No-Rin: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

When the national idol Kusakabe Yuka suddenly retired from the entertainment business, it shocked the world and it devastated teenager Hata Kosaku. Kosaku was Yuka's biggest fan and her departure left him depressed. His classmates at the Tamo Agriculture School finally are able to get him to leave his room and attend his class, but to everyone's amazement, Kusakabe Yuka (her stage name) comes into the class under the name Kinoshita Ringo as a transfer student. Kosaku realizes he has the once in a lifetime opportunity to get to personally know his dream girl and, together with his group of friends, try to find out why she is here and become closer than just classmates.

Series details

• Title: No-Rin
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Romance
• Premiere date: 2014-01-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-03-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 16002
• IMDb ID: tt3199286
• TVDB ID: 275579

Cast and credited roles

• Shintaro Asanuma — Kosaku Hatta
• Yukari Tamura — Ringo Kinoshita
• Emiri Katō — Wakadanna
• Kana Hanazawa — Minori Nakazawa
• Marina Inoue — Kocho Yoshida
• Wataru Hatano — Kei Kamatori
• Chiwa Saito — Natsumi Betsuki

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-01-11; final listed air date 2014-03-28.

Source and licence

Adapted from No-Rin 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.