Shiori Akita is a Japanese actress. She was born on March 19, 2003, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, and made her acting debut in 2017. Since then, she has appeared in various films and television dramas, including “L-DK: Two Loves, Under One Roof” (2019).

Shiori Akita

With the bright and sunny Mami Nanami (Shiori Akita) by his side, Kazuya Kinoshita (Ryusei Onishi) thought that his life as a twenty-something college student was nothing short of perfect. Utterly convinced he had the world’s best girlfriend, Kazuya lived in a blissful world full of sunshine and rainbows. At least he did until one day, without warning, Mami walked out of his life forever.

Left heartbroken and alone, Kazuya has no idea how he will ever find a way to carry on. Desperate to soothe the pain of his wounded heart, Kazuya turns to the vast resources of the internet for help. Finding an app that offers rental girlfriends for hire, Kazuya orders the services of Chizuru Mizuhara (Hiyori Sakurada), an unparalleled beauty whose cute demeanor quickly eases the pain in Kazuya’s heart. Unfortunately, the comfort he finds in Chizuru’s company is short-lived, as he allows his good opinion of her to be tainted by the online reviews of others.

Infuriated by Kazuya’s easily swayed opinion, Chizuru tries to stand up for herself but all her plans are waylaid by a sudden act of fate. Finding herself forced to play the part of Kazuya’s lover once more, Chizuru has no choice but to keep up the ruse. But with Kazuya’s heart still clearly yearning for another woman, how long can this imposter couple last?

Adapted from the manga series “Borrow a Girlfriend” by Reiji Miyajima, “Rental A Girlfriend” is a 2022 Japanese romantic comedy drama directed by Daisuke Yamamoto.

Rental A Girlfriend

With the motto, “Quick, cheap, and delicious” Tokyo Seimenjo has been serving affordable, delectable udon to customers since the day their doors first opened. With a steady flow of customers and more than their fair share of regulars, the restaurant is clearly a local favorite. But with the manager two months into her maternity leave, and the most reliable of the staff having just quit, the stability of the remaining restaurant staff is deeply shaken.

Completely uneasy about their two most reliable members now gone, the remaining staff, Haruto Aoi (Shuntaro Yanagi), Yoshio Midorikawa (So Okuno), Rin Momota (Shiori Akita), and Setsuko Kimoto (Keiko Enoue), aren’t entirely sure what to do next. To make matters worse, the restaurant’s parent company has just sent them a new manager, Kotaro Akamatsu (Hokuto Yoshino). At twenty-seven, Kotaro has all of the confidence of a successful manager, the only problem is, his area of expertise is hotel management, not food service.&nbsp;

Painfully aware that Kotaro has no experience in the restaurant business, the staff of Tokyo Seimenjo are left feeling uneasy, to say the least. Will their new manager find a way to return their beloved restaurant to its former glory or will his awkward mannerism and lack of experience drive them into ruin?

A story of noodles and new beginnings, “Tokyo Noodle Factory” is a 2021 comedy drama directed by Keisuke Kondo.

Tokyo Noodle Factory

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When Akio Mori (Ouji Suzuka) is nearly hit by a truck, his friend Makoto Ozaki (Sato Yusuke) does everything he can to save him. Since then, Akio has had the strangest recurring dream of a beautiful girl appearing before him. For two months now, he’s been having this dream and the girl’s identity has always remained a mystery, until now.

Noticing the girl from his dreams walking by in real life, Akio is shocked when she runs to him, hugs him, then suddenly disappears. Completely flummoxed by the experience, Akio returns home but instead of finding comfort, he is forced to face an abrupt truth when, walking to his home, he notices his funeral photograph on display. Realizing, for the first time, that he didn’t survive the accident he believed Ozaki had saved him from, Akio decides the only thing he can do is ask his best friend for help.

When Akio suddenly appears before him, Ozaki is a bit shocked but being an avid lover of science fiction, quickly gets over the initial surprise. Determined to help his friend, Ozaki starts to investigate Risa Sakaguchi (Shiori Akita), the girl in Akio’s dreams, to see how they might be connected. With the help of his friend, will Akio be able to unravel the mystery surrounding the girl who haunts his dreams?

A remake of the director’s 1986 debut film, “The Land Beyond the Starry Sky” is a 2021 Japanese youth fantasy romance film directed by Kazuya Konaka.&nbsp;

The Land Beyond the Starry Sky

After her parents decided to move away for work, high schooler Aoi Nishimori (Mone Kamishiraishi) chose to stay behind, resulting in her living alone. However, she soon has an unexpected houseguest: Shusei Kugayama (Yosuke Sugino), the most popular student at their school, invites himself over to stay after a kitchen fire ruins his own home. As Aoi and Shusei spend more time together, their “temporary” living arrangement blossoms into romance… until Shusei’s cousin Reon Kugayama (Ryusei Yokohama) comes to visit from America to out why he refused an opportunity to attend college overseas. When he discovers that the reason is Aoi and Shusei’s secret relationship, he insists on moving in, too! As tensions rise between the three housemates, will Aoi and Shusei’s bond grow stronger? Or will this end their relationship? This 2019 Japanese movie was based on the hit manga series by Ayu Watanabe and was directed by Taisuke Kawamura.

L-DK: Two Loves, Under One Roof

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&nbsp;Rio (Aoi Wakana) is a high school student who lives in Tokyo. After months of study, she is looking forward to spending the long, forthcoming summer vacation in the Japanese capital, hanging out with her friends, and hopefully meeting some boys! But unforeseen events force her mother to send her away for the entire holiday to the countryside. There, she must stay, along with her brother, in a small village with her aging grandmother.

Rio is distraught by the development. But when she meets a young man named Ginzo (Sano Hayato), she is smitten with his charm and good looks. She soon discovers that he works part-time at her grandmother’s teahouse – but when they get to talking, they get off on the wrong foot. It isn’t long before they resolve their differences, however. But as a bond starts to form between them, some of their friends are less than pleased. And as the long summer vacation draws to a close, what will become of this duo?

“Ao-Natsu” is a 2018 Japanese movie that was directed by Takeshi Furusawa.

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