- Drama: If My Wife Becomes An Elementary School Student
- Romaji: Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru
- Japanese: 妻、小学生になる
- Director: Toshio Tsuboi, Takeyoshi Yamamoto, Maiko Ouchi, Naoki Kato
- Writer: Yayuu Murata (manga), Satomi Oshima
- Network: TBS
- Episodes: 10
- Release Date: January 21 – March 25, 2022
- Runtime: Friday 22:00
- TV Ratings: 7.1%
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©
Keisuke’s (Shinichi Tsutsumi) wife Takae died 10 years ago. He has still has not gotten over her death. After her death, Keisuke just spends his days aimlessly. He has a daughter Mai. Keisuke wishes Mai to be happy, but he doesn’t do anything for her except provide basic support. He is unattached to her emotionally and hardly talks with her. It seems their father and daughter relationship stopped 10 years ago when Takae died.
One day, a strange elemental school girl appears in front of Keisuke and Mai. The girl introduces herself as Takae.
Notes
- “If My Wife Becomes An Elementary School Student” takes over TBS‘ Friday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by “Dearest” and followed by “Invisible” on April 15, 2022.
- Based on manga series “Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru” by Yayuu Murata (first published August 10, 2018 in manga magazine Weekly Manga Times).
Cast
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| Shinichi Tsutsumi | Yuriko Ishida | Aju Makita | Nono Maida | Yo Yoshida |
| Keisuke Niijima | Takae Niijima | Mai Niijima | Marika Shiraishi | Chika Shiraishi |
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| Misato Morita | Toru Baba | Shunsuke Tanaka | Kyotaro Yanagiya | Satoshi Iizuka |
| Konomi Moriya | Yoshiyuki Soejima | Shinichiro Uda | cafe master | Nakamura |
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| Rio Ogura | Ryunosuke Kamiki | Kaho Mizutani | Yosuke Sugino | Ami Touma |
| Yako | Yuri Koga | Shiori Kikuchi | Renji Aikawa | Rion Izumo |
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| Katamari Mizukawa |
| Koji Yoshihara |
Additional Cast Members:
- Waku Kawaguchi – Takeru
- Yoko Kondo – Tomoka Izumo
- Hanna Tanaka – Miyuki
- Issei Takubo – Daisuke Hayashi (ep.1-2,10)
- Akinori Ando – Takae Niijima’s friend (ep.1)
- Makoto Togashi – Misaki (ep.1)
- Atsushi Yamanishi – Kenichi Aikawa (ep.3)
- Takeaki Shima – Yoshida (ep.3)
- Takashi Sato – cafe customer (ep.3)
- Shuji Okui – Fujita (ep.4,10)
- Yukihiro Otani – Kishi (ep.6)
- Saori Yuki – Reiko Koga (ep.7)
- Machiko Washio – Aikio (ep.7)
- Naho Toda – Moeko (ep.7)
- Kenta Sakai – worshiper (ep.7)
- Hirota Otsuka – autograph session staff (ep.8)
- Yuki Hirako – cafe customer (ep.9)
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