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Japanese television drama , also called , are television programs that are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, jidaigeki, thriller ...

series that aired on

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and on Kyodo Television in 2010. It is based on a novel, ''Freeter, Ie wo Kau'' written by the Japanese author

Hiro Arikawa is a female Japanese light novelist from Kōchi, Japan. Biography Arikawa was born on June 9, 1972 in Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. She won the tenth annual Dengeki Novel Prize for new writers for ''Shio no Machi: Wish on My Precious'' ...

Cast

Kazunari Ninomiya , often called , is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, presenter and radio host. He is a member of the Japanese idol group Arashi. His career began in the entertainment industry after joining the Japanese talent agency Johnny & As ...

Naoto Takenaka is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director from Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, affiliated with From First Production. He is married to idol singer and actress Midori Kinouchi. He is also known as the voice of Samuel L. Jac ...

Atsuko Asano is a Japanese actress.
, sponichi.co.jp; accessed September 3, 2015. Upon marrying Tsutomu Uozumi, a reputed ...

Haruka Igawa is a Japanese actress and a former gravure idol. Career Igawa appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2008 film ''Tokyo Sonata'' and Shinji Aoyama's 2011 film '' Tokyo Park''. Filmography Film * ''Filament'' (2001) * '' Tokyo.sora'' (2001) * ''Dog Star ...

Reception

It won the Series Drama Grand Prix at the 2011 Tokyo Drama Awards and

won the Award for Best Actor.

References

External links

* * 2010 Japanese television series debuts 2010 Japanese television series endings Japanese drama television series Fuji TV dramas Television shows based on Japanese novels {{Japan-tv-prog-stub