Tokyo Friends

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Tokyo Friends
Genre	Romantic Comedy
Starring	Ai Otsuka Eita Rio Matsumoto Masanobu Katsumura Yoko Maki Mao Kobayashi Ryuta Sato
Opening theme	Friends (フレンズ, Friends^?)
Country of origin	Japan
Language(s)	Japanese
No. of episodes	5
Production
Producer(s)	Ueda Hiroki
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	46 min. (approx)
Broadcast
Original channel	TBS
First shown in	June 3, 2005 (DVD release only)
Chronology
Followed by	Tokyo Friends: The Movie
External links
Official website

Tokyo Friends (東京フレンズ, Tōkyō furenzu^?) is a Japanese television drama released on June 3, 2005. Unlike many other dramas, it was never aired on TV but rather released as a DVD set; 3 DVDs to be exact. Volumes one and two contains the first 4 episodes while volume three contains the last episode. Each episode is approximately 70 minutes.

The Tokyo Friends Premium Box was also released which includes all 5 episodes, a bonus DVD, and 12 postcards. Although this is a very typical Tokyo-story and was never aired on TV, it was quite successful probably because it was Ai Otsuka's debut as an actress.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Tokyo Friends: The Movie
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Rei Iwatsuki moved from her hometown Kōchi to Tokyo to pursue her dreams. On arrival, she found a job as a waitress in a restaurant and met guitarist Ryuuji Shintani. Ryuuji liked her voice and invited her to join his band as the vocalist, The Survival Company (also known as Sabakan). The two started a relationship but then broke off when Rei wanted to write her own songs.

Rei met other girls also working in the restaurant, Hirono, Ryoko and Maki, all in pursuit of their own dreams, and became good friends with all of them.