Tokyo Noodle Factory: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Tokyo Seimenjo is a udon franchise restaurant with the motto "Quick, cheap, & delicious." The restaurant has a lot of regular customers, but their manager has been on maternity leave for the past 2 months and a reliable staff member has jsut quit. The four other staff members, Haruto Aoi, Yoshio Midorikawa, Rin Momota, and Setsuko Kimoto, feel uneasy about the situation. At that time, 27-year-old Kotaro Akamatsu is sent to the restaurant as the new manager. He previously worked for a hotel, which is the parent company of Tokyo Seimenjo. Kotaro Akamatsu assures the staff that he knows how things work at a restaurant, but he works there like he is still working at a hotel. He is overly polite to the customers and he seems very nervous while working. The staff members become embarrassed.

Series details

• Title: Tokyo Noodle Factory
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Food
• Premiere date: 2021-09-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-10-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: MBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 65639
• IMDb ID: tt15446006
• TVDB ID: 409608

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-09-08; final listed air date 2021-10-13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Tokyo Noodle Factory 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.