M: Ai Subeki Hito ga Ite: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A story of how a top diva in Japan, Ayumi Hamasaki, was born, her meeting and partings. This is the first dramatization of the much-talked-about original book with adaptations specific to the drama.

In Japan, in the 1990s, Ayumi Hamasaki was called Ayu and had become a superstar known throughout Japan.

The story unfolds against the background of Velfarre in Roppongi, opened in 1994 as the "biggest disco in Asia", the neon flooded scramble crossing in Shibuya and the dance music that dominated the music scene in Japan and the new music that came after. We will see the glamorous mainstream of the music scene, the hidden undercurrents behind the scenes and the overall light and shadow of the turbulent music scene depicted in overwhelming scale. This is the tumultuous story of the encounter and parting of Masa, a producer of all time who changed Japanese music history and still keeps on creating legends, and Ayu, who had become a top diva of Japan.

Series details

• Title: M: Ai Subeki Hito ga Ite
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2020-04-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 2020-07-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Asahi
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: AbemaTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 48549
• TVDB ID: 379992

Cast and credited roles

• Kalen Anzai — Ayu
• Shohei Miura — Masas
• Alan Shirahama — Sho Rukawa
• Minami Tanaka — Reika Himeno
• Masanobu Takashima — Ohama
• Katsunori Takahashi — Nakatani

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-04-18; final listed air date 2020-07-04; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from M: Ai Subeki Hito ga Ite 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.