- Tokyo Friends
Infobox Television
show_name = Tokyo Friends
caption = "Tokyo Friends" DVD cover
genre =Romantic Comedy
creator =
developer =
presenter =
starring =Ai Otsuka Eita Rio Matsumoto Masanobu Katsumura
Yoko Maki
Mao KobayashiRyuta Sato
voices =
narrated =
theme_music_composer =
opentheme = nihongo|Friends|フレンズ
endtheme =
country = JPN
language = Japanese
num_seasons =
num_episodes = 5
list_episodes =
producer =Ueda Hiroki
executive_producer =
location =
camera =Multiple-camera setup
runtime = 46 min. (approx)
network = TBS
picture_format =
audio_format =
first_run =June 3 2005
(DVD release only)
first_aired =
last_aired =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
related =
website = http://tokyofriends.jp/index.html
imdb_id =
tv_com_id =nihongo|"Tokyo Friends"|東京フレンズ|Tōkyō furenzu is a
Japanese television drama released onJune 3 ,2005 . Unlike many other dramas, it was never aired on TV but rather released as aDVD set; 3 DVDs to be exact. Volumes one and two contains the first 4 episodes while volume three contains the last episode. Each episode is approximately 70 minutes.The Tokyo Friends Premium Box was also released which includes all 5 episodes, a bonus DVD, and 12 postcards. Although this is a very typical Tokyo-story and was never aired on TV, it was quite successful probably because it was
Ai Otsuka 's debut as an actress.Plot
Rei Iwatsuki moved from her hometown Kōchi to
Tokyo to pursue her dreams. On arrival, she found a job as a waitress in a restaurant and met guitarist Ryuuji Shintani. Ryuuji liked her voice and invited her to join his band as the vocalist, The Survival Company (also known as Sabakan). The two started a relationship but then broke off when Rei wanted to write her own songs.Rei met other girls also working in the restaurant, Hirono, Ryoko and Maki, all in pursuit of their own dreams, and became good friends with all of them.
Cast
* Rei Iwatsuki -
Ai Otsuka
* Ryuuji Shintani -Eita
* Hirono Hayama -Rio Matsumoto
* Kazuo Sasakawa -Masanobu Katsumura
* Ryoko Fujiki - Yoko Maki
* Maki Abiko - Mao Kobayashi
* Kenichi Satomi -Ryuta Sato
* Hidetoshi Tanaka -Yuuta Hiraoka
* Kohashi -Kuranosuke Sasaki
* Akemi -Mari Hoshino
* Wataru Iwatsuki -Kei Tanaka
* Keitaro Sasakawa -Kazuki Kitamura
*Hajime Okayama
*Kazuyuki Asano
* Shirakawa -Yutaka Matsushige
* Mitsuo Nagase -Shunta Nakamura
* Oku-chan -Takashi Ito
* Yoshie Sasakawa -Yuu Misaki
* Wada -Arata Furuta Tokyo Friends: The Movie
was released on DVD on
December 12 ,2006 .External links
* [http://tokyofriends.jp/index.html Official Website]
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