From Five to Nine: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Sakuraba Junko is a part-time teacher at an English conversation school who dreams of one day working in New York. Junko strives hard to achieve her dreams, but New York seems a far distant reality. And she hasn't had much luck with romance for a while either. But things suddenly start to change when one day, Junko encounters a handsome Tokyo University graduate monk Hoshikawa Takane at a funeral service. Due to numbness of her legs after sitting for a long time, Junko accidentally knocks over the bowl of ashes, which falls right onto the head of Takene—probably the worst impression anyone could make. After such embarrassing mishap, Junko figures she would never see him again. However, the two end up meeting again in a matchmaking session that was set up by Junko's mother.

Series details

• Title: From Five to Nine
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2015-10-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-12-14
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 55 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7/10
• TVMaze ID: 9396
• IMDb ID: tt4996170
• TVDB ID: 301443

Cast and credited roles

• Satomi Ishihara — Sakuraba Junko
• Takada Hyoga — Satonaka Yuki
• Yoshimoto Miyu — Ashigaka Kaori
• Ueshima Ryuhei — Sakuraba Mitsuru
• Yuri Tsunematsu — Sakuraba Nene
• Keiko Toda — Sakuraba Keiko
• Terada Kokoro — Naha Sankyu
• Kei Tanaka — Kiyomiya Makoto
• Ono Takehiko — Terada Kouei
• Reo Nagatsuma — Hachiya Renji
• Kaga Mariko — Hoshikawa Hibari
• Mokomichi Hayami — Kimura Arthur

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-10-12; final listed air date 2015-12-14; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

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