The official website for the live-action series of Ryoko Fukuyama’s Koi ni Mudaguchi (Chatter About Love) manga revealed the visual and additional cast for the series on Thursday.
The series will premiere on TV Asahi on April 16, and on ABC TV on April 17.
Akitani plays Nakamura, the manga club president, and Ema’s confidante that always gives her accurate advice.
Ueshima plays an original character named Morimi, a school janitor who always watches over the four boys from afar.