Teen model Moe Arai (14) will star in her first television drama this spring. NHK is adapting the popular mobile phone novel "Gekikoi" by Mirai Minazuki and titling the drama "Gekikoi: Unmei no Love Story."
Arai entered show business in 2004 and soon started appearing in dramas and films. As a model, she was named Miss Young Magazine last year in the Miss Magazine 2009 contest.
In "Gekikoi," Arai plays Miyu, a high school girl who can’t trust men after her father had an affair. Still, she inexplicably finds herself gradually falling for soccer club member Sou (Shu Watanabe). But when she learns the truth about him, her love becomes too painful to bear.
Other cast members include Toru Kazama, Tomoya Warabino, Alice Hirose, and Yoriko Douguchi. NHK will broadcast the series on Thursday nights at 12:15am, for a total of eight episodes. The first one is planned to air on April 9.
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Arai Moe? Yes please! I’ll look forward to this.