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[[File:KekkonDekinaiOtoko.jpg|thumb|320px|Kekkon Dekinai Otoko]]
[[File:Cast kekkon.jpg|thumb|320px|Relationship Chart]]
==Details==
*'''Title:''' 結婚できない男
*'''Title (romaji):''' Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
*'''Also known as:''' The Man Who Can't Get Married / He Who Can't Marry
*'''Format:''' Renzoku
*'''Genre:''' Comedy, romance
*'''Episodes:''' 12
*'''Viewership ratings:''' 16.93
*'''Broadcast network:''' Fuji TV
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2006-Jul-4 to 2006-Sep-19
*'''Air time:''' [[Kayou 10 (Fuji TV)|Tuesday 22:00]]
*'''Theme song:''' ''Swimi'' by [[Wikipedia:Every Little Thing|Every Little Thing]]

==Synopsis==
Shinsuke Kuwano ([[Abe Hiroshi]]), a successful architect at 40, enjoys living by himself. He doesn't like people but somehow is able to design wonderful houses for them.

He has a routine of making himself a delicious dinner and then relaxing to classical music in his easy chair. (He likes to pretend he is the conductor.) One night, he plays the music loud enough to make his next door neighbor, Michiru Tamara ([[Kuninaka Ryoko]]) knock on his door to complain. When Kuwano answers the door, he suffers a terrible stomach pain and collapses to the floor. Lucky for him, his neighbor Michiru is nice enough to accompany him to the hospital, where he is treated by Dr. Natsumi Hayasake ([[Natsukawa Yui]]).  He is really rude to Natsumi, but she is still determined to treat him.

Afterwards, Michiru and Natsumi become part of Kuwano's life. They make friends with Kuwano's colleagues Eiji ([[Tsukamoto Takashi]]) and Maya Sawazaki ([[Takashima Reiko]]). They all enjoy talking about how strange and eccentric Kuwano is. Is it possible that someone would ever want to marry him?

==Cast==
*[[Abe Hiroshi]] as Kuwano Shinsuke
*[[Natsukawa Yui]] as Hayasaka Natsumi
*[[Kuninaka Ryoko]] as Tamura Michiru
*[[Tsukamoto Takashi]] as Murakami Eiji
*[[Takashima Reiko]] as Sawazaki Maya
*[[SHEILA]] as Nishimura Chizuru, Michiru's friend
*[[Nishimaru Yuko]] (西丸優子) as Ozawa Mari
*[[Takamatsu Iku]] (高松いく) as Emori Kazumi
*[[Omi Toshinori]] as Nakagawa Yoshio
*[[Miura Rieko]] as Nakagawa Keiko
*[[Hiraoka Emi]] (平岡映美) as Nakagawa Yumi
*[[Sakura (actress)|Sakura]] as Yoshikawa Saori
*[[Takachi Noboru]] as Kaneda Hiroyuki
*[[Kusabue Mitsuko]] as Kuwano Ikuyo
*[[Nagaoka Naohiko]] (長岡尚彦) as the bartender
*[[Tachibana Ayano]] as the combini cashier
*[[Nishio Hiroyuki]] (西尾浩行) as the video rental cashier
*[[Matsui Ryoko]] (松井涼子) as the waitress
*[[Fuwa Mansaku]] as the foreman

===Guests===
*[[Seto Yoichiro]] as Natsumi's Omiai partner (ep1)
*[[Kagami Saki]] as the bus tour guide (ep4)
*[[Shirai Akira]] as Illustrator Yuuki (ep6)
*[[Ryu Raita]] as Hayasaka Yasou (Natsumi's father, ep7)
*[[Mitsuya Yoko]] as Nagasawa Yuki (ep9)
*[[Fuke Norimasa]] as Yamashita Takuro (ep9-10)
*[[Nagayama Takashi]] as the mummy man (ep11)
*[[Kosuda Yasuto]] (小須田康人) as the policeman (ep11)
*[[Mari]]

==Production Credits==
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Ozaki Masaya]]
*'''Producer:''' [[Ando Kazuhisa]] (安藤和久), [[Tojo Yuuji]] (東城祐司), [[Ito Tatsuya]] (伊藤達哉)
*'''Director:''' [[Miyake Yoshishige]], [[Komatsu Takashi]] (小松隆志), [[Ueda Hisashi]] (植田尚)
*'''Music:''' [[Nakanishi Kyo]]

==Episode Title==
*'''Ep 01:''' So what if I like to be alone?!
*'''Ep 02:''' So what if I eat the food I like to eat?!
*'''Ep 03:''' So what if I spend my money the way I want to?!
*'''Ep 04:''' So what if I spend my days off alone?!
*'''Ep 05:''' So what if I don't let people into my home?!
*'''Ep 06:''' So what if I'm inflexible?!
*'''Ep 07:''' So what if I don't like to mix with the relatives?!
*'''Ep 08:''' So what if I hate dogs?!
*'''Ep 09:''' So what if I have a girlfriend?!
*'''Ep 10:''' So what if I don't understand a woman's heart?!
*'''Ep 11:''' So what if I hate floral patterns?!
*'''Ep 12:''' So what if I've become happy?!

==Episode Ratings==
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Episode
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Kanto
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Kansai
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Nationwide
|- align=center
| 01 || 20.2 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 02 || 14.4 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 03 || 15.9 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 04 || 16.5 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 05 || 15.1 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 06 || 14.4 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 07 || 15.3 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 08 || 14.6 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 09 || 18.0  || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 10 || 17.6 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 11 || 19.2 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 12 || 22.0 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align="center" style="background:#ffdead;"
! average || 16.93 || ??.? || ??.?
|}
Source: [http://www.videor.co.jp Video Research, Ltd.]

==Classical music pieces==
This is a list of pieces Kuwano listened to. - From the official site's Q&A section

*'''Ep 01:''' Mahler, Symphony No. 5, 5th mvt; Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 (op. 47), 4th mvt
*'''Ep 02:''' [same as Ep 01]
*'''Ep 03:''' Wagner, ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'' (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Overture
*'''Ep 04:''' Schubert, ''Erlkönig'' (Erl-King), a Japanese adaptation by Ooki Atsuo (大木惇夫) and Ito Takeo (伊藤武雄)
*'''Ep 05:''' Mahler, Symphony No. 5, 5th mvt; Schubert, ''Ave Maria''
*'''Ep 06:''' Elgar, ''Pomp and Circumstance'' March No. 1
*'''Ep 07:''' Smetana, ''Má Vlast'' (My country), ''Vltava''/The ''Moldau''
*'''Ep 08:''' Mahler, Symphony No. 5, 3rd mvt; Mozart, Symphony No. 41 ''Jupiter'', 1st mvt
*'''Ep 09:''' Mussorgsky, ''Pictures at an Exhibition'', Promenade
*'''Ep 10:''' Rossini, ''Largo al factotum'' from ''Il barbiere di Siviglia'' (The Barber of Seville)
*'''Ep 11:''' Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 ''From the New World'', 1st mvt
*'''Ep 12:''' Puccini, ''O mio babbino caro'' from ''Gianni Schicchi''; J. Strauss Jr., ''Kaiserwalzer'' (Emperor Waltz); Beethoven, Symphony No. 7, 1st mvt

==Awards==
*'''50th[[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Best Drama
*'''50th[[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Best Directing
*'''50th[[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Best Script
*'''50th[[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Best Actor: [[Abe Hiroshi]]
*'''50th[[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Best Supporting Actress: [[Natsukawa Yui]]
*'''50th[[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Special Award ~ Ken (the dog)
*'''23rd Annual ATP Awards:''' Award for Excellence (2006)

==External Links==
*[http://www.ktv.co.jp/shinsuke/ Official Site]
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.1021.htm JDorama.com]
*[http://dorama.info/drama/dramashow_common.php?num=1006&mnum=252 dorama.info]

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