Ao Haru Ride: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

At the end of the first year of high school, Futaba Yoshioka meets Kou Tanaka who was her first love. In their middle school days, they attended the same school, but he suddenly transferred to another school. Three years later, he appears in front of her again with the different last name of Kou Mabuchi. His personality also seems to have changed from warm to cold. He is like a totally different person from three years ago. Futaba Yoshioka slowly learns what happened to Kou Mabuchi for the past three years and she become to have feelings for him again.

Series details

• Title: Ao Haru Ride
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2023-09-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2024-02-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WOWOW
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 71731
• IMDb ID: tt30178791
• TVDB ID: 438176

Cast and credited roles

• Natsuki Deguchi — Futaba Yoshioka
• Kaito Sakurai — Ko Mabuchi
• Sara Shida — Shuko Murao
• Riko — Yuri Makita
• Taisuke Niihara — Aya Kominato
• Soru Miyazato — Haruhiko Uchimiya
• Ryôsuke Sota — Touma Kikuchi
• Daiki Kanechika — Yoichi Tanaka
• Mio Kudo — Asumi Nito
• Fûta Sakaguchi — Chie Fukuda
• Keiko Horiuchi — Akari Mabuchi
• Toru Nomaguchi — Toshio Hasebe

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-09-22; final listed air date 2023-11-10; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2024-01-19; final listed air date 2024-02-23; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

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