The cast includes Kenshi Okada as Akira Kuroiwa, Rina Ono as Runa Iwasaki, Jiei Wakabayashi as Junichirō Kokonoe, and Marin Nishimoto as Atsuki Shiraishi.
The series will premiere on TBS on October 9 at 10:00 p.m. The manga is a love story between Akira Kuroiwa, a 14-year-old boy who knows nothing of love, and Hijiri Suenaga, his new 25-year-old homeroom teacher.
The previously announced cast members are as follows (Note: Character name romanizations are not official.): Kenshi Okada plays the male lead character Akira Kuroiwa, a student who is in love with Hijiri, his homeroom teacher.
The official website for the live-action series adaptation of Junko Kawakami’s Chūgaku Sei Nikki and his group of friends in middle school before Akira meets Hijiri in the main story.