''A Girl & Three Sweethearts'', known as in Japan, is a 2016

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, starring

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. It aired on every Monday at 21:00 ( JST) on

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beginning July 11, 2016 and ending on September 19, 2016.

Cast

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. *

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. *

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. *

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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as Manami Nishijima ** Kanata's half-sister. Her mother is suffering from a rare disease. *

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as Nobuyuki Himura ** Chiaki's good friend from college. *

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as Mikako Okuda ** Nobuyuki's girlfriend. *

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as Fuka Ninomiya ** Touma's girlfriend. She is concerned about Touma's welfare. * 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. * 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

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(7:00 p.m. to 9:54 p.m.

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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

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with a variety of subtitles under the title, ''A Girl and Three Sweethearts''.

References

External links

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