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by Sakuya Yamazaki which was serialized by

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which aired on

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in 2005.

Plot

Haruka is about to graduate from a first-rate college and is looking for work, but no one wants to hire her. Faced with the prospect of becoming a "shuushoku rounin" she lowers her expectations and applies at a tiny talent agency for a job as an agent. When she shows up for the interview, it's like no interview she's ever had before. She's asked all sorts of embarrassing questions and asked to say lines in front of a camera. Later she finds out that they thought she was interviewing to become a talent, and the agent position she wanted has already been given away. However, they think she has that special quality that can make someone a star. She refuses at first but gives in. Thus starts Haruka's career in the entertainment industry.From Manga Fox

TV Drama

Cast

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- Haruka Miyamae (宮前遥 ''Miyamae Haruka'') *

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- Takeshi Fukuhara (福原剛史 ''Fukuhara Takeshi'') *

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- Kouhei Sakitani (崎谷浩平 ''Sakitani Kouhei'') * Saki Seto - Yuri Sakura (佐倉ユリ ''Sakura Yuri'') *

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- Saruo Momohara (桃原猿男 ''Momohara Saruo'') *

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- Fumi'ichiro Igasaki (伊賀崎文一郎 ''Igasaki Fumi'ichiro'') * Youko Oshima - Sachiko (幸子 ''Sachiko'') * Magy - Kengo Kuriyama (栗山賢吾 ''Kuriyama Kengo'') *

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- Youichi Matsunaga (松永洋一 ''Matsunaga Youichi'') *

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- Risa Miyamae (宮前理沙 ''Miyamae Risa'') *

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- Eiko Takamura (鷹村英子 ''Takamura Eiko'') *

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- Jin Hashimoto (橋本仁 ''Hashimoto Jin'') *

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- Nanako Hasegawa (長谷川奈々子 ''Hasegawa Nanako'') * Ikeda Tsutomu - Chan (チャン) * Mioko Oikawa - Chie (チエ) *

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- Ken Kasakura (笠倉健 ''Kasakura Ken'')

Staff

* Directors - 片山修, 常廣丈太, 木村政和 * Producers - 桑田潔, 平部隆明 * Screenwriter - Youko Nagata (永田優子 ''Nagata Youko'') * Music - Kei'ichi Miyako (都啓一 ''Miyako Kei'ichi'')

Reception

References

External links

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Official website
2005 Japanese television series debuts 2005 Japanese television series endings Japanese drama television series Japanese television dramas based on manga 2004 manga Seinen manga Kodansha manga Drama anime and manga Comedy anime and manga Japanese comedy television series TV Asahi television dramas Manga adapted into television series