Posts Categorized: Japanese Dramas

Dec 13 2021

Kanata Hosoda cast in TV Asahi drama “What If There Were a High School for Ikemen Only.”

Kanata Hosoda is cast for the lead role in TV Asahi drama series “What If There Were a High School for Ikemen Only.” Also cast in the drama series are Ryubi Miyase, Taiyu Fujiwara, Sakura Endo, Rintaro Mizusawa, Shuichiro Naito & Yoshiki Fujieda. The drama series is set at a high school that has an unusually high proportion of attractive young men. This is due to the school’s desire to win the national high school ikemen (‘good looking men’) contest.

“What If There Were a High School for Ikemen Only” will first air  January 15, 2022 in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Saturday 11 PM time slot after “Kotodamasou“).

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Dec 7 2021

Arisa Mizuki is cast in TV Asahi drama “Ubai Ai, Koko Kyoshi”

Arisa Mizuki is cast for the lead role in TV Asahi drama series “Ubai Ai, Koko Kyoshi.” Also cast for supporting roles are Ryohei Otani, Nana Okada, and, Marika Matsumoto. The drama series is directed by Takashi Komatsu and scripted by Osamu Suzuki. The director and screenwriter previously worked together 2020 TV Asahi drama series “Equation To Erase The Teacher” and 2017 TV Asahi drama series “Winter, Grasping Love.”

“Ubai Ai, Koko Kyoshi” will consist of 4 episodes and air from December 27-30, 2021 in Japan.

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Dec 1 2021

Nozomi Sasaki cast in TV Tokyo drama “Youtuber ni Musume wa Yaran”

Nozomi Sasaki is cast for the lead role in TV Tokyo drama series “Youtuber ni Musume wa Yaran.” Also cast in the drama series are Nobuaki Kaneko, Junki Tozuka, Yumi Wakatsuki, and Kenichi Endo. The drama series will have Nozomi Sasaki play Chisa Taira. She gets involved in a love triangle with characters played by Nobuaki Kaneko & Junki Tozuka.

“Youtuber ni Musume wa Yaran” first airs January, 2022 in Japan.

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Nov 29 2021

Eiji Akaso & Keita Machida cast in movie “Cheri Maho The Movie”

Eiji Akaso and Keita Machida are cast in live-action film “Cheri Maho The Movie: 30sai made Dotei dato Mahotsukai ni Narerurashii.” The film is based on manga series “30sai made Dotei dato Mahotsukai ni Narerurashii” by You Toyota and is a sequel to 2020 TV Tokyo drama series “30sai made Dotei dato Mahotsukai ni Narerurashii.” Eiji Akaso and Keita Machida will reprise their lead characters Kiyoshi Adachi & Yuichi Kurosawa.

“Cheri Maho The Movie: 30sai made Dotei dato Mahotsukai ni Narerurashii” will be released April 8, 2022 in Japan. 

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Nov 22 2021

Hidekazu Mashima cast in TBS-MBS drama “Izakaya Shinkansen”

Hidekazu Mashima is cast in TBS-MBS drama series “Izakaya Shinkansen.” Hidekazu Mashima will play main character Susumu Takamiya in the drama series. His character works for an insurance company that has him traveling on short one day trips via the Shinkansen train. When he goes on his trips, he like to pick up meals to go and eat the meals on the train on his way back.

“Izakaya Shinkansen” first airs December 14, 2021 in Japan.

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Nov 18 2021

Nobuyuki Suzuki & Atsuhiro Inukai cast in NTV drama series “Kei x Yaku”

Nobuyuki Suzuki and Atsuhiro Inukai are cast in NTV-YTV drama series “Kei x Yaku.” The drama series is based on “Kei x Yaku: Abunai Aibou” by Yoshie Kaoruhara. For the drama series, Nobuyuki Suzuki will play main character Ichiro Kunishita. He is a police officer who teams up with a yakuza boss played by Atsuhiro Inukai. They pretend to be lovers, while they try to find the truth behind the disappearance of Ichiro Kunishita’s colleague, who is also the older brother of the yakuza boss.

“Kei x Yaku” first airs January 13, 2022.

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Nov 17 2021

Ryo Narita cast in NTV drama “Touboui F”

Ryo Narita is cast in NTV live-action drama series “Touboui F.” The drama series is based on manga series “Touboui F” by Keigo Izuki. For the drama series, Ryo Narita will play neurosurgeon Keisuke Fujiki. He becomes a murder suspect and becomes a fugitive.

“Touboui F” first airs January, 2022 in Japan.

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Nov 16 2021

Nozomu Kotaki cast in TV Asahi drama “Rokuhodo Yotsuiro Biyori”

Nozomu Kotaki (Johnny’s West) is cast in TV Asahi live-action drama series “Rokuhodo Yotsuiro Biyori.” The drama series is based on the manga series of same name by Yu Shimizu. The screenplay will have Nozomu Kotaki play traditional cafe proprietor Kyosui Togoku. Along with his 3 coworkers, Kyosui Togoku provides comfort to his customers while serving them meals and drinks.

“Rokuhodo Yotsuiro Biyori” will first air January, 2022 in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Saturday 11:30 PM time slot after the conclusion of “Vanishing My First Love“).

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Nov 11 2021

Haru Kuroki cast in Fuji TV drama “Gossip”

Haru Kuroki is cast for the lead role in Fuji TV drama series “Gossip.” The drama series is set within an online news website that only thinks about increasing page views. Haru Kuroki will play Ririko Seko. She is transferred to the editorial department at the online news website.

“Gossip” will first air January, 2022 (takes over Fuji TV’s Thursday 10PM time slot after “Super Rich“).

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