Stay by My Side after the Rain: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kanade is an office worker who's unfulfilled in life...and keeps the fact that he's gay a secret. Everything changes when he reunites with an old classmate from high school: Mashiro, the boy Kanade secretly liked back in his youth. Mashiro's arrival seems to bring new sunlight to Kanade's dreary life. As they get to know each other again as adults, could this be Kanade's chance to find love with the one who got away?

Series details

• Title: Stay by My Side after the Rain
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2025-07-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2025-09-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 84977
• IMDb ID: tt37517554
• TVDB ID: 464040

Cast and credited roles

• Masashi Ikeda — Kanade Shinichiro
• Hori Natsuki — Mashiro Kosuke
• Maho Yamada — Kanamori Aya
• Miho Watanabe — Aizawa Sumire
• Reika Kirishima — Mashiro Mitsuko
• Koh Takasugi — Master

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-07-03; final listed air date 2025-09-18; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Stay by My Side after the Rain 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.