Rio Uchida is a Japanese actress who was born on September 27, 1991, in Tokyo, Japan. She played Kiriko Shijima, the main female lead of the fantasy, sci-fi, and action-themed “Kamen Rider” TV series and associated spin-off movies in 2014-2015. In 2018, she appeared in the dramas “Princess Jellyfish” and “Ossan’s Love,” scooping the Best Supporting Actress prize at the Nikkei Sports Drama Grand Prix awards for the latter.

Rio Uchida

TV Asahi

Soichi Haruta (Tanaka Kei) and Ryota Maki (Hayashi Kento), a newlywed couple who survived a complex love triangle with Soichi's former boss Musashi Kurosawa (Yoshida Kotaro), finally reunite after being separated by pandemic travel restrictions. As they settle into married life, work pressures and household chores begin to strain their relationship. When they hire a housekeeping service, they are stunned to discover the housekeeper is none other than the recently retired Musashi Kurosawa. With the potential return of their past love triangle, their marital bliss is suddenly thrown into question. This is a follow-up to "Ossan's Love" and related titles, a 2024 Japanese drama series directed by Yuki Saito, Toichiro Ruto, and Daisuke Yamamoto.

Ossan’s Love Returns

Love Reborn Team

At thirty-three, Soichi Haruta (Kei Tanaka) lives an unremarkable life as a real estate employee, struggling with relationships and still residing with his parents. When his mother decides to stop supporting him, Soichi is forced to become independent. His co-worker Ryota Maki (Kento Hayashi) offers him a place to stay, and Soichi gratefully accepts, enjoying Ryota's excellent housekeeping skills. However, the situation becomes complicated when Ryota reveals his long-standing romantic feelings for Soichi. Adding to the complexity, Soichi's boss, Musashi Kurosawa (Kotaro Yoshida), also confesses his love for him. Caught between two men's affections, Soichi must navigate this unexpected love triangle and understand his own emotions. This groundbreaking drama explores the challenges of love, self-discovery, and personal growth. "Ossan's Love S1" is a 2018 Japanese romantic comedy drama directed by Saito Yuki and Toichiro Ruto.

Ossan’s Love

Unexpected Love Team

A year ago, coworkers Soichi Haruta (Kei Tanaka) and Ryota Maki (Kento Hayashi) found love, but their relationship faces challenges when Soichi returns to the office where his former boss Musashi Kurosawa (Kotaro Yoshida) still works. With Ryota transferred to headquarters, tensions rise as a project team arrives, bringing unexpected complications. An accident causes Musashi to lose his memories of Soichi, leading him to fall in love with Soichi all over again. As attractive teammates create friction between Soichi and Ryota, their relationship is put to the test. This follow-up to "Ossan's Love" explores the complexities of love and memory in the workplace. "Ossan's Love The Movie～LOVE or DEAD" is a 2019 Japanese movie directed by Ruto Toichiro.

Ossan’s Love The Movie～LOVE or DEAD

the ginger ale team

When Shizuku Tachibana (Yuko Araki), Yori Suzuki (Ryo Yoshizawa), and Subaru Tojo (Yosuke Sugino) were young children, they were firm friends with a shared dream: They all wanted to become famous.

But as they grew older, their families moved away and they lost contact with one another.

Celebrity dreams have come true for two of the three, with Shizuku Tachibana now a successful model and Subaru Tojo embarking on an acting career. Only Yori Suzuki has failed to make it big. Now a high school student, he decides he will stop at nothing in his quest to also become a star – and also reunite with Shizuku Tachibana, as he harbors a secret admiration for her.

He manages to transfer to the school she attends and also manages to land a role as a production assistant on a commercial she is shooting. By a stroke of luck, he manages to appear in the ad – developing phenomenal popularity overnight as a result.

Can he capitalize on his sudden success, and find a way to win Shizuku Tachibana’s heart – even after Subaru Tojo (who also has feelings for her) reappears on the scene?

This drama was based on a 2014 manga series of the same name.

“Anokono Toriko” is a 2018 Japanese movie that was directed by Ryo Miyawaki.

Anokono Toriko

Two Lovers Team

Fuji TV

Tsukimi Kurashita (Kyoko Yoshine) lost her mother to illness while she was still a young girl. Her enduring memory of her mother is jellyfish – after an emotional visit to an aquarium with her mother. Ever since, she has been completely obsessed with these aquatic creatures.

She lives in a Tokyo apartment with a group of young women on the fringes of society, most of whom have little or no romantic experience, shun outsiders, and are unemployed.

Tsukimi Kurashita dreams of escaping this dreary apartment and her housemates. She wants to retreat into her own world and become an illustrator.

But her life is sent on a brand new course on the fateful day when she quarrels with an uppity pet store clerk about a jellyfish, which she believes may be on the verge of death.

A remarkable looking stranger intervenes: a stunning beauty queen (who later turns out to be a cross-dressing man): Kuranosuke Koibuchi (Koji Seto). The stranger buys the jellyfish for Tsukimi Kurashita, who repays the favor by letting this exotic beauty stay with her at the apartment – much to the disdain of her housemates.

But the chaos has only just begun, as both Koibuchi Kuronosuke and his brother Koibuchi Shu (Asuka Kudo) slowly begin to fall for Tsukimi Kurashita…

This drama was based on a hit manga series of the same name, and also spawned an animated series and a 2014 live-action film.

“Princess Jellyfish” is a 2018 Japanese drama series that was directed by Ishikawa Junichi.

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