Kaito Takahashi from “King & Prince” is cast in TV Tokyo drama series “95.” The drama series is based on novel “95” by Kazumasa Hayami (“Our Family“). This will also mark Kaito Takahashi’s first time appearing in a TV Tokyo drama series. For “95,” Kaito Takahashi will play Akihisa Hiroshige. Set in 1995, he begins to run with a group of teamers in Shibuya.
“95” will first air April, 2024 in Japan.
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Akihisa Hiroshige (Kaito Takahashi) works for a karaoke company. When he is interviewed about the past 30 years of Japanese music industry, he gets confused when he is asked about his high school student days. An incident happened 29 years ago that caused him to suppress his memories that have now come back.
On March 20, 1995, the Tokyo subway sarin attack took place. At that time, Akihisa Hiroshige was a high school student who got good grades and was well mannered, but the Tokyo subway sarin attack led him to face the death of someone he knew and shook his world. Around that time, he was suddenly called out by his classmate Shotaro Suzuki, whom he wasn’t very close to. Shotaro Suzuki asked him if he wanted to live vacantly into his adulthood and then die? Would he be happy living that type of life? Akihisa Hiroshige then joined Shotaro Suzuki’s teamer group and hanged out with them in Shibuya. One day, Shotaro Suzuki is attacked by someone. Kaito Takahashi decides to take revenge on the attacker and begins to search for him.
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