Kamio Fuju is a Japanese actor who was born on January 21, 1999, in Tokyo, Japan. He made his acting debut in the 2015 drama series “Mom, I’m OK.” He has since gone on to appear in movies, such as 2017’s “My Brother Loves Me Too Much,” as well as scores of hit drama series titles, including “Nippon Noir: Detective Y’s Rebellion” (2019), 2020’s “Nibiiro no Hako no Naka de,” and “Black Cinderella” in 2021.

Kamio Fuju

Fuji TV

As a standup paddleboard instructor, summer is unquestionably Natsumi Aoi’s (Nana Mori) busiest season. Living and working at a popular seaside destination, it’s only natural for Natsumi to meet people from all walks of life. Little did she know that this summer, those people would ultimately change her life forever.

As Natsumi’s childhood friend, Takumi Makino (Fuju Kamio) has always been by her side. Never leaving his seaside home, Takumi is now a carpenter who still has a knack for being around anytime Natsumi needs him. Kento Mizushima (Shotaro Mamiya), on the other hand, is an out-of-towner who also works in construction. But his major company ties and degree from a prestigious university set him miles apart from Takumi. Joining him on this seaside adventure is Osamu Sasaki (Riku Hagiwara), a second-year clinical resident and Kento’s high school best friend. Enjoying a little seaside escape of their own are Airi Takigawa (Ai Yoshikawa), Mamoru Yamauchi (Alan Shirahama), Lisa Ogura (Sawa Nimura), and Sosuke Hayakawa (Koji Mizukami).

Coming from all walks of life, this group of young people finds their fates slowly entwining during their seaside adventures. Eventually forced to confront their complex feelings and bottled-up emotions, will any of them find the one thing they’re all so desperately searching for?

Everything a seaside summer romance should be, “Cinderellas of Midsummer” is a 2023 Japanese romance drama directed by Ryo Tanaka.

Cinderellas of Midsummer

⛱️ Summer Guys Team🌞

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Yuri Kariya (Hikaru Takahashi) is a high school student who rarely has deep thoughts about anything in particular. But one day, she (literally) bumps into a boy from another class at school and falls in love with him at first sight. His name is Ryuhei Aono (Sato Shori), and the two embark on a passionate relationship. Their love story appears to be short-lived, however. Just a fortnight after meeting, Ryuhei Aono is killed in a tragic road accident. But even though they only spent two weeks together, Yuri Kariya is so distraught that she decides she cannot face another day without him…

She resolves to kill herself by slashing her wrists with a knife. But just as she is about to do so, Ryuhei Aono’s ghost appears and beseeches her to stop. She says she will do as he says, but only if he agrees to continue their relationship – albeit with him as a ghost. He agrees. But loving a ghost proves to be harder than it seems. Nobody else can see Ryuhei Aono but Yuri Kariya, meaning that when people see her speaking to him, it appears as though she is talking to herself, or is on the phone. With help from Masayoshi Fujimoto (Kamio Fuju), one of Ryuhei Aono’s friends, and Mio Horie (Ririka), a classmate with a deep understanding of horror movies, she tries to get on with her life. But when she convinces Ryuhei Aono’s ghost to briefly take control of her body, things start to get weird!

This drama was based on a manga series of the same name that was penned by Shiina Umi and began serialization in 2016.

“I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die” is a 2022 Japanese drama series that was directed by Smith.

I Want To Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die

👻 Love U to Death & Beyond 👻

Abema TV

When Kamiya Manaha (Riko) was very young, she attended a beauty contest with her family, and got separated from her mother. The stunning beauty queen winner of the contest took pity on the young child, and brought her on stage to help her find her family. This incident bewitched her, and ever since she has harbored secret dreams of becoming a beauty queen herself, much to her family’s displeasure. Now aged 17 and in high school, she has grown up shy and lacking in self-confidence, convinced that she is a plain Jane who wouldn’t stand a chance in a beauty competition. When a local cultural fair organizer announces that it will hold a beauty pageant for high schoolers, she dreams of entering, but dare not – convinced that the school’s most stunning students will be crowned king and queen.

But when a chance occurrence takes place at a bus stop, she gets to talking to Tachibana Keigo (Kamio Fuju), an incredibly handsome, but preening and vain classmate. Over time, she starts to form an unlikely friendship with him. She also meets a newcomer to the scene, Shimamura Sora (Mizuki Itagaki), an equally dashing recent transfer student that few in the class know very much about. Against all odds, the two boys start to develop feelings for her, and she starts to consider entering the pageant – but will her beauty dreams ever come true?

“Black Cinderella” is a 2021 Japanese drama series that was directed by Kawamura Taisuke.

Black Cinderella

TV Asahi

Having living in the same apartment complex their entire lives, Miwa (Sayu Kubota), Motoaki (Riku Hagiwara), Ritsu (Fuju Kamio), Aoi (Natsumi Okamoto), and Satoru (Ayumu Mochizuki) have been friends since childhood. Growing up side by side, the five friends have been a part of each other’s lives for as long as they can remember. But now that they’re in high school, things between the friends are starting to change.

Having developed feelings for Motoaki, Miwa is mortified by the idea of confessing how she feels. Keeping her feelings to herself, Motoaki has no idea how she feels about him; as such, he continues to treat her as he always has: like a friend. Meanwhile, Aoi struggles to hide her own poisonous feelings towards Miwa. Constantly frustrated by her feelings of jealousy and inferiority, Aoi tries to put up a good front, but deep down, her feelings towards Miwa continue to fester. Even with Satoru by her side, Aoi can’t seem to shake her growing contempt.&nbsp;

Fully aware of the constantly fluctuating feelings of his friends, Ritsu decides to keep his distance from them all. But the bonds of friendship keep pulling him back. Will these life-long friends ever find a way to get back what they once had, or has fate decided it’s time for them to move on?

Adapted from the manga series of the same name, by Tomohiro Shinohara, “Trapped in the Box” is a 2020 romantic high school drama directed by Shinji Kuma.

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