A Girl & Three Sweethearts

A Girl & Three Sweethearts, known as Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto (好きな人がいること) in Japan, is a 2016 Japanese television drama, starring Mirei Kiritani, Kento Yamazaki, Shohei Miura and Shūhei Nomura. It airs on every Mondays at 21:00 (JST) on Fuji Television beginning July 11, 2016.[1]

Sukina Hito ga Iru Koto
Also known as	A Girl & Three Sweethearts
Genre	Romance Comedy Drama
Written by	Sayaka Kuwamura
Directed by	Hiro Kanai Ryo Tanaka Tomonobu Moriwaki
Starring	Mirei Kiritani Kento Yamazaki Shohei Miura Shūhei Nomura
Opening theme	Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto by JY
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producer	Ryota Fujino
Running time	45 minutes Mondays at 21:00 (JST)
Production company	Fuji Television Drama Production Center
Distributor	Fuji Television
Release
Original network	Fuji Television
Original release	July 11 – September 19, 2016
External links
Website

Cast

• Mirei Kiritani as Misaki Sakurai
  • A hardworking patissier who just got laid off, she bumps into her old crush Chiaki Shibasaki and ends up working for his family restaurant Sea Sons while moving in with him and his two brothers.
• Kento Yamazaki as Kanata Shibasaki
  • The second Shibasaki brother, head chef of Sea Sons. He is very stoic but his culinary skills are well known. His half-sister is Manami Nishijima.
• Shohei Miura as Chiaki Shibasaki
  • The eldest Shibasaki brother and Misaki's old crush. He owns and operates several restaurants including Sea Sons, the restaurant passed down to him and his brothers from his father after he passed away. He used to date Kaede Takatsuki but they broke up after she moved away to study abroad in Boston. He hides many secrets in hopes to protect his family.
• Shūhei Nomura as Touma Shibasaki
  • The youngest Shibasaki brother, a free spirit and womanizer. He quits culinary school without telling his brothers and questions what to do with his life.
• Sakurako Ohara as Manami Nishijima
  • Kanata's half sister. Her mother is suffering from a rare disease.
• Kenta Hamano as Nobuyuki Himura
  • Chiaki's good friend from college.
• Hinako Sano as Mikako Okuda
  • Nobuyuki's girlfriend.
• Marie Iitoyo as Fuka Ninomiya
  • Touma's girlfriend. She is concerned about Toma's welfare.
• Nanao as Kaede Takatsuki
  • Chiaki's ex-girlfriend and aspiring pianist. She has a complicated past she hides from Chiaki so he won't get hurt, but still loves him.
• Kōtarō Yoshida as Ryo Higashimura
  • Head of a major restaurant chain, he wants to take over Sea Sons from the Shibasaki brothers and he's not afraid of using nefarious means to do so.

Episodes

Episode	Original air date	Episode title	Romanized title	English title	Director	Ratings (%)	Notes
1	July 11, 2016	最高の再会、最低の出会い	Saikō no saikai, saitei no deai	Best of reunion, the lowest of the encounter	Hiro Kanai
2	July 18, 2016	最高のご褒美	Saikō no go hōbi	Best reward		10.4% [2]
3	July 25, 2016	好きです	Sukidesu	I like it		8.7% [3]
4	August 1, 2016	つのる想い	Tsunoru Omoi	Thought to raise		9.5%[4]	Shuhei Nomura, Kenta Hamano, Miami D has also appeared in the sub-audio[5]
5	August 8, 2016	告白	Kokuhaku	Confessions		8.4%[6]
6	August 15, 2016	彼の真実	Kare no shinjitsu	His truth		8.3%[7]	Miura Shohei & Shuhei Nomura appeared in the sub-audio[8]
7	August 29, 2016	君の傍にいたい	Kimi no hata ni itai	I want to be your neighbor		8.2%[9]
8	September 5, 2016	運命の夜	Unmei no yoru	Fateful night		7.7%[10]
9	September 12, 2016	KISS	KISS	Kiss		9.4%[11]	Mirei Kiritani, Kento Yamazaki and Ryota Fujino producer also appeared in the sub-audio project[12]
10	September 19, 2016	それだけ。	Sore dake	That's all		8.4%[13]

Remark

• Episode 7 was not aired on Monday 22 August 2016 due to broadcast of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (7:00 p.m. to 9:54 p.m. Japan consortium program). This episode was scheduled to be aired on Monday August 29, 2016[14]

International broadcast

In Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Mongolia, the drama is broadcast on WakuWaku Japan with a variety of subtitles under the title, A Girl and Three Sweethearts.[15][16]

References

1. "桐谷美玲、月9『好きな人がいること』初主演！山崎賢人、三浦翔平、野村周平が3兄弟" (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. May 2, 2016. Archived from the original on June 16, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
2. "フジ月９「好きな人がいること」２週連続10％超え". 日刊スポーツ (in Japanese). 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
3. "月９「好きな人がいること」視聴率は８・７％　第３話で初の２桁割れ". スポニチアネックス (in Japanese). 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
4. "月９「好きな人が―」４話目視聴率は０・８％アップの９・５％" (in Japanese). 2016-08-02. Archived from the original on 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
5. "好きな人がいること - とれたてフジテレビ". Retrieved 2016-08-18.
6. 株式会社スポーツニッポン新聞社マルチメディア事業本部. "月９「好きな人がいること」第５話視聴率　自己ワースト８・４％ ― スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能". www.sponichi.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
7. "月９「好きな人が―」第６話視聴率は８・３％" (in Japanese). 2016-08-16. Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
8. "『好きな人がいること』三浦翔平＆野村周平が副音声に登場" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-08-18.
9. 株式会社スポーツニッポン新聞社マルチメディア事業本部. "月９「好きな人がいること」第７話視聴率は自己ワースト８・２％ ― スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能". www.sponichi.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
10. "「月９」視聴率は７・７％　今作過去最低を更新…好きな人がいること" (in Japanese). 2016-09-06. Archived from the original on 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
11. "山崎賢人「好きな人がいること」挽回上昇９・４％ - 芸能 : 日刊スポーツ" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-09-14.
12. "桐谷美玲＆山崎賢人、最終回目前『スキコト』副音声に登場" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-09-14.
13. "月９「好きな人がいること」最終回は８・４％　「スキコトロス」惜しむ声も". スポニチアネックス. September 20, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
14. "好きな人がいること - フジテレビ". Retrieved 2016-08-18.
15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2017-04-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
16. http://sgp.wakuwakujapan.tv/en/program/detail/wj0000002074/

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• A Girl & Three Sweethearts on IMDb