AKB48’s Yui Yokoyama, a native of Kyoto, will play Yuriko while Masaki Nakao will play Yūichi.
Many of the staff are returning from the Yokoyama Yui (AKB48) ga Hannari Meguru: Kyoto Irodori Nikki (Yui Yokoyama’s Elegant Wandering: Assorted Kyoto Diaries) program, which has been running since 2013.
Yukiko Asano’s Hannari Girori no Yoriko-san (Yoriko of the Elegant Glare) manga is inspiring a four-episode live-action television series starting this April on Kansai TV.
She meets Yūichi Yamada, a 26-year-old magazine editor who transfers to Kyoto, and their love story begins.