Yankee Receptionist Short Drama Launches on POPCORN App
This release marks another vertical short drama from the Gokko Club creator group, which has amassed over 13 billion total views and 7.6 million social media followers as of May 2026, showing the growing reach of the short-form drama format in Japan.
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On June 19, 2026, the vertical short drama 'Yankee Receptionist Falls in Love with a Serious Guy?!' began streaming on the POPCORN app. The series is a 25-episode office romantic comedy produced by Ashita e Co., Ltd. and GOKKO Co., Ltd. It follows Reika, the leader of a fearsome biker gang, who falls in love at first sight with Kenta, an elite salaryman who openly hates yankees. To pursue him, she sheds her gang uniform and becomes a receptionist. The cast includes Nonoka Yamaguchi as Reika, Toshiki Seto as Kenta, Sumire Yokono, Nanase Shino, Akane Kanade, and Hirofumi Suzuki. Shinichi Terachi directed the series, with a screenplay by Nanase Shino and a theme song by Yasuyuki Sakurai. Each episode runs 1.5 to 3 minutes, with the first few free and later episodes available via pay-per-view. The app is free to download on iOS and Android.
Shinichi Terachi, the director, is also the president and CEO of Ashita e Co., Ltd., the planning and production company behind the series. The screenplay was written by cast member Nanase Shino, who also plays the yankee character Kazusa Mochizuki. The theme song is titled "Suki janē shi!" by Yasuyuki Sakurai.
The series follows Reika, the leader of the biker gang "Ballad," who falls for Kenta, an elite salaryman who openly says he hates yankees. She sheds her tokkō-fuku (gang uniform) and becomes a receptionist at his company to pursue him. The cast of eccentric characters includes Sumire Yokono as Aino Takahashi, the daughter of a rival company president who also has feelings for Kenta; Nanase Shino as Kazusa Mochizuki, the "Mad Dog" leader of the rival gang "Kerberos"; Akane Kanade as Asako Tajima, a legendary yankee called the "Tiger of Naniwa"; and Hirofumi Suzuki as Makiko Saito, an authoritarian section chief who looks down on Reika.
Ashita e Co., Ltd., established in 2022, describes itself as a "producer company that co-creates with creators." Its past works include the film "Funny," the TikTok anime "Omokano," and the short drama "Earn 30 Million!," which ranked No. 1 on the BUMP platform for two months. The company says it uses AI and other technologies in its short drama planning team to pursue "the reproducibility of hits."
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