Life in Smokey Blue: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Sakutaro's former colleague and No. 1 sales rival, Shizuka Kuji, saved him from danger when he was out having a good time one night. When Kuji left the company a step earlier than Sakutaro, he looked at him with envy, thinking that he must have a brilliant second career now. But when Kuji reunites with Sakutaro for the first time in eight years, his sarcastic personality is still the same, but for some reason, he is now working as a translator, looking languid and with long hair...

Series details

• Title: Life in Smokey Blue
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Romance
• Premiere date: 2026-04-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2026-06-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: YTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 90790

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-04-06; final listed air date 2026-06-08; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Life in Smokey Blue 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.