Murai no Koi: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Tanaka Ayano, is a teacher who has been given the nickname "Iron Masked Girl, Tetsuko" by her students due to her not interfering her students more than necessary and not interacting with the other teachers. Tanaka is actually an otaku who fell in love with Hitotose, a character from an otome game. One day, Tanaka was confessed by her student, Murai. Tanaka immediately rejected Murai as she has never fell in love with a real man, let alone her student. However, the next day, Murai appears with a new hairstyle and he looks exactly like Hitotose.

Series details

• Title: Murai no Koi
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2022-04-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-05-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Paravi
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 61936
• IMDb ID: tt31307411
• TVDB ID: 417961

Cast and credited roles

• Yûki Kaji — Hitotose
• Ryubi Miyase — Hitotose
• Ryubi Miyase — Murai
• Takahashi Hikaru — Tanaka, Ayano

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2022-04-06; final listed air date 2022-05-25; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Murai no Koi 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.