Ai Yori Aoshi: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kaoru Hanabishi, a college student who lives alone, met a beautiful but bewildered girl dressed in a kimono at a train station. He volunteered to guide her way to the address she was looking for, which happened to be in his neighborhood, but turned out to be an empty lot. Not knowing what to do next, Kaoru invited the devastated girl to his apartment and asked for any additional clues to her destination. She supplied him with a photo of two children whom Kauru immediately identified as himself and Aoi Sakuraba, his childhood friend. It turned out that the girl in front of him is Aoi Sakuraba herself, his betrothed fiancee who came all the way to Tokyo to marry him. Her revelation was not only surprising but also reminded the deepest part of Kaoru's memory for why he left the Hanabishi family in the first place.A naive, traditional girl from the country goes to the city to find the boy she was engaged to as a young girl, and the two childhood friends fall in love.

Series details

• Title: Ai Yori Aoshi
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Anime, Romance
• Premiere date: 2002-04-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2003-12-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 20940
• IMDb ID: tt0339953
• TVDB ID: 79267

Cast and credited roles

• Souichirou Hoshi — Kaoru Hanabishi
• Ayako Kawasumi — Aoi Sakuraba

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2002-04-01; final listed air date 2002-09-25; episode order: 24.
• Season 2: premiered 2003-09-26; final listed air date 2003-12-27; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

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