Details
Title: ヤスコとケンジ
Title (romaji): Yasuko to Kenji
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 13.0 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2008-Jul-12 to 2008-Sep-20
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song: Amagasa by TOKIO
Synopsis
TOKIO's Masahiro Matsuoka will star in a new NTV drama series called "Yasuko to Kenji." It is based on a comical manga by artist Aruko that was serialized in Bessatsu Margaret between April 2005 and November 2006.
The show focuses on a man named Kenji and his younger sister Yasuko, whose parents died in an accident 10 years earlier. Kenji was once the leader of a gang, but in order to support him and his sister, he began making a living as a shojo mangaka. His character normally wears glasses and appears to be a gentle guy, but he throws off his glasses and reverts to his violent side whenever he tries to protect Yasuko from danger. Part of the story follows Yasuko's romance with an intelligent and good-looking man named Jun Tsubaki. Jun's older sister Erika now runs a flower shop, but Erika was once a leader of a female gang, and she used to be in love with Kenji during those days. --Tokyograph
Cast
Matsuoka Masahiro as Oki Kenji
Hirosue Ryoko as Tsubaki Erika
Tabe Mikako as Oki Yasuko
Yagi Yuki as young Yasuko
Okura Tadayoshi as Tsubaki Jun
Yamaguchi Sayaka as Miyazono Kaori
Uchiyama Shinji as Mosu
Watabe Gota as Ajidasu
Higashi Ayu as Aki
Egashira Yui (江頭由衣) as Chisato
Kojima Haruna as Shingyoji Hiyoko
Nishida Natsumi as Rumi
Matsumoto Kana as Ayame
RIKIYA as Aota
HIRO as Akagawa
Shima Daisuke as Shibuya Masaru
Sakurai Atsuko as Hoshikawa Yukiko
Production Credits
Original writing (manga): Yasuko to Kenji by Aruko
Screenwriters: Yamaura Masahiro (山浦雅大) (ep1,4,6,8,10), Watanabe Yusuke (渡辺雄介) (ep2,5,7), Oishi Tetsuya (ep3,9)
Producers: Ogino Tetsuhiro (荻野哲弘), Chiba Yukitoshi (千葉行利), Mita Manami (三田真奈美)
Directors: Otani Taro (ep1-2,5,8,10), Naganuma Makoto (ep3-4,7), Honma Miyuki (本間美由紀) (ep6,9)
Music: Oshima Michiru
Yasuko to Kenji
