Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox television Template:Nihongo is a 2015 Fuji TV Japanese television drama series starring Satomi Ishihara and Tomohisa Yamashita.[1] The drama is based on the manga series From Five to Nine by Miki Aihara.[2] It aired from 12 October 2015 to 14 December 2015 with a total of 10 episodes. The first episode received a viewership rating of 12.6% in the Kantō region.[3]
Plot
Junko Sakuraba (Satomi Ishihara) is a 29-year-old English teacher who dreams of working in New York. One day, she causes an embarrassing accident resulting in her encountering a handsome Buddhist priest during a funeral service at a temple. Hoping to never see him again, she is later deceived by her family and forced to go to a matchmaking session. The other party is none other than that priest, Takane Hoshikawa (Tomohisa Yamashita).
Cast
- Satomi Ishihara as Junko Sakuraba
- Tomohisa Yamashita as Takane Hoshikawa
- Yuki Furukawa as Satoshi Mishima
- Yuri Tsunematsu as Nene Sakuraba
- Saeko as Masako Mōri
- Rin Takanashi as Momoe Yamabuchi
- Mokomichi Hayami as Arthur Kimura (Arthur Lange in manga)
- Miyu Yoshimoto as Kaori Ashikaga
- Jun Shison as Amane Hoshikawa
- Mariko Kaga as Hibari Hoshikawa
- Kokoro Terada as Sankyu Naha