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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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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