Friday, December 01, 2017

Yoshine Kyoko to star in new FujiTV Winter 2018 drama "Kuragehime"

Yoshine Kyoko will be starring in the new FujiTV Winter 2018 drama "Kuragehime" (Princess Jellyfish) which will begin its run from January 2018 in the Mondays 9pm timeslot. This will be her 10th drama to date. The drama is based on the same-titled manga by Higashimura Akiko which was made into an anime in 2010 and a real-life movie starring Nounen Rena, Suda Masaki and Hasegawa Hiroki in 2014. The manga had just ended its run recently on 13 November.

The story features Yoshine as the 20-year-old lead character Kurashita Tsukimi who is an otaku and hardcore lover of jellyfish after she was brought to the aquarium by her late mother when she was a child. Although she doesn't think that she will ever have any luck in romance due to her thick spectacles and nerdy appearance, she suddenly finds herself caught in a love triangle with two brothers after moving from Kagoshima to Tokyo to pursue her dream of being an illustrator. This leads her to discover a new way of living and a new side to herself. Her love interests will be the younger brother who looks gorgeous when he dresses as a woman and is actually a playboy and the elder brother who is the secretary of his politician father and a virgin with limited experience in dealing with women.

Yoshine revealed that she was very shocked when she got the offer and that she was stressed about starring in the longstanding Getsuku timeslot. However, she will do her best in this drama and spread the happiness in the story this coming winter on the first day of the week. On the other hand, Higashimura was also surprised when she got the adaptation proposal because she didn't think a "weird" story like this would fit in the Getsuku timeslot but she is very eager to see how it will turn out.

Sources: Oricon / Sponichi / Nikkansports / Sanspo

No comments: