Minami-kun no Koibito
manga
Minami-kun no Koibito (南くんの恋人; "Minami's sweetheart"), also known as My Little Lover, is a Japanese manga series by Shungicu Uchida. It has been adapted into five Japanese television dramas. The manga has been released in France by Éditions IMHO with the title La petite amie de Minami. The theme song of the 2004 drama series is "Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy" by Arashi.
1990 cast
Hikari Ishida as Chiyomi
Masaki Kudo as Hiroyuki Minami
Yasuyo Shirashima
Naoki Miyashita
Midori Kiuchi
Shungicu Uchida
Haruko Kato
1994 cast
Yumiko Takahashi as Chiyomi Horikiri
Shinji Takeda as Hiroyuki Minami
Reiko Chiba as Risako Nomura
Masao Kusakari as Chiyomi's father
Junji Takada as Hiroyuki's father
2004 cast
Kyoko Fukada as Chiyomi Horikiri: Another top student and calligrapher who is Susumu's girlfriend. She shrinks down to 16 cm(6 inches) from a curse when he leaves her.
Kazunari Ninomiya as Susumu Minami: A handsome runner who is Chiyomi's boyfriend and the object of Reika's affections.
Mao Miyaji as Reika Nomura: A top class student who uses her looks to try and win Minami over. However, Susumu doesn't like her for a personal reason. Wasn't very nice to Chiyomi until much later when Reika realizes how much she did relate to her.
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