Iine! Hikaru Genji-kun: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Fujiwara Saori comes home from office one weekend, and is dozing off after lighting some incense set that she bought in Bali to relax when a man wearing an ancient outfit appears all of a sudden. Saori thinks he is a suspicious person and even gets the police to come. However, during questioning, she recalls "Genji" and suddenly blurts this name out because the man is handsome and dressed in a costume from the Heian Period. The man embraces her as if to say he is Genji and the police leave under the impression that this is a lovers' quarrel. Saori believes he is a cosplayer but hears that he has reasons for having no place to return to. She decides to help by putting him up for the time being. However, her younger sister Shiori finds out that they are living together. Before long, Hikaru's rival in Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji, Tou no Chujou, also shows up...

Series details

• Title: Iine! Hikaru Genji-kun
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2020-04-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-06-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 48162
• TVDB ID: 380065

Cast and credited roles

• Sairi Itô — Saori Fujiwara
• Yudai Chiba — Genji Hikaru

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-04-04; final listed air date 2020-05-23; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2021-06-07; final listed air date 2021-06-28; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Iine! Hikaru Genji-kun 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.