Chuugakusei Nikki: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Hijiri has always dreamed of becoming a teacher, and she has just started teaching a 9th grade class at Koboshi Junior High School. She is engaged to Shotaro, an elite trading company employee working in Osaka, who she has been dating since university. Although their relationship is long-distance, nothing could come in between them... at least that's what she thought until she met Akira. Akira is still fourteen years old, but there is something mysterious and charming about him. Hijiri knows that as a teacher, she cannot be attracted to her student, but his love for her is so pure and straight, that she finds herself slowly becoming infatuated by him.

Series details

• Title: Chuugakusei Nikki
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2018-10-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-12-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 56 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 39300
• IMDb ID: tt9271566
• TVDB ID: 353214

Cast and credited roles

• Kasumi Arimura — Hijiri Suenaga
• Koshi Mizukami — Akira Kuroiwa
• Keita Machida — Shotaro Kawai
• Yo Yoshida — Ritsu Haraguchi

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-10-09; final listed air date 2018-12-18; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Chuugakusei Nikki 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.