''A Girl & Three Sweethearts'', known as in Japan, is a 2016
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 ...
, starring
Mirei Kiritani
is a Japanese actress, model, and news anchor. She appeared in the film ''Heroine Shikkaku'', ''Kimi ni Todoke'', ''Usagi Drop'', and ''Arakawa Under the Bridge''. She also appeared in the drama '' Andō Lloyd: A.I. knows Love?'', ''Gunshi Kanb ...
,
Kento Yamazaki
is a Japanese actor and model. He is best known for his roles in the films '' L DK'' (2014), ''Heroine Shikkaku'' (2015), ''Orange'' (2015), and ''Kingdom'' (2019), as well as the TV shows ''Death Note'' (2015), '' Kiss That Kills'' (2018), '' ...
,
Shohei Miura
is a Japanese actor and fashion model. He belongs to the talent agency Burning Production.
Career
In 2007, Miura joined the 20th Junon Superboy Contest, and won the Photogenic Award as well as the Ideal Lover Award. Before he won these awards ...
and
Shūhei Nomura
is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, and is of one-quarter Chinese descent and speaks fluent Chinese. In 2009, he was selected from about 30,000 applicants as the winner of the Nationwide Amuse Audition.
Career
Filmogr ...
. It aired on every Monday at 21:00 (
JST) on
Fuji Television
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today is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. Odaiba was initially b ...
beginning July 11, 2016 and ending on September 19, 2016.
Cast
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Mirei Kiritani
is a Japanese actress, model, and news anchor. She appeared in the film ''Heroine Shikkaku'', ''Kimi ni Todoke'', ''Usagi Drop'', and ''Arakawa Under the Bridge''. She also appeared in the drama '' Andō Lloyd: A.I. knows Love?'', ''Gunshi Kanb ...
as Misaki Sakurai
** A hardworking patissier who just got laid off, she bumps into her old crush Chiaki Shibasaki and ends up working for his family restaurant Sea Sons while moving in with him and his two brothers.
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Kento Yamazaki
is a Japanese actor and model. He is best known for his roles in the films '' L DK'' (2014), ''Heroine Shikkaku'' (2015), ''Orange'' (2015), and ''Kingdom'' (2019), as well as the TV shows ''Death Note'' (2015), '' Kiss That Kills'' (2018), '' ...
as Kanata Shibasaki
** The second Shibasaki brother, head chef of Sea Sons. He is very stoic, but his culinary skills are well known. His half-sister is Manami Nishijima.
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Shohei Miura
is a Japanese actor and fashion model. He belongs to the talent agency Burning Production.
Career
In 2007, Miura joined the 20th Junon Superboy Contest, and won the Photogenic Award as well as the Ideal Lover Award. Before he won these awards ...
as Chiaki Shibasaki
** The eldest Shibasaki brother and Misaki's old crush. He owns and operates several restaurants including Sea Sons, the restaurant passed down to him and his brothers from his father after he died. He used to date Kaede Takatsuki, but they broke up after she moved away to study abroad in Boston. He hides many secrets in hopes to protect his family.
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Shūhei Nomura
is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, and is of one-quarter Chinese descent and speaks fluent Chinese. In 2009, he was selected from about 30,000 applicants as the winner of the Nationwide Amuse Audition.
Career
Filmogr ...
as Touma Shibasaki
** The youngest Shibasaki brother, a free spirit and womanizer. He quits culinary school without telling his brothers and questions what to do with his life.
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Sakurako Ohara
is a Japanese actress and pop singer under Victor Entertainment. Her father is narrator Naochika Hayashida.
Filmography Television Series
Film
Theatre
Discography Albums
Singles
Video albums
References
External links
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as Manami Nishijima
** Kanata's half-sister. Her mother is suffering from a rare disease.
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Kenta Hamano
is a Japanese musician, composer, and actor who is represented by the talent agency Kakubarhythm. He played the trombone in the band Sakerock.
Filmography
TV dramas
Video on demand
Film
Video games
Dubbing
*''Soul
In many religiou ...
as Nobuyuki Himura
** Chiaki's good friend from college.
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Hinako Sano
''Weekly Playboy'' (Shueisha) (August 20, 2013) is a Japanese actress, model, and gravure idol who is affiliated with Horipro.
Biography
Before becoming an actress, Sano was a magazine model. She appeared in the photo collection ''Hare Nochi Tsui ...
as Mikako Okuda
** Nobuyuki's girlfriend.
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Marie Iitoyo
is a Japanese actress and fashion model.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video on demand
Japanese dub
Publications
Fashion Magazines
* ''Niko☆Puchi''(April 2009 issue - June 2011 issue) - Exclusive model
* '' Nicola''(June 2011 is ...
as Fuka Ninomiya
** Touma's girlfriend. She is concerned about Touma's welfare.
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Nanao as Kaede Takatsuki
** Chiaki's ex-girlfriend and aspiring pianist. She has a complicated past she hides from Chiaki so he won't get hurt, but still loves him.
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Kōtarō Yoshida as Ryo Higashimura
** Head of a major restaurant chain, he wants to take over Sea Sons from the Shibasaki brothers and he's not afraid of using nefarious means to do so.
Episodes
Remark
* Episode 7 was not aired on Monday, August 22, 2016, due to broadcast of the
2016 Summer Olympics
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in
Rio de Janeiro
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,
Brazil
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(7:00 p.m. to 9:54 p.m.
Japan consortium
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program). This episode was scheduled to be aired on Monday August 29, 2016
International broadcast
In Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Mongolia, the drama is broadcast on
WakuWaku Japan
WakuWaku Japan (stylized as WAKUWAKU JAPAN) was a Japanese pay television channel that broadcast Japanese programs to overseas viewers in Asia. The channel broadcast programming in Japanese, as well as translated versions in Indonesian, Mandari ...
with a variety of subtitles under the title, ''A Girl and Three Sweethearts''.
References
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2016 in Japanese television
Japanese drama television series
2016 Japanese television series debuts
2016 Japanese television series endings
Fuji TV dramas
Japanese romantic comedy television series
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