Tokyo Friends

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Tokyo Friends
Tokyo Friends DVD cover
Genre	Romantic comedy
Starring	Ai Otsuka Eita Rio Matsumoto Yōko Maki Mao Kobayashi Ryuta Sato
Opening theme	Friends (フレンズ)
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	5
Production
Producer
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	46 min. (approx)
Release
Original network	TBS
First shown in	June 3, 2005 (DVD release only)
Chronology
Followed by	Tokyo Friends: The Movie
External links
Website

Tokyo Friends (東京フレンズ, Tōkyō Furenzu) is a Japanese television drama released on June 3, 2005. Unlike many other dramas, it was never aired on television but released as a set of 3 DVDs. Volumes one and two contain the first 4 episodes while volume three contains the last episode. Each episode is approximately 70 minutes.

The Tokyo Friends Premium Box was also released which includes all 5 episodes, a bonus DVD, and 12 postcards. Although this is a very typical Tokyo-story and was never aired, it was quite successful probably because it was Ai Otsuka's debut as an actress.

Plot[]

Rei Iwatsuki moved from her hometown Kōchi to Tokyo to pursue her dreams. On arrival, she found a job as a waitress in a restaurant and met guitarist Ryuuji Shintani. Ryuuji liked her voice and invited her to join his band as the vocalist, The Survival Company (also known as Sabakan). The two started a relationship but then broke off when Rei wanted to write her own songs.

Rei met other girls also working in the restaurant, Hirono, Ryoko and Maki, all in pursuit of their own dreams, and became good friends with all of them.

Cast[]

• Ai Otsuka - Rei Iwatsuki
• Eita - Ryuuji Shintani
• Rio Matsumoto - Hirono Hayama
• - Kazuo Sasakawa
• Yōko Maki - Ryoko Fujiki
• Mao Kobayashi - Maki Abiko
• Ryuta Sato - Kenichi Satomi
• Yuuta Hiraoka - Hidetoshi Tanaka
• Kuranosuke Sasaki - Kohashi
• Mari Hoshino - Akemi
• Kei Tanaka - Wataru Iwatsuki
• Kazuki Kitamura - Keitaro Sasakawa
• Yutaka Matsushige - Shirakawa
• Shunta Nakamura - Mitsuo Nagase
• - Oku-chan
• - Yoshie Sasakawa
• Arata Furuta - Wada

Tokyo Friends: The Movie[]

Tokyo Friends: The Movie was released on DVD on December 13, 2006.

Tokyo friends OST[]

1. Friends : Music : Yoshiki composer : Yoshiki Lyrics : Yoshiki
2. Haneirai Tamago : Music : Yoshiki : composer : Yoshiki Lyrics : Ai Otsuka
3. To me : Music : Yoshiki : composer : Yoshiki Lyrics : Ai Otsuka
4. Friends (Sabakan Ver): Music : Ai Otsuka composer : Yoshiki Lyrics : Yoshiki

External links[]

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Tokyo Friends at IMDb