Itazura na Kiss: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

When her newly-built home is razed to the ground by an earthquake, low-achieving, clumsy, and troublesome third-year high school student Kotoko Aihara is forced to share a roof with the school's—and possibly Japan's—smartest student, Naoki Irie. Kotoko is not actually a complete stranger to Irie-kun; unfortunately, a single love letter that she tried to give him in the past has already sealed her fate as far as he is concerned. Throw in some quirky friends and a meddlesome mother, and Kotoko might not even have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the older Irie boy's heart. Yet Kotoko remains optimistic that, because she now lives in his house, her unattainable crush on the genius since the beginning of high school has never been more within reach.

~Based on the manga called Itazura na Kiss, this show is the anime adaptation.

Series details

• Title: Itazura na Kiss
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Romance
• Premiere date: 2008-04-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-09-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 16376
• IMDb ID: tt1214373
• TVDB ID: 82735

Cast and credited roles

• Nana Mizuki — Kotoko Aihara
• Daisuke Hirakawa — Naoki Irie

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-04-04; final listed air date 2008-09-25; episode order: 25.

Source and licence

Adapted from Itazura na Kiss on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.