40,000 km Kanata no Koi: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Astronaut Takamura Soichi is spending a year in space in order to collect data samples that will enable the human race to live comfortably in space. As someone who loathes people and avoids troublesome human relationships, he is happy living alone with the AI Yuri some 400,000 km from earth. Then one day, Soichi has an interview with his ex-girlfriend Ayuhara Sakiko through satellite connection. Their reunion on a computer screen eventually turns into quarrel but it makes him rediscover his feelings. Then Yuri realises that her feelings for Soichi are close to the human love and begins to question the meaning of her own existence. An unexpected love triangle develops between the astronaut, his ex-girlfriend on earth and the AI! In addition, all sorts of problems happen in outer space…

Series details

• Title: 40,000 km Kanata no Koi
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Adventure, Romance
• Premiere date: 2020-07-25
• Final broadcast date listed: 2020-08-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 61867
• TVDB ID: 385706

Cast and credited roles

• Yudai Chiba — Takamura Soichi
• Mugi Kadowaki — Ayuhara Sakiko
• Riho Yoshioka — AI Yuri

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-07-25; final listed air date 2020-08-15; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from 40,000 km Kanata no Koi 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.