Name: Princess Jellyfish
Genre: Romantic Comedy, Drama
Released: 2018-01-15
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Koji Seto, Yoshine Kyoko, Asuka Kudo, Haruka Kinami, Matsui Rena

Koji Seto is a Japanese actor who was born on May 18, 1988, in Kama, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He made his acting debut in the 2005 comedy-drama series “Rocket Boys.” Also in 2005, he joined the all-male acting group D-Boys as a junior member. He has since gone on to star in a range of hit movie and drama titles, including the more recent drama series releases “Princess Jellyfish” (2018) and “No Longer Human” (2019).

Koji Seto

Yoshine Kyoko is a Japanese actress who was born on February 28, 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. She studied at Tokyo Metropolitan High School and made her acting debut in the 2013 drama series “Last Cinderella.” She went on to appear in the series “Omotesando High School Choir Club!” in 2015 and followed up with titles such as releases “Princess Jellyfish” (2018) and the movie “Bento Harassment” (2019).

Yoshine Kyoko

Asuka Kudo is a Japanese actor. Born on August 1, 1991, he made his acting debut in the 2012 television drama “Perfect Son.” He has since appeared in many popular films and television dramas, including “Your Home Is My Business” (2016). Asuko Kudo’s father is former professional baseball pitcher Kimiyasu Kudo and one of his three younger sisters is professional golfer Haruka Kudo.

Asuka Kudo

Haruka Kinami is a Japanese actress who was born on August 9, 1985, in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She studied at Kokugakuin University, graduating in 2008. She first made a name for herself in the world of entertainment in 2002, when she was selected to become a member of the all-female acting idol group TV Asahi Angel Eye 2002. She featured in the TV drama adaption of the hit manga series “Akihabara@Deep” in 2006 and has since gone on to appear in a large number of film and TV titles, including the dramas “Massan” (2015) and “Princess Jellyfish” (2018).

Haruka Kinami

Matsui Rena is a Japanese singer and actress who was born in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on July 27, 1991. She was selected as a member of the all-female pop group SKE48 in 2008 after a successful audition, later going on to join the group AKB48 and then Nogizaka46. She left SKE48 in 2015 and has since gone on to make a name for herself in the world of acting, appearing in dramas such as “Tokyo Vampire Hotel” (2017), “Princess Jellyfish” (2018), and “Yell” (2020).

Matsui Rena

Jun Kaname is a Japanese actor who was born on February 21, 1981, in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. He made his small-screen debut in 2001’s “Kamen Rider Agito.” He has since gone on to star in scores of hit films and drama releases, including other “Kamen Rider” titles, the movie “Udon” (2006), the drama “Untouchable” (2009), and the movie “Kingdom” (2019).

Jun Kaname

Yoshiko Tokoshima is a Japanese actress who was born on September 23, 1964, in Fukuoka, Japan. She attended Seika Girls High School and began training, working, and performing as a ballerina before transitioning to acting in the early 1990s, appearing in titles such as “Vingt Cinq Ans Marriage” (1991). She has since gone on to appear in a number of more recent hit drama series titles, including “Tokyo Sentimental” in 2016 and the 2019 title “Coffee & Vanilla.”

Yoshiko Tokoshima

Kinya Kitaoji is a Japanese actor who was born on February 23, 1943, in Kyoto, Japan. He is the son of a famous actor, Utaemon Ichikawa, and made his debut while still a child, starring alongside his father in the 1956 film “Oyakodaka.” He studied at Gyosei Junior & Senior High School, later going on to graduate from Waseda University. He has continued to act in Japanese movies and dramas ever since. With over six decades of acting experience under his belt, some of his more recent drama appearances include “Massan” (2015) and “Castle of Sand” (2019).

Kinya Kitaoji

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.

Uchida Rio

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.

Princess Jellyfish

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