Shima Shima: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

By day, Shio manages an aromatherapy salon. But by night, she is the owner of "Striped Sheep", a business that dispatches men to the homes of women who suffer from insomnia to lie next to them. These "Striped Sheep" in fact represent a brand new profession of so-called "co-sleepers," whose sole mission is to provide a night of relaxation to restless women. Shio's four "sheep" consist of Gai, her ex-husband's brother, Ran, a man with a cool, soothing gaze, the glib Linda and a taciturn book worm named Matthew. As sleep-sharers, these four men find out a lot about what drives or plagues their women clients, and help them gradually discover themselves and the right life pathways. "There are nights when a woman just needs a man at her side.

Series details

• Title: Shima Shima
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2011-04-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-06-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37010
• TVDB ID: 256063

Cast and credited roles

• Akiko Yada — Shio Houkigi
• Shohei Miura — Gai Tamabuki
• Daisuke Kikuta — Ran Futaba
• Katsuhiro Suzuki — Rindou Hayashida
• Sota Fukushi — Shuji Makomo

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-04-22; final listed air date 2011-06-24; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Shima Shima 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.