Arakawa Under the Bridge: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Ichinomiya "Riku" Kou, a young upper-class man who tries to live a life without any debts to anyone, and a strange yet beautiful homeless girl called Nino who claims to be from the Venus. Unfortunately for him, he ends up owing his life to Nino and has no choice but to live with her under the bridge by the Arakawa river in order to follow his debt-free policy.

Series details

• Title: Arakawa Under the Bridge
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2011-07-26
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-09-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37332
• IMDb ID: tt1880452
• TVDB ID: 251508

Cast and credited roles

• Kento Hayashi — Riku
• Mirei Kiritani — Nino
• Yu Shirota — Sister
• Shun Oguri — Village Chief
• Takayuki Yamada — Hoshi
• Nana Katase — Maria

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-07-26; final listed air date 2011-09-27; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Arakawa Under the Bridge 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.