is a ''
shōjo''
romantic comedy
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manga by
Yumiko Suzuki. It was published by
Kodansha in the magazine ''
Mimi'' from 1988 to 1992 and collected in seven ''
tankōbon
is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or ...
'' volumes. The series was adapted as an
anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
OVA
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...
produced by
Ajia-do that was released in 1990, an 11-episode live-action television series broadcast on
Fuji TV
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in 1993, and a theatrical movie released in 1995. In 1989, the manga won the
Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo.
It is the story of Reiko Shiratori, a
nouveau-riche girl from the countryside, who enters a Tokyo university to pursue ordinary college student Tetsuya Akimoto.
Television dramas
1989 cast
*
Honami Suzuki
is a Japanese actress.
Career
Suzuki began acting after high school and debuted at age 19 in the television drama ''Asobi Ja Nai No Yo, Kono Koi Wa'' (TBS, 1986).
Her breakthrough came in 1991 with the role of Rika in the Fuji TV television ad ...
as Reiko Shiratori
* Makoto Nonomura as Tetsuya Akimoto
1993 cast
*
Yasuko Matsuyuki
is a Japanese actress and singer signed to Stardust Promotion.
Biography
Yasuko Matsuyuki was born in 1972 in Tosu, Saga. In 1989, while she was in high school, Matsuyuki won a Non-no fashion magazine contest. After graduating from Tosu Commer ...
as Reiko Shiratori
*
Masato Hagiwara
is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and professional mahjong player.
Biography
When Hagiwara was three years old, his parents divorced and he was taken in by his father. However, his father died when he was in the fourth grade, and was th ...
as Tetsuya Akimoto
2016 cast
*
Mayuko Kawakita
is a Japanese-American
actress and model, known for her role as Rena on '' Fashion Story: Model'', Nippon Television variety show ''Hirunandesu!'', and ''Sekai no Hatemade Itte Q!''. She is the 2003 winner of the Japan Bishōjo Contest which i ...
as Reiko Shiratori
* Masaru Mizuno as Tetsuya Akimoto
Original video animation
Cast
*
Maria Kawamura
, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Setagaya, Tokyo. Kawamura is a freelancer and a former affiliate of Arts Vision. In 1991, she married manga artist Mamoru Nagano.
Filmography
Television an ...
as Reiko Shiratori
*
Kenyu Horiuchi
is a Japanese voice actor. In 2002 he founded his own voice acting management office, Kenyu Office. He is best known for dubbing over Brad Pitt (Horiuchi met Pitt at Japan's Premiere of '' Bullet Train''), Charlie Sheen, Ben Stiller, Ben Affleck ...
as Tetsuya Akimoto
References
External links
*
Entry at J-dorama.com(live-action TV show)
1988 manga
1990 anime OVAs
1995 anime films
Ajia-do Animation Works
Fuji TV dramas
Japanese television dramas based on manga
Kodansha manga
Romantic comedy anime and manga
Shōjo manga
Japanese romantic comedy films
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