Love Generation: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Katagiri Teppei is a promising creative agent, but whose attitude gets him transferred to the sales department. He has to learn to adapt to the new working environment, which includes cutting his precious locks of hair to create a neater and more appropriate image. Helping him along the way is Uesugi Riko, whom he tried to pick up along the street earlier but was tricked by her instead. Riko does not have a good impression of him at first, but falls for him gradually. However, Teppei runs into his ex-girlfriend Mizuhara Sanae who is now the girlfriend of his brother Soichiro. Consoling him is Riko, whom Teppei likes gradually. Just when Teppei and Riko start dating, Sanae realises that she still likes Teppei...

Series details

• Title: Love Generation
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 1997-10-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 1997-12-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 46 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 31682
• IMDb ID: tt0217212
• TVDB ID: 82442

Cast and credited roles

• Takuya Kimura — Katagiri Teppei
• Takako Matsu — Uesugi Riko
• Junna Risa — Mizuhara Sanae
• Seiyo Uchino — Katagiri Soichiro

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1997-10-13; final listed air date 1997-12-22; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Love Generation 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.