Kazuto Mokudai co-leads the live-action adaptation of Nagisa Furuya's The Summer of You, which streams on U-NEXT from June 24 and airs on TV Tokyo from July 1. A memorial book released October 21, 2026 carries 60 pages of newly shot gravure of Mokudai and co-lead Tomoya Oku.
Kazuto Mokudai's current work is the live-action series adaptation of Nagisa Furuya's boys love manga The Summer of You, announced in May 2026 with Mokudai and Tomoya Oku as the two leads. The series streams on U-NEXT from June 24 and airs on TV Tokyo from July 1. The adaptation is directed by Kozue Sasaki and Shun Haga, with a screenplay by You Saito.
By October 2026 the production had a companion print release. Shinko Music Entertainment published the Kimi wa Natsu no Naka Memorial Book on October 21, 2026, a 104-page volume tied to the TV Tokyo drama. Sixty of those pages are newly shot gravure of Mokudai and Oku, and the same book carries a long talk between the two actors alongside interviews with Furuya, Saito, the two directors, and producers Takaya Chiba and Kozue Sasaki.
Across both stories, the coverage treats Mokudai less as one name in a cast list and more as half of a lead pair the publisher is selling directly. The casting announcement established the roles; the memorial book gives the two actors most of its page count and a joint interview, which puts them at the center of the tie-in material rather than the adaptation's production staff.
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Shinko Music Entertainment released the Kimi wa Natsu no Naka Memorial Book on October 21, 2026, tied to TV Tokyo's July-season drama. The 104-page volume carries 60 pages of newly shot gravure of leads Tomoya Oku and Kazuto Mokudai, a long talk between the two, interviews with original author Nagisa Furuya, screenwriter You Saito, directors Kozue Sasaki and Shun Haga, and producers Takaya Chiba and Kozue Sasaki, plus a sacred sites pilgrimage map.
May 19
The live-action series adaptation of Nagisa Furuya's boys love manga The Summer of You has announced its main cast and staff. Tomoya Oku and Kazuto Mokudai will star as the two leads. The series will stream on U-NEXT from June 24 and air on TV Tokyo from July 1.