Details
Title: プロポーズ兄弟
Title (romaji): Propose Kyodai
Format: 4-part Tanpatsu
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Genre: Romantic comedy
Viewership ratings: 08.2 (1st), 07.8 (2nd), 09.1 (3rd), 07.5 (4th)
Broadcast period: 2011-Feb-21 to 2011-Feb-24
Air time: Monday-Thursday 23:00
Theme song: Kokuhaku by FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
Overall Synopsis
This drama is a love comedy that follows 4 very different types of guys who grew up in a very normal household, a first child, a middle child, a youngest child, and an only chid. This drama portrays the transformation of the guys as they meet someone and begin to realize their own weaknesses and their strengths, and are able to find true happiness. -- Fuji TV
Cast
Yamada Family
Sato Ryuta as Yamada Ichiro (Main character for Story 1)
Taguchi Tsukasa (田口司) as young Ichiro
Koike Teppei as Yamada Jiro (Main character for Story 2)
Oshima Rio (大島璃生) as young Jiro
Nakamura Aoi as Yamada Saburo (Main character for Story 3)
Mabuchi Homare as young Saburo
Miyazaki Yoshiko as the mother of the Yamada family
Iwamatsu Ryo as the father of the Yamada family
Tanaka Family
Ito Atsushi as Tanaka Kazuo (Main character for Story 4)
Taguchi Masaki (田口正樹) as young Kazuo
Others
Morimoto Leo as the voice from above (narrator)
Tanioka Shinichi (谷岡慎一) as the wedding moderator
Story 1
Subtitle: How the first child marries
Cast
Anne as Sasaki Aya
Matsushige Yutaka as Anzai Gengoro
Asari Yosuke as Murakami Yoshinori
Emoto Tokio as Kojima Teppei
Yajima Kenichi as Aya's father
Miyata Sanae as Aya's mother
Tanaka Miharu (田中美晴) as Ichiro's ex-girlfriend 1
Aizawa Michiru (逢澤ミチル) as Ichiro's ex-girlfriend 2
Fujii Yukiyo (藤井ゆきよ) as Ichiro's ex-girlfriend 3
Kumabe Yohei as the customer who complained
Story 2
Subtitle: How the middle child marries
Cast
Sasaki Nozomi as Watanabe Minami
Toda Masahiro as Yamamoto
Nakamura Tomoya as Hashimoto
Hiraiwa Kami as Yuki
Atsushi (敦士) as Morohoshi
Harumi Shiho as Department head Kobayashi
Shikanai Daishi as Denshindo employee
Nakawaki Mikito as Denshindo employee
Sakai Koichi (堺功一) as as Denshindo Rsearch employee
Tsuneyoshi Rie as the girl Jiro breaks up with
Takahashi Haruna as the girl who confesses to Jiro
Fujiwara Reiko as Mika
Terakawa Rina as Mika's friend
Takahashi Keiko as Denshindo employee
Nagashima Terumi as the little boy fishing at the lake
Mashita Yuuki (真下有紀) as the women from the tv drama
Okada Yasushi (岡田康) as the child from the tv drama
Story 3
Subtitle: How the youngest child marries
Cast
Motokariya Yuika as Ito Mao
Mashiko Erika (増子恵里花) as young Mao
Katagiri Hairi as pet shop owner Tajima Asako
Imai Rika as Rino
Takeoka Tsunekichi (竹岡常吉) as Nakata Atsuo
Minami Arisa (南波有沙) as Mimi's owner
Yashiba Toshihiro as an interviewer
Tamura Ai as Shiro's owner
Otake Koichi (大竹浩一) as the convenience store manager
Okano Eri (岡野絵里) as Miki
Sugiura Masafumi as a CEO of a small company
Kobayashi Yumi as Aki
Iwasawa Akinori (岩澤晶範) as Saburo's classmate
Iwashimizu Kai as Saburo's classmate
CR Okamoto Monogatari (CR岡本物語) as the waiter
Hoashi Yuki (帆足友紀) as Suburo's ex-girlfriend
Kuruma Ayano (来摩綾乃) as Suburo's ex-girlfriend
Yasumuro Makiko (安室満樹子) as the middle-aged woman
Riccardo B. as the CEO of the international company
Story 4
Subtitle: How the only child marries
Cast
Becky as Suzuki Saki
Masana Bokuzo as Akiyama
Okayama Hajime as the donut eating contest referee
Toji Takao as the employee of the restaurant
Kase Takao (加瀬尊朗) as the owner of the store in Aoyama
Kosugi Moichiro (小杉茂一郎) as Suzuki Futoshi
Uchida Ruka (内田流果) as Suzuki Masashi
Kato Tsubasa (加藤翼) as Suzuki Takashi
Tani Kanon as Suzuki Shizuka
Watanabe Kunito as one of the group date member
Yoshimura Tamao (吉村玉緒) as the Suzuki family neighbor
Mizuno Tomonori (水野智則) as the blackmailed salaryman
Hirata Kaoru as Kazuo's ex-girlfriend
Goto Ken (後藤健) as the leader of the extortion group
Yamauchi Shuichi (山内秀一) as a member of the extortion group
Toku Hideki as a member of the extortion group
Suzuki Shohei (鈴木昌平) as the donut eating contest participant
Ito Ryusuke (伊藤竜翼) as Kazuo
Matsuo Yasuka as the girl who gives a love letter to Kazuo
Nakajima Kenkou (中島けんこう) as the restaurant patron
Ono Katsuyoshi (小野克好) as the staff at the reception party
Toyoda Runa (豊田留妃) as Kazuo's classmate
Ishii Kaho (石井香帆) as Kazuo's classmate
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Etou Rin
Producer: Wakamatsu Hiroki
Director: Suzuki Masayuki (Story 1,4), Namiki Michiko (Story 2), Sasaki Shota (佐々木詳太) (Story 3)
Music: Morohashi Kuniyuki (諸橋邦行)
