Nobuta wo Produce: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kiritani Shuji is the popular guy who gets along with everyone, from the jerks to the nerds to the just plain weird. The one person Shuji cannot stand is Kusano Akira. To Shuji, Akira is just plain annoying. He laughs, talks and acts funny. Things heat up when a new student comes to school. Her name is Kotani Nobuko, a girl who has no self confidence at all and is content at being made fun of and bullied in school. Shuji and Akira come to an accord that in order to make use of their "youth" they will "produce" Nobuko as the next popular girl. One of the conditions, however, is that nobody should find out that they are working together as a team to make this concept possible. Unveiled here is the story of true friendship between three unlikely candidates who would not have been friends if not given the special circumstances.

Series details

• Title: Nobuta wo Produce
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2005-10-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2005-12-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 56 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 6419
• IMDb ID: tt0481046
• TVDB ID: 84754

Cast and credited roles

• Kazuya Kamenashi — Shuji Kiritani
• Maki Horikita — Kotani Nobuko
• Tomohisa Yamashita — Kusano Akira

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-10-15; final listed air date 2005-12-17.

Source and licence

Adapted from Nobuta wo Produce 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.