February 16 2022

Juri Ueno cast in TBS drama “Jizoku Kanona Koi Desuka”

Juri Ueno is cast for the lead role in TBS drama series “Jizoku Kanona Koi Desuka.” Also cast for major supporting character roles are Kei TanakaHayato IsomuraHaruka Igawa and Yutaka Matsushige. The drama series is scripted by  Tomoko Yoshizawa (“Prayers in the Emergency Room“). Juri Ueno will play Kyoka Sawada. She works as a yoga instructor and beings to look for a marriage partner.

“Jizoku Kanona Koi Desuka” first airs April, 2022 in Japan (takes over TBS’ Tuesday 10PM time slot after “Fight Song“).

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Kyoka Sawada (Juri Ueno) works as a yoga instructor. Her mother died two years ago and she moved in with her father Rintaro Sawada (Yutaka Matsushige) afterwards. Rintaro Sawada works as a Japanese language scholar. His only interest now is in the study of the Japanese language. After his wife died, his life seems to have no energy.

Kyoka Sawada gets into arguments with her father Rintaro Sawada constantly and she is also burdened with taking care of him. Kyoka Sawada wants to have a life where she can focus on herself. Due to everything around her, Kyoka Sawada doesn’t care about getting married. But, one day, Rintaro Sawada finds a divorce document among his late wife’s belongings. This pushes Rintaro Sawada into wanting to remarry. He also pushes his daughter Kyoka Sawada to find a marriage partner. The father and daughter begin to look for a person to marry. At this time, Kyoka Sawada meets Seita Higashimura (Kei Tanaka), who is single father with a 7-year-old son.

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