Daiki Arioka (‘Hey! Say! JUMP’) is cast for the lead role in NTV drama series “Private Detective Hoshikamo” (literal title of “Tantei☆Hoshikamo”). In the drama series, Daiki Arioka will play title character Private Detective Hoshikamo. He runs a small detective agency out of his mother’s recycle shop.
“Private Detective Hoshikamo” first airs April 26, 2021 in Japan.
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Yu Yokoyama (‘Kanjani Eight’) and Eito Kawahara are cast in TV Asahi live-action drama series “Kotaro Lives By Himself” (literal title). The drama series is based on manga series “Kotaro wa Hitorigurashi” by Mami Tsumura and directed by Kana Matsumoto (“Mother Water“). The drama series revolves around an apartment complex that has a rule forbidding children from living there.
“Kotaro Lives By Himself” first airs April, 2021 in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Saturday 10:30 PM time slot after “Can’t Write!?“).
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Yo Yoshida and Jun Kunimura are cast for lead roles in TV Tokyo drama series “Ikiru Toka Shinu Toka Chichioya Toka.” The drama series is based on essay Ikiru Toka Shinu Toka Chichioya Toka” by Jane Su. For the drama series, Yo Yoshida and Jun Kunimura will play daughter and father. The daughter decides to write an essay about her father.
“Ikiru Toka Shinu Toka Chichioya Toka” first airs April 9, 2021 in Japan.
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Hina Yukawa is cast for the lead role in WOWOW drama series “FM999: 999 Women’s Songs.” Also cast for the drama series are Takashi Okabe, Yuki Kura and Tarako. The drama series will also have Rie Miyazawa, Rina Ohta, Serena Motola, Mariko Goto, Rie Tomosaka, Aoi Yamada, Toko Miura and Yuriyan Retriever. The quirky drama series will have Hina Yukawa playing 16-year-old Kiyomi Koike. She hears a DJ in her mind, who spins music for her situations.
“FM999: 999 Women’s Songs” first airs March 29, 2021 in Japan.
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Keiko Kitagawa and Eita are cast in TBS drama series “Rikokatsu.” The drama series is scripted by Yoko Izumisawa and directed by Toshio Tsuboi. For “Rikokatsu,” Keiko Kitagawa and Eita will play newlyweds who decide to secretly get a divorce.
“Rikokatsu” first airs April, 2021 (takes over TBS’ Friday 10 PM time slot after “Story of My House“).
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Mizuki Inoue, Ryuto Sakuma, and Yuto Takahashi are cast for lead roles in TV Tokyo drama series “Dive!!” The three men are all members of boy band “HiHi Jets.” Meanwhile, the drama series “Dive!!” is based on on novel “DIVE!!” by Eto Mori. 2008 film “Dive!!” is also based on the same novel.
“Dive!!” first airs April, 2021 in Japan.
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Marika Matsumoto is cast for the lead role in WOWOW drama series “Mukou no Hate.” The crime-mystery drama series will be directed by Eiji Uchida. For “Mukou no Hate” Marika Matsumoto will play Ritusko Ikematsu. She is arrested for the murder of a novelist.
“Mukou no Hate” will consist of 8 episodes and first airs May 14, 2021 in Japan.
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Alan Shirahama (“EXILE”/”Generations from Exile Tribe”) is cast for the lead role in TV Asahi drama series “Don’t Cry Doctor-In-Training” (literal title). The drama series is based on 2019 novel “Nakuna Kenshui” by Yujiro Nakayama. In the drama series, Alan Shirahama will play intern Ryuji Ameno. He came from the countryside and now works at a hospital in Tokyo. He struggles as a doctor-in-training.
“Don’t Cry Doctor-In-Training” first airs April, 2021.
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Masaki Suda is cast for the lead role in NTV drama series “Konto ga Hajimaru.” Kasumi Arimura, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Taiga Nakano, and Kotone Furukawa are also cast for the drama. The drama series will revolve around 5 people, with the three actors playing members of an unpopular comedy trio and the two actresses playing sisters. The drama series is scripted by Shigeki Kaneko and directed by Ryuichi Inomata & Ko Kanai.
“Konto ga Hajimaru” will first air April, 2021 in Japan (takes over NTV’s Saturday 10 PM time slot after “Red Eyes“).
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Meru Nukumi is cast for the lead role in NTV drama series “Oshare no Kotae ga Wakaranai.” Also cast in the drama series are Ryuji Sato, Yuuka Suzuki and Kenta Hamano. Meru Nukumi will play university student Akane Kinomiya. She decides to visit a beauty salon after Yuto Tominaga (Ryuji Sato) comments that she looks plain.
“Oshare no Kotae ga Wakaranai” first airs February 28, 2021 in Japan.
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