Call Center no Koibito

Details[edit]

Title: コールセンターの恋人
Title (romaji): Call Center no Koibito
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 6.1 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2009-Jul-03 to 2009-Sep-11
Air time: Friday 21:00
Theme song: Arigato by Sonar Pocket
- Insert song: Wakaitte Subarashii by Maki Michiru (槇みちる)

Synopsis[edit]

Tokura Wataru works in Tokyo for a TV shopping program. After getting on the bad side of the show's charismatic presenter, "Antarctic Ice", he gets transferred to a rural call center. Waiting for him is Aoyama Kyoko, nicknamed the "queen of complaints" for her expert ability at handling unsatisfied customers. Unsettled by this call center that seems to have no regard for the rules, he begins working on a plan to return to the main office in Tokyo. Though at first he struggles in his new position he soon finds love in his work. --Tokyograph

Cast[edit]

Correlation chart

Koizumi Kotaro as Tokura Wataru
Mimura as Aoyama Kyoko
- Hatakeyama Rina (畠山彩奈) as young Kyoko (ep9)
Matsushige Yutaka as Sakamaki Kenichi
Yasuda Ken as Uno Ben
Nakajima Hiroko as Hatta Yumie
Takizawa Saori as Kondo Nagisa
Erena as Kanehara Mai
Haneyuri (はねゆり) as Shirai Moe
Mashita Rena as Omura Misaki
Fukui Hitomi as Komatsu Nami
Aimi (愛未) as Nakatani Asari
Toyoba Saki (樋場早紀) as Okumura Shizuka
Nakabayashi Taiki as Mikami Keita
Ishii Kota as Akashi Ryosuke
Shiba Toshio as Nakashima Eisaku
Wakabayashi Go as Kawanabe Yujiro
Natori Yuko as "Antarctic Ice"
Yamazaki Nonoka (山崎野々華) as Uehara Chinatsu

Guests[edit]

Ogura Hisahiro as Yanagi Koichi (ep1)
Hiwatashi Shinji (樋渡真司) as Minami (ep1)
Uehara Yoshie (上原由恵) as Koichi's wife (ep1)
Kuroyanagi Tetsuko (黒柳徹子) (ep1)
Odaka Anna as Kitano Hatsue (ep2)
Sugita Kippei (杉田吉平) as Kitano Masaru (ep2)
Anami Atsuko as Kitano Mizue (ep2)
Baisho Mitsuko as Muramatsu Taeko (ep3)
Funaki Sachi as Muramatsu Yoshimi (ep3)
Kanayama Kazuhiko as Muramatsu Kosuke (ep3)
Ogata Sayaka as Sekido Kairo (ep3)
Tsuji Osamu (辻修) as Shibuya (ep4)
Shimizu Yuya as Hatta Hiroshi (ep4)
Tanaka Emi (田中愛美) as Hatta Kumi (ep4)
Tanaka Mirei (田中美玲) as Hatta Miku (ep4)
Azuma Chizuru as Meguro Yuriko (ep5)
Yamazaki Shigenori as Kinoshita Junpei (ep5)
Nicholas Pettas (ニコラス・ペタス) as Hans (ep6)
Kondo Yoshimasa as Iinuma Joji (ep6)
Gal Sone (ギャル曽根) as Haraguchi Mari (ep6)
Kobayashi Katsuya as Yamamoto "Yama-chan" Ippei (ep6)
Kashima Jun (加島潤) as Yama-chan's shop assistant (ep6)
Tomoyama Yunosuke (友山裕之助) as Yama-chan's regular customer (ep6)
Sahel Rosa (サヘル・ローズ) as a performer on Hans' DVD (ep6)
Lorena (ロレナ) as a performer on Hans' DVD (ep6)
Erick (エリック) as a performer on Hans' DVD (ep6)
Chris (クリス) as a performer on Hans' DVD (ep6)
Horikiri Saori (堀切沙織) as Hyodo (ep6)
Seki Ayano (関綾乃) as Nonoyama (ep6)

Ozawa Megumi (小澤めぐみ) as a gravure model (ep6)
Inoue Waka as Okamura Sayo (ep7)
Hosaka Naoki as Okamura Masahiko (ep7)
Kawasaki Mayo as Honda (ep7)
Murakami Kohei as Koyama Shinichi (ep7)
Matsuda Kenji as Kuroiwa (ep7)
Ishikawa Mika (石川美佳) as a nurse (ep7)
Mori Fujio (森富士夫) as a doctor (ep7)
Sato Tetsuya (佐藤哲也) as an employee (ep7)
Sasaki Yasukichi (佐々木康吉) as an employee (ep7)
Kaneda Akio as Komura Koji (ep8)
Inuyama Inuko as Komura Michiko (ep8)
Aota Noriko as Fukumoto Mayumi (ep8)
Ibuki Goro (伊吹吾郎) as Omaeda Shosuke (ep9)
Ryogoku Hiroshi as Nishikawa Shingo (ep9)
Yabe Kyosuke as Doi (ep9)
Gi Takeru (戯武尊) (ep9)
Kataoka Tomie as Matsuo Keiko (ep9)
Nashimoto Kenjiro as Aoyama Kentaro (ep9)
Kodama Raishin as the noodleshop owner (ep9)
Ito Masahiro (伊藤正博) as Inspector Yamashita (ep9)
Owada Baku as Yamazaki (ep10)
Hirano Yuki (平野由希) as Yamazaki Satomi (ep10)
- Inagaki Rinka (稲垣鈴夏) as young Satomi (ep10)
Minomonta (みのもんた) as Ohira (ep10)
Isono Kiri (磯野貴理) as a housewife (ep10)
Ishikawa Yuji (石川裕司) as a producer of "Tetsuko no Heya" (ep10)
Suzuki Maiko (鈴木舞子) as a staff of "Tetsuko no Heya" (ep10)
Shimizu Rie (鈴清水理絵) as a staff of "Tetsuko no Heya" (ep10)

Production Credits[edit]

Original plan: Yamaguchi Masatoshi
Screenwriter: Nakazono Miho, Oguchi Yukiko (大口幸子), Fukuma Masahiro (福間正浩)
Chief producer: Kuroda Tetsuya
Producer: Narai Masami (奈良井正巳), Tarui Katsuhiro (樽井勝弘)
Director: Katayama Osamu, Tamura Naoki (田村直己), Kimura Masakazu (木村政和)
Music: Nakanishi Kyo
Narration: Morimoto Leo

Episode Ratings[edit]

Episode	Kanto	Kansai	Nationwide
1	09.3	?	?
2	07.2	?	?
3	05.6	?	?
4	07.4	?	?
5	05.6	?	?
6	04.5	?	?
7	05.6	?	?
8	04.0	?	?
9	06.1	?	?
10	06.1	?	?
Average	06.1	?	?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

External Links[edit]

Spring 2009	TV Asahi	Autumn 2009
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2009	Friday 21:00	Untouchable