The lead cast for the drama "Haru and Ao's Bento Box", which will start airing on October 12th (Monday) at midnight on BS TV Tokyo, has been announced.

Her role as the otaku girl Haru has attracted attention through commercials and has appeared in a number of popular works, making her long-awaited first lead role in a drama series.Ms. Ayako Yoshitani, Ao, a genderless boy, is a talented young actor who brings drama and presence to the movie.Kai Inowakiis decided!

Please look forward to the new bento drama that will be aired on BS TV Tokyo's late-night drama slot, where the "Wakako Sake" series has been well-received!

Furthermore, this drama will be distributed in advance for one week on the video distribution service NTT Plala "Hikari TV", and will be broadcast on CS Broadcasting and Family Theater one week after the BS broadcast, and will be distributed in various media. I'm coming.

[Cast comments]

■Ayako Yoshitani as Haru (Haruha Kino)
Haru is an otaku girl who works at a university library. Lunch is jelly, sweets, and some rice. If I had money, I would like to spend it on game fees, figures, and discs. I'm not good at cooking.

【comment】
◆ Impressions of my first starring role
There was a lot of pressure as it was my first lead role. This story has so many conversations between the two (Haru and Ao) that I was worried about whether I would be able to remember the lines (lol). But since I'm going to do it, I want to do it proudly and have fun!

◆ Impressions after reading the script
I thought it was a very heartwarming book. The tender feelings that Haru and Ao have for each other are portrayed so realistically that I felt happy. Then, when I actually had a favorite lunch box that my mother made for me when I was a student, and it was written in this script, it was fate! I tought.

◆Episodes at the shooting site
The atmosphere on set is very relaxed and it's a lot of fun! Also, this time, the amount of dialogue and the scenes themselves are really long, so both Inowaki-san and I end up saying some NGs, and Inowaki-san's NGs are Ao-san himself. That's already cute and cute. On the other hand, I want you to release a lot of NG! That's what I thought! lol
I was also moved by Mr. Inowaki's attitude of being Ao-san no matter what, and I was once again keenly aware of his high level of professionalism.

◆Enthusiasm
Haru-chan may be lazy and troublesome, but she has a cuteness and kindness that you can't hate, and I hope to be able to properly portray her.

◆Message to all viewers
Haru-chan is lazy and lazy, but she has kind feelings, and Ao-san is serious and kind, but she can't express her emotions well. Even if they look perfect, humans have flaws and various worries. I would be happy if you could empathize with this even a little bit and feel a warm feeling!

■Mr. Kai Inowaki who plays Ao (Ao Sato)
Ao-kun, a genderless boy, meets Haru at a bar he frequents. He proposes to Haru that they live together and make lunch together. A good cook who watches over Haru like a mother.

【comment】
◆ Impressions after reading the script
I thought it was very nice to see Haru and Ao communicate by sending bento lunches to each other.
I also felt nostalgic, remembering that the lunch boxes that my mother used to make for me were filled with so much love that I looked forward to opening them every day.

◆Episodes at the shooting site
On the first day of shooting, Mr. Yoshitani suddenly took a photo of me and told me, ``Umi-kun is 88% Gypsophila.'' Apparently they were playing around with an app that helped them learn the names of flowers, but thanks to that, they were able to ease the nervousness of the first day and get straight into shooting. From then on, we talked about various things, and as filming progressed, Yoshitani-san and I became more and more in tune with each other in the play, and I feel like we are becoming a harmonious duo.

◆Enthusiasm
Ao has concerns about gender. I don't think there is an answer to this as it is a very delicate problem.
When I was playing the role, I thought a lot about Ao, and an idea came to me. That is, "Ao is Ao." What's wrong with men, women, gender identity, etc. I would like to play the role with the importance of living like Ao.​

◆Message to all viewers
The bento boxes depicted in this drama are packed with ``small happiness''. When I read the script, I felt like I had been given a small piece of happiness, and my heart became energized.
I'm sure many people will be able to feel this little happiness. Please take a look.

[Original author: Machita-sensei comment]
When I draw the manga "Haru and Ao," I hope to be able to depict the small, dream-like happiness of everyday life in reality, and hope that people will empathize with it. This time, with the help of professionals from an unknown world, a new and different world of "Haru and Ao" has been created, and I am very happy to be able to see it. After seeing the script for the drama and hearing the names of the two cast members, Haru and Ao, I'm really looking forward to seeing the wonderful world of Haru and Ao as a viewer.

Currently being serialized in “Zenon Editorial Department”!

[Synopsis]
Haru (Ayako Yoshitani) is an otaku girl who works at a university library. One day, Haru is approached by a student. ``Why do you always wear something like a uniform?'' ``No clothes, no hair! You look like a cursed doll, don't you?'' Then, a colleague invites me to lunch, but instead of eating, I spend more time on my smartphone. Haru, who wants to follow up on information about his favorite anime, declines the request with a random reason. Then, Haru heard, ``There's something wrong with that person. I feel bad for him.'' Haru was showered with words of pity twice in one day. That night, I went to my favorite bar to heal my emotional wounds. There, she meets Ao-kun (Kumi Inowaki), a genderless boy, and they get drunk and hit it off. We decided to live together! However, the rule of living together is to make lunch boxes for each other...! ?

[Program overview]
[Program name] "Haru and Ao's Bento Box"
[Broadcast date and time] Broadcast starts on Monday, October 12, 2020 Every Monday from 0:00 to 0:30
[Broadcast station] BS TV Tokyo (BS⑦ch)/BS TV Tokyo 4K (4K⑦ch)
[Original work] "Haru and Ao's Bento Box" (Coamix/serialized on the website "Zenon Editorial Department")
[Cast] Ayako Yoshitani, Kai Inowaki, and others
[Director] Yosuke Higashida, Ayaka Kato, Akihito Kajiya
[Screenplay] Izumi Kawasaki, Yuna Suzuki, Erika Toyama, Sayaka Abe
[Producer] Noriko Toishi (TV Tokyo) Yuichiro Sonobe (BS TV Tokyo) Chiaki Mimoto (Telepack
[Production] BS TV Tokyo/Telepack

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