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Japanese television drama , also called or J-drama, are television programs that are a staple of Television in Japan, Japanese television and are broadcast daily. Format All major Television networks, TV networks in Japan produce a variety of Drama (genre), drama serie ...

series that aired on

Fuji Television JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as or , is a Japanese television station that serves the Kantō region as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System (FNS). The station is owned-and- ...

and on Kyodo Television in 2010. It is based on a novel of same name by Hiro Arikawa. It centers around a university student graduate who quitted his job only after 3 months and started living as a hikkikomori. When his mother fell ill, he determined to start working part time and take care of his mother as he saves money.

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, group that is under agent contract with Starto Entertainment. Early life Ninomiya was born in Kat ...

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. ...

* Atsuko Asano * Haruka Igawa

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 Television dramas Television shows based on Japanese novels {{Japan-tv-prog-stub