Atomu Mizuishi
Birthday: Born in 1996-01-01 in Kanagawa, Japan
Deathday: Alive
Atomu Mizuishi is a Japanese actor. Born in Kanagawa. Belongs to STRAIGHT entertainment. In 2012, he made his acting debut as Renji Yanagi in the 2nd season of The Musical Prince of Tennis. His hobbies include playing guitar and kendo, notably he was previously the captain of his school's kendo club and participated in various kendo tournaments as well.
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じゃない方の夜〜恋は突然、生まれない
Character: Shotaro
Katagiri Shuichi is a university lecturer who has divorced thrice due to his affairs. Despite him having a wife at home, he constantly seeks for new love and always look forward to meeting new women at a wine bar. To fall in love with the women, Shuichi likes to develop love theories with a handsome bartender....
牙狼＜GARO＞
Character: Crow
The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the task of watching over a district and eliminating any Horrors that manifest there. GARO follows the tales of the Knights bearing the title of ‘Golden Knight Garo’, and their duty to vanquish the Horrors and protect Humanity from the darkness....
Tokyo Vice
Character: Kaito Sato
A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption. Based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction book of the same name....
オールドファッションカップケーキ
Character: Nakamura
A workaholic bored with life discovers the rejuvenating power of new experiences — and yummy treats — from a junior employee with a secret crush on him....
東京ヴァンパイアホテル
Character: Rato
Manami suddenly encounters mass murder at a pub on her 22nd birthday as she is hunted down by two warring vampire clans, the Draculas and the Corvins. Manami is a child of prophecy who is meant to help the Draculas overcome their Corvin enemies who have driven them underground. Meanwhile, droves of young men and women are gathered at the Hotel Requiem by a Corvin named Yamada who informs them that the world is about to end, with this hotel being the only refuge....
すじぼり
Character:
Ryo, a college student who is about to drop out of college and is scolded by his father at home, spends his days in depression. One day, he plans a cannabis thief with a group of three bad friends....
Tokyo Vice
Character: Kaito
A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption. Based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction book of the same name....
家電侍
Character: Hiraga
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イケメン共よ メシを喰え
Character:
Ikeda Yoshimi, a 28-year-old editor of a literary magazine who loves otome games and loves good-looking guys, will be in charge of a gourmet magazine even though she is not good at eating with ultra-small meals. However, she notices that when she eats with good-looking men, her appetite increases, and she pursues "good-looking rice" to improve her small meals....
鉄オタ道子、2万キロ
Character: Tamesue Mamoru [Railfan]
Ohganeku Michiko, who works in the planning sales department of a famous furniture maker, had a traumatic experience with her ex-boyfriend in the past. Being a railway otaku for 10 years, she uses her free time to visit train stations on local lines nationwide where she meets various people, enjoys the scenery and delicacies....
仮面ライダー
Character: Ryuuichi Sakuma
Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters....
ベイビーわるきゅーれ エブリデイ！
Character: Mamoru Tasaka
The continued (mis)adventures of teenage assassin duo Chisato Sugimoto and Mahiro Fukagawa....
牙狼〈GARO〉-魔戒ノ花-
Character: Crow
Garo: Makai no Hana follows Raiga Saezima, the son of Kouga Saezima and Kaoru Mitsuki, who after his parents' disappearance when he was little, was trained by Silver Knight Zero to succeed his father as the new Golden Knight Garo....
魔進戦隊キラメイジャー
Character: Shiguru Oshikiri / Kiramai Blue
After the kingdom of Crystalia is plunged into a deep darkness by Yodonheim, the army of darkness. Princess Mabushina, comes to Earth with the Kiramai Stones to find individuals with strong "shining spirits" to become the Kiramagers and fight against the Yodonheim Army....
体感予報
Character: Atsuya Matsudaira
A beloved TV weatherman hides a tyrannical side, secretly supporting a manga artist in exchange for unwavering obedience....
ロンリのちから
Character:
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アイズ
Character: Samejima
High schooler Ichitaka Seto is in love with classmate Iori Yoshizuki, but is too shy to tell her. Again and again, he plans to tell her his true feelings, but each time something – usually a misunderstanding of some kind – gets in the way. Things complicate further when Itsuki Akiba – whom Ichitaka was friends with in their childhood before she moved to the United States – returns, her crush on him still intact....
私が獣になった夜
Character: Shun
Sometimes in a woman’s life, passions boil over and lead them to do things that – in ordinary circumstances – they would never dream of doing. And sometimes this manifests itself in a desire for intimacy. This omnibus-style drama series focuses on a different woman in each episode, focusing on the series of events that led up to a single instance of “transforming into an animal.”...
ナンバーワン戦隊ゴジュウジャー
Character: Arata Setsuna / Universe Battle Japan
In the distant past, a great battle known as the "Universe War" erupted between all Super Sentai robots and a colossal "calamity." This war, later called the "Universal Great War," was brought to an end by a giant deity named Tega Sword. This transcendent being, imbued with the power of all Super Sentai, fell into slumber after sustaining injuries. Hoeru Tono, a young man drifting between part-time jobs, finds himself fired once again. Around the same time, the mysterious organization "Bridan" ...
スーパー戦隊シリーズ
Character: Arata Setsuna / Universe Battle Japan
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法廷のドラゴン
Character: Kirioka Yuya
Kotaro Fuda, a young lawyer running his late father's law firm, meets Tatsumi Tendo, a shogi player with the uncanny ability to predict trial outcomes. Despite Tatsumi's lack of legal experience, Kotaro hires her as a trial lawyer, setting the stage for an unconventional partnership....
全領域異常解決室
Character: Takahashi Kanki
A special investigative unit tackles everything from mysterious disappearances and shadowy figures to eerie supernatural phenomena....
オクトー ～感情捜査官 心野朱梨～
Character: Asahina
Shinno Akari is a detective with a special ability. She is able to see the eight human emotions in color. Due to a case, she teams up with Detective Kazehaya Ryo. They work together to reveal the truth behind heinous crimes....
仮面ライダーガヴ
Character: [Actor]
Granutes are intelligent lifeforms that operate secretly in the human world. They kidnap people for the sake of "Black Market Sweets." As people are attacked one after another by the Granutes, Shoma, a young man from another world, rises up to save the people. Together with the Gochizo, small monsters born from eating sweets, he transforms into Kamen Rider Gavv with a mouth-like belt!...
アイゾウ 警視庁・心理分析捜査班
Character: Miyoshi Kei
A shocking love-hate incident between men and women that actually happened [What if it happened in Japan now? ] Full drama from the perspective of. What was the purpose of the genius who was arrested on suspicion of murder, sending messages one after another on the Internet video site and moving society?...
商店街のピアニスト
Character: Nagai Ryohei
There is a street piano placed in a music store on a shopping district. Sawamoto Ren is a young electrician who has stayed away from the piano for a long time, but decides to start to a new path as a street pianist after meeting Kajiwara Midori, the daughter of the music store owner. Soon later, people from various backgrounds stop by to play the street piano and have heart-to-heart interactions with Ren and Midori....
イケメン共よ メシを喰え
Character: Shimizu Yushin
Ikeda Yoshimi, a 28-year-old editor of a literary magazine who loves otome games and loves good-looking guys, will be in charge of a gourmet magazine even though she is not good at eating with ultra-small meals. However, she notices that when she eats with good-looking men, her appetite increases, and she pursues "good-looking rice" to improve her small meals....
嫌われ監察官 音無一六
Character: Takaoka Mitsuhiko
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君と世界が終わる日に
Character: Inaba
26-year-old car mechanic Hibiki Mamiya lives with his high school sweetheart of the same age, Kurumi Ogasawara. Life together feels so natural and filled with the warmth of each other's love. It was a happiness they expected would last a lifetime. Hibiki is secretly preparing his proposal to Kurumi when misfortune strikes. A tunnel collapses, trapping him for four days. Barely making it out alive, he discovers a world completely changed. There is absolutely no one around, communication signals ...
銀座黒猫物語
Character:
An almanac of stories, each of which begins with a black cat leading a troubled/lost person to one of Ginza's well-known stores that suits him/her, brightening up the person’s life a little in the process. Through this black cat, shops and people get connected....
湘南純愛組！
Character: Shindoji Fumiya
Before Ekichi Onizuka would become “Great Teacher Onizuka“, he and Ryuji Danma were members of the infamous biker gang Oni-Baku. When they weren’t out riding around and getting into trouble, this duo could be found in school. Doing what you ask? Picking up women of course!...
運命から始まる恋
Character: Yamaguchi [Aya's colleague]
Satoh Aya, a temporary office worker who never bad-mouths about others no matter how much she is fooled, is conveniently used in her company as a 'sticky woman'. Such an ordinary office lady ends up meeting Ichijo Kei, the young successor of a large company, who was eager to marry early because of his grandmother, the chairman. The destiny plays with their fates and both meet each other in an unexpected situation which is going to change their destiny....
警視庁ゼロ係
Character:
Superintendent Kobayakawa Fuyuhiko is a naive career police officer who cannot read situations. He is transferred from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s National Research Institute of Police Science to the newly established “anything” consultation office of Suginami Chuo Police Precinct’s Community Safety Division as a result of some incident....
あなたの番です
Character: Namitome Haruki [Sawa's boyfriend]
Nana and Shota are a newlywed couple and Nana is 15 years older than Shota. Nana works as a designer and Shota works as a gym trainer. They both enjoy mystery. The newlywed couple then move to an apartment and they attend a resident’s meeting there. Nana and Shota become involved in murder cases that take place at the apartment. Residents get murdered one by one. Some residents have a motive, but those suspects have an alibi. Because of this, an arrest has yet to be made....
メゾン・ド・ポリス
Character: Nakamatsu Shun
Hiyori Makino is a rookie detective who is passionate about her work. One day, a video clip depicting a person being burned alive, is posted on the internet. Investigators believe this is a copycat crime of a murder that took place 5 years ago. Hiyori Makino visits ex-detective Soichiro Natsume who investigated the case 5 years ago. Soichiro Natsume lives is at a share house where only ex-police officers can live....
フェイクニュース あるいはどこか遠くの戦争の話
Character: [Receptionist]
Itsuki Shinonome is sent to the internet media department from a major newspaper. Chief Editor Kanji Usami assigns her a story involving green caterpillars being found in instant food. A man who posted about the caterpillars in his instant food on social media appears in front of her. A fight between companies eventually draws in Itsuki Shinonome....
相棒
Character: Waki Ken'ya
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective ...
パパ活
Character: Utagawa Yuichi
20-year-old university student Anri is chased out of her house when her mother has a new boyfriend. While spending every night at different Internet cafes, Anri comes to know about "papakatsu" and subsequently meets a 45-year-old university lecturer Wataru. Anri then moves into the apartment which Wataru rents for her before finding out about a secret which he has been hiding from her....
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Old Narcissus
Character: Leo
74-year-old Yamazaki, having been handsome as a young gay man, grows narcissistic of his beauty and is unable to bear his own aging. One night, Yamazaki meets a young and beautiful man named Leo. Having loved only himself during his long tumultuous life, Yamazaki falls in love with another person. Through this love, he finally begins to forge the relationships he failed to carve during his youth with his friends and family....
Baby Assassins 2
Character: Mamoru Tasaka
Chisato and Mahiro must pay four years of overdue fees or lose their membership in their assassin guild. They take part-time jobs, but find themselves in the middle of an armed robbery and being hunted by other assassins....
Tokyo Butterfly
Character: Hitoshi
There was a popular band with four students. After the band was offered a major contract, they broke up after a minor mistake. 6 years later, they are living their lives in their late twenties with troubles: Marriage, work, human relationship. They meet again and finish a song that they couldn't complete....
Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
Character: Kensuke Kurosaki
To bring back her dead friends, high school student Naomi (Rina Ikoma) goes back to the elementary school where a tragedy took place. She becomes involved in a new incident....
Doomsday Detective
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Shinjiro, who runs a humble detective agency using a coffee shop in a certain town as his office, gets into trouble at a dark gambling den and is forced to take on a troublesome job by Kyoichi, an executive of the Kasahara clan, a yakuza gang he knows well. The task is to investigate an arson case that is suspected to involve the Chinese mafia Barretto, with whom the Kasahara-gumi has a rival gang. In addition, Shinjiro is asked by Michiko, whose Filipino parents were deported in the past, to se...
Mashin Sentai Kiramager Spin-Off: Yodonna 3: Yodonna's Valentine
Character: Shiguru Oshikiri
In the special, Yodonna is given an opportunity to revive as a human on the condition she learn about the emotion of love on Valentine's Day....
Immersion
Character: Koji Kitajima
Mysterious deaths befall on employees of a VR-tech company. There's an unprecedented fear waiting between reality and the virtual world....
Wheels and Axle
Character: Seiya
Manami was born into a wealthy family, but she hates her family lineage as fake. She meets Jun, a wealthy gay man. June took Manami to a night club and she gets interested in Seiya, a host guy who has had sex with Jun for business....
Mashin Sentai Kiramager: G-Rosso Stage Show Final Battle Shine! Glittering Light!
Character: Shiguru Oshikiri
A stage show based on Mashin Sentai Kiramager, later recorded and released digitally....
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar
Character: Alphonse Elric
The Elric brothers meet their toughest opponent yet — a lone serial killer with a large scar on his forehead....
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy
Character: Alphonse Elric
The Elric brothers’ long and winding journey comes to a close in this epic finale, where they must face off against an unworldly, nationwide threat....
Fullmetal Alchemist
Character: Alphonse Elric
Two alchemist brothers go on a quest for the Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their dead mother goes horribly wrong....
Kamen Rider Saber + Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger: Super Hero Chronicles
Character: Shiguru Oshikiri / Kiramai Blue
Touma, Yuri and Mei somehow ended up in the World of Zenkaiger while four Zenkaigers, except Juran, ended up in the World of Saber. The reason for their swap is due to a man who wishes to rid the world of heroes. How does a teenage boy manga artist tie into this? And why are they sent into different stories filled with previous Kamen Riders and Super Sentai Teams?...
Mashin Sentai Kiramager Final Live Tour 2021
Character: Shiguru Oshikiri / Kiramai Blue
A live show that was performed across Japan in April and May of 2021, acting as a final farewell for the cast. It comprises two parts: a scripted show part, and a talk show with the cast. The Zenkaigers also appear....
The Cinderella Addiction
Character: Hiromu
Fukuura Koharu works at a child welfare office and plunges into despair overnight. Then she meets Daigo, a private-practice doctor raising his 8-year-old daughter on his own. She resolves to build a happy household, but things don't go as expected....
The Key
Character: Masaya Kimura
Kanda, an elderly teacher whose manhood is beginning to fade, loves his young wife Ikuko, but finds himself unable to satisfy her high libido - Until he discovers the world of spoiled cuckolds....
Unraveling, Breath
Character:
Kasumi, a child welfare officer who has entered the child guidance center as a new graduate and has been in her second year, struggles to fulfill her duties, even though she sometimes has doubts about how to proceed with her work. One day, she takes care of Hina, a 9-year-old girl who was temporarily taken into custody due to suspicion of neglect. It seemed that Hina would be able to go home soon after seeing her parents deeply reflecting on her......
大川と小川の時短捜査
Character:
The president of an IT company is found dead. The cause of death is believed to be an overdose of medication for a chronic illness, but the possibility of murder emerges since potassium and other substances were found in the body. Ogawa, unfamiliar with the investigation, asks for help from Okawa, a former detective who now works for the police department. The "large-and-small duo", who are uneven in appearance and personality, take on the challenge of getting to the bottom of a difficult case....
Baby Assassins 3
Character: Mamoru Tasaka
Teenage assassins Mahiro and Chisato visit the coastal city of Miyazaki for a contract and a vacation, but they unexpectedly cross paths with a legendary, bloodthirsty assassin looking to add to his kill count....
Documentary of Baby Assassins
Character: Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the production of Baby Assassins: Nice Days....
Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger vs. Kiramager vs. Senpaiger
Character: Shiguru Oshikiri / Kiramai Blue
Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger vs. Kiramager vs. Senpaiger is a Japanese superhero crossover film between Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Mashin Sentai Kiramager, and serves as the 28th installment of the Super Sentai's VS series of films....
The Werewolf Game: Crazy Fox
Character: Yoshitaka Shiigamoto
Ayaka Morii and others students have no choice but to play the Jinro Game. Their lives are at stake in the game. Ayaka picks up the fox card. She can't trust anyone, but she develops feelings for Yosuke Takigawa....
GARO - Under the Moonbow
Character: Crow
Lurking among us are the Horrors, ancient enemies of our kind. Holding the line against them, down through the ages, are the Makai Knights. Assuming the aspect of Golden Knight Garo, Raiga Saezima has vanquished one such demonic creature, but his magical armour has been tainted with evil. Furthermore, a Knight of the dark has materialized, and taken hold of Mayuri, so dear to Raiga. If he hopes to rescue her, Raiga must board a mysterious train destined for the netherworld. As he advances throug...
Does the Flower Bloom?
Character: Takeo Iwasaki
While on a work trip, 37-year-old Sakurai meets 19-year-old art student Yoichi in a quiet, charming house—sparking an unexpected connection across generations....
Blue Summer
Character: Namio
Rio is a high school student in Tokyo. Her mother tells her she will spend the summer in the countryside. There, she meets Ginzo. He is a high school student and handsome. They fall in love....
Mashin Sentai Kiramager: Episode ZERO
Character: Shigure Oshikiri / Kirama Blue
In Mashin Sentai Kiramager: Episode ZERO, a princess from the land of jewelry and Kirama Stones comes to Earth in search of people with a "shining spirit" called Kiramental, a source of outstanding charm and talent to transform them into heroes, the Kiramagers to fight the evil Yodon Army....
The Hungry Lion
Character: Hiroki Fujigawa
A high-school teacher is arrested for having sexual relations with a minor. Young Hiromi finds herself in the eye of the storm when she is suspected of featuring in her teacher’s leaked sex video and her innocence is questioned by everyone around her....
Mashin Sentai Kiramager the Movie: Bebop Dream
Character: Shigure Oshikiri · Kiramai Blue
The Kiramagers face off against the witch Minjo, who controls dreams. The heroes experience the feeling of falling off a building, swimming with a giant gold fish, being shot by a gun that turns them into a puppet, and having a shaved ice maker over their head. With Juru’s insight, will the Kiramagers be able to escape from the crazy dreams?...
Unfinished
Character:
The yakuza have their best days behind them and are only a shadow of themselves. The old rituals seem out of date and their tattoos make them outcasts of society. The inexperienced student Ryō stumbles into their ranks by chance, and before he knows it, he becomes entangled in dark machinations. He quickly succumbs to the fascination of omnipotence fantasies and hedonistic decadence and sinks deeper and deeper into a parallel world of prostitution, blackmail and violence. However, there is one t...
How Neya Ryoka Became a Director
Character: Keita
Twenty-three-year-old Neya Ryouka (Neya Ryouka) becomes an assistant director because she wants to be a film director, but she has been unable to direct any of her own films and has been unable to express her feelings to Keita (Mizushi Ahiumu), who she has been in love with since college. Ryouka is hesitant to work or fall in love, but when her senior, Satomi (Kobayashi Saya), confesses her feelings to her, she decides to say goodbye to her half-baked self by becoming a film director....
Wild Virgins
Character: Hino Kenji [Hoshimura Mikio's junior]
According to a Japanese urban legend, those who didn’t get down and dirty by the time they hit thirty, will be transformed into a superhero. Mikio Hoshimura is a 29-year-old incompetent pencil pusher at an insurance firm. He’s at the bottom of the company’s rankings. His social life is below zero, he’s got no girlfriend, only tons of manga’s to get keep him warm during the winter. But, on the eve of his thirtieth birthday at a team-building event, he has the bright idea to stand up for the first...
Mashin Sentai Kiramager vs. Ryusoulger
Character: Shigure Oshikiri · Kiramai Blue
It's the power of Kiramentality and chivalry in the 27th entry of the Super Sentai VS film series! The Mashin Sentai Kiramager and the Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger team-up as they end up in a variety of movie worlds produced by Yodonna and filmmaking Jamenshi and Minosaur! Once this movie is complete and released in the world, the Earth will become the same environment as Yodonheim! Can the Kiramagers and Ryusoulgers stop this plan?!...
The Choice of Our Nation
Character: Atsushi Takahashi
The referendum whether nuclear power plants should be banned has been held in Japan. People must decide their future....
Yellow Dragon's Village
Character: Yuki Kitamura
Ordinary college students dropped by a strange village on the way to their camp. Persuaded by a seemingly friendly villager to stay over, but brutal killings start to occur in the following morning....
All the Kindness of a Man is a Motive
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Miko Uda works as an attendant for a merry-go-round at a shopping mall and as a mascot. Miko believes in people to the utmost but has been rejected by every man she has ever given herself to. Unable to become the only one for someone, Miko spends her days alone on the merry-go-round....
Yaru Onna: She's a Killer
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Aiko saw her parents murdered by the Yakuza when she was young. She grows up to become a killer to avenge her parents. her quest becomes more complicated when she learns her target is also and orphan and also has a blind daughter....
Baby Assassins
Character: Tasaka
Two high school girls who are about to graduate also happen to be highly-skilled assassins. When the organization they work for orders them to share a room, their relationship quickly sours. But when they become targets of the yakuza, the girls realize they'll have to work together to survive....
｢終わりのセラフ｣The Musical
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大川と小川の休日捜査
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Musical The Prince Of Tennis Concert: Dream Live 2013
Character: Yanagi Renji
Featuring the seventh-generation Seigaku cast, and the second-generation Hyotei, Rokkaku, Rikkai and Higa cast, Dream Live 2013 is the second Dream Live of TeniMyu and the eighth overall....
Grim Reaper Case Book - Gekka Kitan
Character:
During the reign of Iemitsu, the third Tokugawa Shogun, the once peaceful city of Edo is thrown into chaos by the dead known as "Furanjin." The Furanjin return from their graves and attack townspeople in search of living flesh, and anyone who is bitten is transformed. As people's lives are threatened by the growing terror of the Furanjin, Kusaka Genshiro and the Grim Reaper Juran encounter a girl who has lost her memory. The two decide to help find out who she is and begin to investigate her pas...
Your Turn to Kill: The Movie
Character: Namitome Haruki
Newlyweds Nana and Shota move into an apartment. Two situations, different from the drama series, take place: "What if Shota attends the resident's meeting and not Nana?" and "What if exchange murder game doesn't begin?"...
Liar! Uncover the Truth
Character: Shiga Sotaro
Men and women gather together to find mates, Kana attends one such event that is imagined as a party, but nonetheless is designed to introduce men to women and women to men. The goal is for single people to find love, romance and marriage. She is approached by ten different men of different looks, personalities and backgrounds. There is a catch. Kana is tipped that nine of the ten men are not as they appear. Can she find the one true love?...
Inuyashiki
Character: Tecchan [Classmate]
A middle-aged office worker encounters aliens and is gifted with alien technology and limitless powers....
Mukoku
Character: Sako
Kengo was gifted in Kendo (Japanese martial art) but he quits after a tragic incident. He works as a security guard and spends his days drinking. One day, he encounters a high school student Toru, who has a natural ability in Kendo. Toru revives the spirit of the sport in Kengo and he resumes practice again....