Yuzu's Kitagawa Yuujin performs a "foreshadowing recovery" dance with Iinuma Ai and Yagi Yusei! Courtesy visit to the filming site of the drama "Minami-kun is my Lover!?"

■Furthermore, at Kitagawa’s suggestion, a full-power dance performance by Kitagawa Yuujin and Takeda Shinji also came to fruition!

Ai Iinuma and Yusei Yagi (FANTASTICS) star in the TV drama “Minami-kun is my Lover!?” (TV Asahi). Yuujin Kitagawa of Yuzu, who sings the theme song “Fusen-taiho”, visited the set of the drama.

Kitagawa’s appearance also delighted the leading cast members, Iinuma, Yagi, Takeda Shinji, Banya Amataka, Muroi Shigeru, Kaga Mariko, and Kimura Yoshino, who were in the middle of filming.

Upon seeing the Horikiri family’s living room, Kitagawa excitedly commented, “I’m really enjoying watching the drama! It’s the Horikiri family! I’m so happy!” In between taking commemorative photos, she also revealed some behind-the-scenes information about the insert song “Natsuiro (re-recorded),” saying, “I wanted it to match the worldview and era of the drama, so I proposed re-recording ‘Natsuiro’ this time,” surprising the cast members.

Afterwards, they filmed the dance of “Foreshadowing Collection,” which is also a hot topic on TikTok, with Iinuma and Yagi in the living room of the Horikiri family home. The two, who have already danced on the program account once, also danced perfectly. Let’s look forward to the release of the gorgeous three-shot dance.

And just when you thought that this was the end, Kitagawa suggested, “Can I dance with Takeda-san with all my might?”, and they quickly decided to film a two-shot dance with Takeda Shinji. The scene was abuzz with the adults dancing with all their might. Will this video actually be released to the public?

At the end, a photo of the two of them, Kitagawa and lead actor Iinuma, was taken, with Kitagawa encouraging him, saying, “Good luck with the rest of the shoot!” Iinuma also showed a smile.

Kitagawa, who also toured the set of Chiyomi’s room, was impressed to see Yuzu’s official mascot, Yuzutaro, part of the set, and once again expressed her gratitude to the cast and staff of the drama for the theme song and insert song.

The fifth episode of the drama “Minami-kun is my Lover!?” will be broadcast on August 20th at 9pm.

■ Episode 5 Synopsis
Horikiri Chiyomi (Iinuma Ai)’s bag is snatched, and Minami-kun (Yagi Yusei), who was inside, is thrown into a park far away. With his whole body in pain and at a loss, Minami-kun meets a woman named Tomita Sanae (Kuninaka Ryoko), who is the same size as him and the same palm-sized as him! Minami-kun gets into his “boyfriend’s” pocket with Sanae and heads to Sanae’s house. He feels a strange joy at meeting someone “in the same situation as himself” for the first time, and they talk about the experiences they have had since they became 15 centimeters.

Meanwhile, Chiyomi finds her stolen bag, but Minami-kun is not inside, and she becomes so anxious that her heart almost breaks. She desperately searches around the bag. As she is overcome with the fear that she may never see Minami-kun again, she is finally reunited with him when he returns to the park! Chiyomi cries and apologizes, saying, “I will never leave you again.” Minami-kun, who understands Chiyomi’s anxiety, tries to cheer her up. The two decide to go to the local summer festival.

The Horikiri family, including Kaede (Kimura Yoshino), Yuriko (Kaga Mariko), Shintaro (Takeda Shinji), and Takuma (Banke Amatsuka), are all excited about the summer festival. While everyone is excited, including Hisako (Chaco) (Muroi Shigeru) from the craft store, who has picked out fabric for a yukata for Minami-kun’s “doll,” Shintaro happens to witness Chiyomi and Minami-kun having a conversation! Shintaro decides not to tell anyone about this, but he starts acting strangely…!?

Program Information

TV Asahi“Minami-kun is my lover!?”
08/20 (Tue) 21:00-21:54 *Episode 5
Cast: Ai Iinuma, Yusei Yagi, Shinji Takeda, Tenka Banya, Rena Takeda, Hiroshi Iwase, Nao Yamato, Shuto Imai, Keisuke Watanabe, Takeshi Tomizawa, Akiko Yagi, Ikki Sawamura, Ken Mitsuishi, Shigeru Muroi, Mariko Kaga, Yoshino Kimura
Original story: Shungiku Uchida’s “Minami-kun’s Lover” (published by Seirin Kogeisha), “Minami-kun is a Lover” (Bunkasha)
Screenplay: Yoshikazu Okada
Theme song: Yuzu “Foreshadowing Collection”