Details
Title: ランチの女王
Title (romaji): Lunch no Joou
Also known as: The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine / Lunch Queen
Genre: Food, romance, comedy
Episodes: 12
Viewership ratings: 18.91
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2002-Jul-01 to 2002-Sep-16
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme song: Joy to the World by Three Dog Night
Synopsis
Natsumi loves lunch. By chance she starts working for "Kitchen Macaroni", posing as the fiance of the owner's eldest son, Kenichiro. Kenichiro's father Kenzo and his three younger brothers - Yujiro, Junzaburo, and Koshiro - run the restaurant, famous for its omelet. Also working at the restaurant are Mamoru, a chef, and Minoru, a live-in apprentice cook. Not everyone has a liking to Natsumi at first, but over time they will surely fall in love with her...
Cast
Takeuchi Yuko as Mugita Natsumi
Eguchi Yosuke as Nabeshima Yujiro
Tsumabuki Satoshi as Nabeshima Junzaburo
Ito Misaki as Shiomi Tomato
Yamashita Tomohisa as Nabeshima Koshiro
Yamada Takayuki as Ushijima Minoru
Eita as Sakai Noboru
Morita Go as Shuji (ex-Natsumi-san lover)
Takubo Issei as Kawabata Mamoru
Umemiya Masako as Yamashiro Hidemi
Wakabayashi Go as Nabeshima Kenzo
Tsutsumi Shinichi as Nabeshima Kenichiro
Hiraguri Atsumi (平栗あつみ) as Tsuruno Yoshie
Obara Masato (小原雅人) as Kameda Tsuyoshi
Morita Atsuko (森田敦子) as Ida Noriko
Sudo Hiroko (須藤寛子) as Kuriyama Miki
Suzuki Emi as Yumi
Ishii Satomi (石井里弥) as Nanae
Takaki Maiko as Aya
Yamaguchi Kaori as Shizuka
Takaki Kayo (鷹城佳世) as Yuko
Shinozaki Haruku (篠崎はるく) as Eri
Guests
Sakai Toshiya (ep1)
Osugi Ren (ep1,12)
Kiritani Kenta as Maggie (ep3,8)
Seto Yoichiro (ep3)
Moro Morooka (ep3,4)
Inoue Yuina (井上結菜) (ep3,4)
Okada Kohki (ep3,10)
Miyata Daizo (ep3)
Ishibashi Tamotsu (ep5)
Toyohara Kosuke (ep5-7)
Hanahara Teruko as Negi-ba (ep5,8)
Nakajima Hiroko (ep6)
Hirota Ryohei (ep6)
Kubota Yusuke (久保田優輔) (ep6)
Kamada Hiromitsu (鎌田拓充) (ep6)
Ishiguro Ken (ep7)
Kamiji Yusuke (ep7)
Ito Masayuki (ep9)
Fujino Eiji (藤野栄治) (ep10)
Ueda Koichi (ep10-11)
Sato Eriko as Kirishima Nagisa (ep11)
Fujii Kana (藤井佳奈) (ep11-12)
Nakamaru Shinsho (ep12)
Otaka Akira (ep12)
Production Credits
Screenwriters: Omori Mika, Takeda Juri (ep2-3), Futa tsuki Yumi (二木結希) (ep1)
Producers: Yamaguchi Masatoshi, Genouzono Yoshimasa
Directors: Mizuta Narihide, Kawamura Yasuhiro, Karaki Akihiro (唐木希浩), Shirakawa Tsukasa (白川士)
Music: Yoshimata Ryo
