Rintaro Mizusawa is an up-and-coming Japanese actor who was born on February 5, 2003, in Japan’s Saitama Prefecture. He began appearing in a large number of drama series titles in the late 2010s, starring in the likes of “Caution, Hazardous Wife” in 2017 and 2019’s Japanese adaptation of “The Good Wife.” In 2020, he appeared in “17.3 About Love” and “Marry Me.”

Rintaro Mizusawa

30-year-old Sayako Shiratama (Alice Hirose) has been racked with regret ever since she flunked her college entry exam years ago and went on to work in an unrewarding, low-paying job. One day, she randomly meets Takumi Ogasawara (Shunsuke Michieda), a young college student, who tells her it’s “never too late” to pursue her dreams. His words inspire her to return to her studies – finally gaining admittance to university. But when she starts school, she unexpectedly meets Takumi again… with the latter turning out to be her college “senior!” Could this chance reunion also lead them to love – despite the large age gap? This 2023 Japanese drama series was directed by Takahiro Aoyama and Takeyoshi Yamamoto.

My Second AOHARU

Ryunosuke Minegawa

WOWOW

Relationships take on many forms. Some can be fleeting, delicate things that only last a moment, while others are sure and steady and can last a lifetime. More often than not, relationships fall somewhere in between, but whatever the relationship, each one is as unique as the people in them.

Take the eight different couples in this story, for example. While each of them ends up sharing a night, how that night looks and what comes the morning after is entirely different. For the man reunited with his former high school classmate, the feelings he has harbored all these years give their time together a very specific meaning. Meanwhile, an evening shared by two individuals who regularly hook up for sex takes on an entirely different one.&nbsp;

No matter what their dynamic may be, each couple in this series has this in common: they each share a meal the morning after. The question is, where do things go between them, once they’ve finished their breakfast?&nbsp;

Adapted from the manga series of the same name by Kenichi Okuyama, “One Night Morning” is a 2022 Japanese romance drama directed by Kensaku Kakimoto.

One Night Morning

❤️ Love Actually ❤️

In their second year of high school, Yuri Nishina (So Okuno), Shin “Maya” Mayama (Rintaro Mizusawa), Mashiro “Shiro” Kagami (Eito Konishi), and Aoi Shida (Maito Fujioka) should have everything in the world going for them. Unfortunately, with their crummy personalities and their utter lack of ambition, the only thing these four friends have going for them is their ridiculously good looks.&nbsp;

Finding creative ways to embrace their uselessness, Yuri, Maya, Shiro, and Aoi decide to form their school club. Nicknamed the “Useless Club,” the four friends do an excellent job of living up to their name. Wasting away their days on silly stunts they upload to social media and vowing to never fall in love, the members of the Useless Club are only concerned with finding the next worthless thing to waste their time on. While searching for a new gimmick to try, the Useless Club members decide to conduct an experiment they read in a manga. According to the manga, if you run with a piece of bread in your mouth and bump into someone, you’ll fall in love.&nbsp;

Ready to give this latest experiment a try, the Useless Club make preparations, completely unaware that in doing so, they’re seriously tempting fate. Sprinting across the school grounds with bread in their mouths, are Yuri, Maya, Shiro, and Aoi prepared to deal with the consequences of their actions when they bump into some very unexpected classmates?

Adapted from the manga series “Talking Nonsense About Love” by Ryoko Fukuyama, “36,000 Seconds in a Day” is a 2022 Japanese romantic comedy drama directed by Junta Yamaguchi, Ayuta Yoshikawa, and Miyako Yasoshima.

36,000 Seconds in a Day

TV Asahi

In many ways, Minami Gakuen is just like any other high school. It has a variety of classes, sports teams and clubs, and offers all of the other usual high school experiences. But none of these things makes the school stand out in any way. Neither a rigorous preparatory school nor a famed sports powerhouse, Minami Gakuen has nothing exemplary to offer potential students, and yet the school has still managed to garner a rather unique reputation.

With an unusually high rate of handsome young men in attendance, Minami Gakuen is known far and wide for its overwhelmingly handsome student body. A regular participant in the National Selected Handsome Tournament, the school is poised to take the title of champion once again. However, not all students at Minami Gakuen fall under the category of handsome. Among the more ordinary students is Ryoma Ikeda (Kanata Hosoda), an average student, with average grades and average looks, who considers himself to be one of the most unlucky people alive. Struggling to stand out in a school full of extraordinary people, Ryoma can’t wait for the day when he can leave his high school days behind him.&nbsp;

As the days leading up to the tournament steadily dwindle, Ryoma finds himself unexpectedly swept up in the commotion. But how can one ordinary high school student compete against an entire school of extraordinary people?

Challenging the ideas of beauty and popularity, “Cool Boys Only High” is a 2022 high school drama directed by Nozomi Karaki, Yosuke Goto, and Takashi Ninomiya.

Cool Boys Only High

❤Love Japanese Handsome Boys❤

Fuji TV

An athletic tomboy, Aiko “Ai” Kasumi (Yuna Taira) absolutely loves basketball. A member of her school’s basketball club, Ai can easily outplay everyone at school, including every member of the boys’ basketball team, with the exception of one. A star both on the court and off, Reo Amano (Kanta Sato) can not only out-play Ai on the court but has just as many adoring fans in school, making him the proverbial thorn in Ai’s side. Envious of Reo’s skill and popularity, Ai declares him her rival and is determined to outdo him, every chance she gets. But out-performing the best isn’t easy, even with skills as amazing as Ai’s.

Always feeling like she’s one step behind Reo, Ai struggles to find a way to take down her greatest rival. Lucky for her, fortune decides to smile upon her in the most unexpected way. With her brother’s maid cafe in desperate need of help, Ai agrees to start working part-timet. But her brother won’t give her the job unless she’s willing to take on a more girly look. With a wig and some makeup, Ai trades her usual tomboy look for one more suited to the role of maid cafe waitress. Sporting her new look, Ai inadvertently catches the eye of Reo, who wastes no time in asking her out.&nbsp;

With plans to make Reo fall madly in love with her so that she can then dump him and leave him heartbroken, Ai sees dating Reo as the perfect way to take down her greatest rival. But could the time they spend together cause her to have a change of heart?

Based on the manga of the same name by Kaori, “Ai-Chan’s Secret” is a 2021 Japanese romantic comedy drama directed by Toru Matsuura.

Ai-Chan’s Secret

Love Under Disguise 💕

In an attempt to combat the growing number of socially isolated individuals in Japan, the government decides to embark on an ambitious experiment. The nation passes a so-called NEET Protection Law for NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) individuals. As part of the law’s provisions, an agency will attempt to play matchmaker for NEET individuals and government employees. The hope is that doing this will help reintegrate NEET people into mainstream society.

Akiyasu Shin (Seto Toshiki), a 28-year-old civil servant, is one of the first people to take part in the program. But fate plays him an unusual hand, pairing him with a woman named Sawamoto Himari (Kumada Rinka). The biggest issue with this “union” is the fact that Sawamoto Himari was signed up for the program without being informed about the matter! The duo is forced to live together as “husband and wife.” But will they prove incompatible? Or could this unorthodox experiment somehow lead them to true love?

This series was based on a manga series of the same name by Miku Yuuki.

“Marry Me!” is a 2020 Japanese drama series that was directed by Honda Ryuichi.

Marry Me!

The Experimental Couple Team

Abema TV

Three high school girls, aged 17 and with varying levels of romantic experience, try to discover who they really are, and explore their sexuality – in the knowledge that the average age when girls have their first sexual encounter is 17.3. Sakura (Nagase Riko) is serious, but is still curious about exploring her sensual side. But she is often misunderstood, and her efforts to discover more about sex sometimes backfire. Her two best friends are polar opposites: Tsugumi (Tanabe Ririka) is not interested in dating and feels quite indifferent about all things romance-related. Yuna (Shiori Akita), meanwhile, has been in relationships before and is currently dating an older man she met via a dating app who works in an office job.

But their lives soon get complicated: Sakura falls out with her boyfriend and starts to develop feelings for a biology whizz who has little experience dating girls. Tsugumi has mixed feelings when a childhood friend suddenly confesses their feelings for her. And Yuna discovers that her relationship could have left her with some very unwelcome consequences...

“17.3 About Love” is a 2020 Japanese drama series that was directed by Kanai Hiro.

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