenplay for the drama series and movie will have Kuranosuke Sasaki play Tetsuo Tosu. He is an ordinary husband who likes to write mystery novels as a hobby. His adult aged daughter gets involved with an unscrupulous man affiliated with a crime organization. This leads Tetsuo Tosu to make a shocking and impulsive decision to save his daughter.
“My Home Hero” will first air October 24, 2023 and the movie version will be released spring, 2024.
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Hana Sugisaki is cast for the lead role in movie “52 Hertz no Kujiratachi.” The movie is based on 2020 novel “52 Hertz no Kujiratachi” by Sonoko Machida and directed by Izuru Narushima (“Solomon’s Perjury 1: Suspicion“). The novel is the winner of the 18th Japan Booksellers’ Award in 2021. For the movie version, Hana Sugisaki will play Kiko Mishima. She leaves behind her family that abused her and moves to seaside town. There, she meets a 13-year-old boy that experienced similar abuse as she did.
Filming for “52 Hertz no Kujiratachi” is currently ongoing and the movie will be released March, 2024 in Japan.
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Fumiya Takahashi and Jun Shison are cast in TBS live-action drama series “Fermat no Ryori.” The drama series is based on manga series of same name by Yugo Kobayashi. Story for “Fermat no Ryori” is centered around a highly rated restaurant where a young man played by Fumiya Takahashi begins to work. His background is in mathematics and he uses that to develop recipes.
“Fermat no Ryori” first airs October, 2023 in Japan.
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Haruka Kinami is cast in NTV live-action drama series “Sexy Tanaka-san.” The drama series is based on manga series “Sexy Tanaka San” by Hinako Ashihar. The drama series is the first starring role for Haruka Kinami in a golden prime time drama series. In “Sexy Tanaka-san,” Haruka Kinami will play Kyoko Tanaka. By day, she is an ordinary office worker and by evening she performs as a sexy belly dancer.
“Sexy Tanaka-san” will first air October, 2023 in Japan (takes over NTV’s Sunday 10:30 PM time slot after “Code Japan: The Price of Wishes“).
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Ryusei Fujii is cast in TV Asahi live-action drama series “18-sai, Niizuma, Furin Shimasu.” The drama series is based on the manga series of same name by Shiho Watanabe. In “18-sai, Niizuma, Furin Shimasu,” Ryusei Fujii will play Ko Fujimiya. He is a trusted employee of a wealthy conglomerate family. Following the wishes of the daughter from the conglomerate family, he enters into a fake marriage with her.
“18-sai, Niizuma, Furin Shimasu” first airs October, 2023 in Japan.
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Alice Hirose and Shunsuke Michieda are cast in TBS drama series “My Second Aoharu.” The drama series features an original screenplay by Ayako Kitagawa (“The Fate, I Will Deliver: True Story of Mercari“). For “My Second Aoharu,” Alice Hirose will play 30 year old Sayako Shiratama. In her past she repeatedly failed her university entrance exam and finally gave up on her dream of becoming an architect. She meets university student Taku Ogasawara (Shunsuke Michieda) who inspires her to try again.
“My Second Aoharu” will first airs October, 2023 in Japan (takes over TBS’ Tuesdays 10PM time slot after “18/40: Unbreakable Bond of Dreams“).
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Eiko Koike is cast in NTV drama series “Kotatsu ga Nai Ie.” The drama series is setup as family-comedy and is scripted by Shigeki Kaneko (“Life’s Punchline“) and directed by Satoru Nakajima (“RemoteLove“) & Syunpei Maruya (“RemoteLove“). The drama series is also the first starring role for Eiko Koike in a prime time series. For “Kotatsu ga Nai Ie,” Eiko Koike will play successful wedding planner Marie Fukabori. Although she is successful at work, at home she is surrounded by three loser males at home.
“Kotatsu ga Nai Ie” will first air October, 2023 in Japan.
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Kanata Hongo and Kana Osawa are cast in TV Tokyo drama series “Mei no Mei.” The drama series features an original screenplay by Yasuhiro Ogawa and directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu & Ryoma Ouchida. Both of the directors previously worked together in 2020 Fuji TV drama series “Pension: Love Is Pink.” For “Mei no Mei,” Kanata Hongo will play 32 year old Ozu who was born and raised in Tokyo. After his sister and his brother-in-law die in a car accident, he decides to temporarily move in with his niece, played by Kana Osawa, in Fukushima Prefecture.
“Mei no Mei” first airs September 7, 2023 in Japan.
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