=Love Members Join ≠Me Drama About Yankee Idols
The casting of Noguchi and Oba as members of the top idol group Aurora5 adds a layer of real-life idol rivalry to a drama already built around multiple fictional idol units.
Reporting from 1 sources: Eiga Natalie.
Iori Noguchi and Hana Oba from =LOVE have been cast in the serial drama "Yankee Gekisenku no Shitenou ga Idol Group ni Tensei Shitara?," which stars ≠ME. The show follows four delinquents reincarnated as idols. It premieres on Nippon TV on June 10.
The drama centers on four yankees who reincarnate as the idol group Kyun Baku ♡ FOUR PRINCESS, played by ≠ME members Nanaka Tomita, Momo Sakurai, Hitomi Suzuki, and Moko Kanisawa. Noguchi plays Seira Ichinose, the center of Aurora5, the top group at the largest agency G-ZONE. Oba plays fellow Aurora5 member Rio Kujo. The cast also includes Ryosuke Mikata as a manager and Rin Noseri as a company president. The 10-episode series is written by Okura, known for "Dragon Zakura," and directed by Takashi Sumita. It airs Wednesdays at 25:09 on Nippon TV starting June 10.
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- Eiga Natalie ≠ME主演ドラマ「ヤン転」に＝LOVE野口衣織・大場花菜が出演、ビジュアル＆予告解禁