Yuuki Yoda, a 22-year-old member of Japanese girl idol group Nogizaka46, will play the lead role in TV Tokyo’s new drama series Ryosangata Riko: Plamo Jyoshi no Jinsei Kumitateki (Mass Production Type Riko: Plastic Model Girl’s Assembly Diary of Life), which will start airing in Japan on June 30.
The first episode features Mass Production Type Zaku from the Mobile Suit Gundam series, which inspires the title of the drama.
It will be her first starring role in a terrestrial drama series.