Life as a Girl: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Miki Ogawa yearned to live the life of a lovely girl and moved to the city from the countryside because of this. She holds a job at a fashion mail order company. Miki Ogawa also has a secret. She is transgender. Although she has a pretty woman's appearance, her sex is male. One day, Tadaomi Goto appears in front of Miki Ogawa. They graduated from the same school. Tadaomi Goto is flusteredby Miki's different appearance, but they happen to live together.

Series details

• Title: Life as a Girl
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2018-01-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-01-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 54 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 34657
• IMDb ID: tt7701720
• TVDB ID: 344034

Cast and credited roles

• Keita Machida — Tadaomi Goto
• Jun Shison — Miki Ogawa
• Fuka Koshiba — Yui
• Shiori Tamai — Kaori
• Hyunri — Nakamura
• Yuichi Haba — Itakura

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-01-05; final listed air date 2018-01-26; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Life as a Girl 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.