Will This Love Is a Checkmate?: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Tae Komada  is 32-years-old, well endowed as a woman and a Shogi chess player. She looks much younger than her age. Meanwhile, Taiga Kohinata  is a 24-year-old salaryman. He is still a virgin. Taiga Kohinata happens to meet Tae Komada and falls in love with her.

Series details

• Title: Will This Love Is a Checkmate?
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2018-12-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-12-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: MBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 48187
• IMDb ID: tt9303252
• TVDB ID: 357012

Cast and credited roles

• Kentaro Ito — Taiga Kohinata
• Yuki Kashiwagi — Tae Komada

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-12-02; final listed air date 2018-12-23; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

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