- Drama: Diet Rebound (English title)
- Romaji: Ribaundo
- Japanese: リバウンド
- Director: Seiichi Nagumo, Jun Ishio, Ken Higurashi
- Writer: Kazuhiko Yukawa
- Network: NTV
- Episodes: 10
- Release Date: April 27, 2011 – June 29, 2011
- Runtime: Wednesday 22:00-22:54
- TV Ratings: 11.11%
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Nobuko Oba (Saki Aibu) grew up with loving parents who ran a restaurant serving tonkatsu (breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet). Nobuko loved eating tonkatsu and also cakes. She ate so prodigiously that by the time she was in her early 20’s Nobuko weighted 82 kilograms (180lbs)!
After having trouble with personal relationships Nobuko then decided to lose weight. She gave up eating cakes and eventually lost 37 kilograms. Nobuko started to attract the attention of men and also landed her dream job as an editor for a fashion magazine. But, trouble looms for Nobuko after she interviews handsome pastry chef Taiichi Imai (Mokomichi Hayami) and falls in love with him … and his cakes …
Cast
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Saki Aibu | Mokomichi Hayami | Chiaki Kuriyama | Ryo Katsuji |
Nobuko Oba | Taiichi Imai | Hitomi Mimura | Kensaku Kazami |
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Maki Nishiyama | Kazuaki Hankai | Kazue Ito | Hidehiko Ishizuka | Mayumi Wakamura |
Yuki Naito | Takayuki Kamiya | Chie Oba | Mutsumi Oba | Ran Morinaka |
Additional Cast Members:
- Ryo Ryusei – Shiro Tenno
- Runa Sato – Nobuko Oba (child)
- Natsuhi Ueno – Shibutani (ep.1-5,7-9)
- Asami Imajuku – Nishii (ep.1-5,7-9)
- Rei Noma – Nakata (ep.1-5,7-9)
- Tomoya Ogaki – Komuro (ep.1-5,7-9)
- Manami Takahashi – Ishida (ep.1-5,7-9)
- Airi Osugi – Tanimoto (ep.1-5,7-9)
- Aoi Ichikawa – Watabe (ep.1-5,7-9)
- Sae Sakamoto – Yabe (ep.1-5,7-9)
- Rumiko Ohashi – Kimura (ep.1-5,7-9)
- Sanae Yuki – Kojima (ep.1, 6-9)
- Natsu Ando – Bookstore’s OL (ep.5)
- Daisuke Yamazaki – EDEN boss (ep8,9)
- Kaori Hayashi – model (ep.8)
- Mayumi Asaka – Miya Segawa (ep.6-7)
- Hayato Horiuchi – delivery man (ep8)
Episode Ratings
Episode | Date | Ratings (Kanto Region) |
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01 | 04/27/2011 | 14.3% |
02 | 05/04/2011 | 10.5% |
03 | 05/11/2011 | 12.2% |
04 | 05/18/2011 | 10.6% |
05 | 05/25/2011 | 11.4% |
06 | 06/01/2011 | 11.3% |
07 | 06/08/2011 | 9.7% |
08 | 06/15/2011 | 10.8% |
09 | 06/22/2011 | 9.8% |
10 | 06/29/2011 | 10.5% |
Average | 11.11% |
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