Name: Ex-Enthusiasts: MotoKare Mania
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Released: 2019-10-17
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Yuko Araki, Kengo Kora, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Minami Tanaka, Shuri

Yuko Araki is a Japanese actress and model, famous for her roles in "Confessions"(2010), "Intern!" (2016), "Your Home Is My Business" (2016), and "Evil and the Mask" (2018). Araki's acting career began in elementary school, when she starred in the film "Ikari o Nagero" in May, 2008. Her first leading role in TV was in "Love Love Alien" (2016). Araki is also a model for Japanese fashion magazine, Non-no. "Your Home Is My Business", starring Yuko Araki, is available to watch on Rakuten Viki (www.viki.com).

Yuko Araki

Kengo Kora is a Japanese actor who was born on November 12, 1987, in Kumamoto, Japan. He studied at Konan Junior High School and made his debut in the mid-2000s, with appearances in the movie “Sprint” (2005) and the screen adaptation of the comic series “Gokusen” (2002-2008). He appeared in the 2010 movie adaption of the Haruki Murakami best-selling novel “Norwegian Wood.” More recently, he starred in the drama series titles “Ex-Enthusiasts: MotoKare Mania” (2019) and “Under the Stars” (2020).

Kengo Kora

Sayaka Yamaguchi is a Japanese actress who was born on February 14, 1980, in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. She studied at Horikoshi High School and made her debut in the 1994 drama series “All the Young People," following up with her movie debut in 1995. She has since gone on to appear in dozens of hit movie and drama series titles, including “Nodame Cantabile: The Movie” (2009) – and the more recent series “Ex-Enthusiasts: MotoKare Mania” (2019).

Sayaka Yamaguchi

Minami Tanaka is a Japanese actress and former TV announcer who was born on November 23, 1986, in New York, the United States. She studied at Aoyama Gakuin University and joined the Japanese broadcaster TBS in 2009 as an announcer. She began acting in drama series titles in 2011, appearing in “Ikemen Desu ne.” Some of her more recent roles include “Daughter of Lupin” (2019) and “Ex-Enthusiasts: MotoKare Mania” (2019).

Minami Tanaka

Shuri is a Japanese actress who was born on September 21, 1990, in Tokyo, Japan. She is the daughter of the famous Japanese actors Yutaka Mizutani and Ran Ito. She began studying to be a ballerina but found her career cut short at an early age by an Achilles tendon injury. She later turned her attention to acting, debuting in 2011’s “Honcho Azumi Season 4” and following up with “Signal” (2012). She has since appeared in drama titles such as “Ex-Enthusiasts: MotoKare Mania” (2019) and “Time Limit Investigator 2019” (2019).

Shuri

Kato Toranosuke is a Japanese actor who was born on October 20, 1974, in Katano, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He was accepted to study at the Osaka University of Arts, but did not complete his studies, instead turning to acting, starring in a stage performance of “La! La! La! Labyrinth!” in 1996. He made his drama debut in “Love Vacation" in 1997, and has continued to appear in drama and movie titles, including the film “The Fable” (2019) and the drama “Ex-Enthusiasts: MotoKare Mania” (2019).

Kato Toranosuke

Akiko Yada is a Japanese actress who was born on December 23, 1978, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She studied at Meguro Nihon University High School and made her debut in 1995, appearing in the drama series “Say I Love You.” She has since gone on to appear in dramas like “Suits” (2018) and “Digital Tattoo” (2019).

Akiko Yada

Kenta Hamano is a Japanese musician and actor who was born on August 5, 1981, in Kanagawa, Japan. He made his musical debut as the trombone player in the band Sakerock, which made its debut in 2000. The group broke up in 2015. He made his movie debut in “Honey and Clover” in 2006. He has since become an established actor in his own right, appearing in more recent titles such as “Good Doctor” (2018) and “Ex-Enthusiasts: MotoKare Mania” (2019).

Kenta Hamano

Takato Okura is a Japanese singer and actor who was born on April 12, 2002, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He joined the all-male J-pop group The Cause Lies with You (formerly BATTLE STREET) in 2018 and has since gone on to appear as an actor in the drama series titles “Ex-Enthusiasts: MotoKare Mania” (2019) and “Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo” (2021).

Takato Okura

Fuji TV

Yurika Namba (Yuko Araki) is a 27-year-old woman whose life turned on its head five years ago when she split up with her now ex-boyfriend Saito Makochi (Kengo Kora).

Since that day, she has failed to give up on her obsession with him, relentlessly stalking him on social media and even imagining he is still around, interacting with her daily life.

She has become used to having her imaginary ex around to the point of even slowly starting to think about dating another man, one who is totally unlike her former lover.

But life takes another 180-degrees turn when she lands a new job at a real estate agency…only to discover that Saito Makochi (the real one, that is!) works there and is now her new workmate.

Could love strike again for the reunited duo, or will other love pretenders keep them apart?

This drama was based on a long-running web-based cartoon strip of the same name, authored by Yukari Takinami.

“Ex-Enthusiasts: MotoKare Mania” is a 2019 Japanese drama series that was directed by Namiki Michiko.

Ex-Enthusiasts: MotoKare Mania

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