Name: ANIMALS
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 2022-06-23
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Suzuki Airi, Honda Kyoya, Jin Shirasu, Hoshino Yuna, Erica

Suzuki Airi is a Japanese singer, actress, model, and radio star who was born on April 12, 1994, in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. She made her debut as a member of the group “Hello! Project Kids,” later going on to become a member of the all-female pop act Cute in 2005, as well as the act’s subunit Buono! In 2007. She made her solo debut with the album “Do Me a Favor” in 2018. Her sophomore solo release “I” dropped in 2019, as well as the hit single “Escape.” She has also built a successful acting career, appearing in movies such as “Vampire Stories” in 2011 and dramas like “Black Cinderella” in 2021.

Suzuki Airi

Honda Kyoya is a Japanese actor and model who was born in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, on June 20, 1999. He won a nationwide modeling contest in 2016 and made his acting debut in the 2017 drama series “Setoutsumi.” He has since gone on to appear in drama titles such as “Style of Chloe” in 2021 and the movie “Hot Gimmick” in 2019.

Honda Kyoya

Jin Shirasu is a Japanese actor who was born on November 1, 1992, in Aomori, Japan. He first rose to prominence when he took part in fashion magazine Junon’s Super Boy Contest in 2010, making the top 30. The year after, he made his musical debut in a performance of “The Prince of Tennis 2.” He went on to make his drama bow in the 2013 series “Biblia Used Bookstore Casebook,” going on to star in “Happy Marriage” (2016) and – more recently – the 2019 Japanese remake of Taiwanese drama “In Time With You.”

Jin Shirasu

Hoshino Yuna

Erica is an up-and-coming Japanese actress and model who was born on August 13, 2000. She made her acting debut in the drama series “Black Cinderella” in 2021.

Erica

Izuka Kenta is a Japanese actor who was born on October 8, 1986, in Seto, Japan. He studied Sociology at Komazawa University, and then went on to make his acting debut in the 2006 drama series “Body Healing Salon.” He made his big-screen debut the following year and has since gone on to appear in drama titles including “The After-Dinner Mysteries” (2011), as well as “Public Enemy (2017) and “The Novelist” (2018).

Izuka Kenta

TV Asahi

Shikamori Umi (Suzuki Airi) is part of the production staff on a popular TV talk show. She is worked to the bone by her seniors, who always make her work overtime that she rarely has time for herself. As a result, she is always tired, and has no time for a love life. One day, she falls asleep on the set during a live broadcast – and this shameful moment makes her reevaluate her life. She realizes that there is no way to change her boss – so she quits the company.

She switches jobs, moving to a completely different field – the world of makeup and beauty. She finds an entry-level post at a makeup agency named Animal Beauty. At first, she begins to worry that she has made the wrong choice, when she gets off on the wrong foot with the firm’s CEO Sakaki Keisuke (Jin Shirasu). But she soon discovers that the CEO is not quite as abrasive as he seems – and that he might even have a crush on her! She also meets Kazao (Honda Kyoya), a handsome and talented photographer who works at the company. She develops a friendship with him, and also begins to feel a mutual attraction forming. Will Umi’s career change prove to be a success? And might it even lead her to love?

“Animals” is a 2022 Japanese drama series that was directed by Hara Keinosuke.

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