Complete (J-Drama) Minami-kun no Koibito

Complete (J-Drama) Minami-kun no Koibito

Title: 南くんの恋人

Title (romaji): Minami-kun no Koibito

Also known as: Minami's Lover

Season 1

Episodes: 10

Air time: Monday 20:00

Broadcast network: TV Asahi

Broadcast period: 1994, January 10 to 1994, March 21

Theme Song: Tomodachi de ii kara by Takahashi Yumiko

Synopsis

A touching fantasy love story of a girl who tries to confront her unbelievable fate with the support of her sweet boyfriend. One day, a high school student Chiyomi (Yumiko Takahashi), becomes involved in a traffic accident and suddenly finds herself turn into a tiny girl of merely 15cm tall. Her boy friend Minami (Shinji Takeda) brought her back to his room to save and take care of her. There they start their unusual new life together, while Chiyomi lives in a doll house set up in Minami’s room, and hides in his front pocket during the day time. Will Chiyomi be able to return to the original size and live an ordinary life again? A heartwarming and sentimental love story is here.

Cast

Takeda Shinji

Takahashi Yumiko

Nishida Hikaru

Chiba Reiko

Kusakari Masao

Nakayama Fumio

Season 2

Episodes: 11

Genre: Romance

Broadcast network: TV Asahi

Broadcast period: 2004, July 08 to 2004, September 16

Air time: Thursday 21:00

Theme song: Hitomi no naka no Galaxy sang by ARASHI

Synopsis

What would you do if you were suddenly only 16 cm tall? What would you do if your loved one was suddenly only 16 cm tall? A best selling sentimental love story is dramatized for the second time!

Everything started when a high school couple, Chiyomi (Fukada Kyoko) and Minami (Ninomiya Kazunari) had a mysterious and ominous fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant… "If you stay close to him, he will become great and the two of you will be together for a long time. However, when the two of you drift apart, horrible thing will happen". Just as the prophesy, on the very day when Minami decided to leave Chiyomi, a magical curse struck Chiyomi. Believe it or not, it shrunk her into a size of merely 16 cm tall! What would happen when a tender boyfriend and a miniaturized girlfriend secretly starts living together?

Cast

Fukada Kyoko

Ninomiya Kazunari

Tanabe Seiichi

Miyaji Mao

Abe Asami

Ishii Tomoya

Ishibashi Nami

Sakurai Senri

Kitamura Soichiro

Natori Yuko

Nishimura Masahiko

Ogino Nao