Yui Okada cast in TV Asahi drama series “Wasteful Days of High School Girls”

Yui Okada is cast for the lead role in TV Asahi drama series “Wasteful Days of High School Girls” (literal title). Also cast in major supporting character roles are Yuri Tsunematsu, Yurika Nakamura and Keita Machida. The drama series is based on webcomic “Joshi Kosei no Mudazukai” by Bino.

Plot synopsis per AsianWiki: “Wasteful Days of High School Girls” depicts the daily lives of three female high students.

Nozomu Tanaka (Yui Okada) is one of the three high school students. People call her “Baka” (“Idiot”). She isn’t timid and she can’t read between the lines. Her friends are Akane Kikuchi (Yuri Tsunematsu) and Shiori Saginomiya (Yurika Nakamura). Akane Kikuchi enjoys anime and manga. Shiori Saginomiya is extremely smart, but her emotions have dried up. These three girls are also classmates. Their homeroom teacher is Masataka Sawatari (Keita Machida).

“Wasteful Days of High School Girls” will first air January, 2020 in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Friday 11:15 PM time slot after “Time Limit Investigator 2019“).