Nile Perch no Joshikai: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Career woman, Shimura Eriko, works for a large general trading company on equal footing with the men. She is beautiful and highly educated. Her parents have a house in Tokyo's Setagaya ward. Life seems to be going well for Eriko whose single greatest hang-up is the fact that she does not have any female friends. Her secret pleasure is to read a popular journal written by a housewife influencer of the same age on social media. At one point, she happens to meet Maruo Shoko, the writer of the diary, who lives nearby. Shoko also has no female friends. The two of them who have this point in common, quickly become close. However, some incident causes their relationship to develop in an unexpected direction.

Series details

• Title: Nile Perch no Joshikai
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2021-01-30
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-03-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 81857
• IMDb ID: tt13949680

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-01-30; final listed air date 2021-03-20; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Nile Perch no Joshikai 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.