Operation Love

Operation Love (プロポーズ大作戦) is a Japanese TV drama series that was aired on Fuji TV. The series started on April 16, 2007 and ended with 11 episodes on June 24, 2007. A special (SP) aired on March 25, 2008.

A Korean remake of the series, Operation Proposal, starring Yoo Seung-ho and Park Eun-bin, aired in 2012. A Chinese remake of the same title, Operation Love starring EXO's Lay and Chen Duling, aired in 2017.

Overview
Ken Iwase (岩瀬健) is at his friend, Rei Yoshida's (吉田礼) marriage ceremony. However, he still loves her and regrets not having confessed his feelings towards her. A fairy lets him travel back in time and try one more time to get Rei's heart.

Episode synopsis
In each episode, Ken travels to each photo that will appear in the slideshow that Mikio made, so that he can correct his regrets in each photo.

SP Synopsis
A year later, the characters are in Hawaii for Hisashi's and Eri's wedding ceremony. The fairy appears and allows Ken to travel back in time to save the couple's relationship.

Main character

 * Ken Iwase (岩瀬 健)
 * The lead protagonist of this drama. Ken's biggest regret is never being able to confess his feelings to his Rei. Rei calls him Ken-Zou as a term of endearment. He was on the baseball team in high school and is currently a salesperson for electronic whiteboards. During Rei's wedding, he is given the chance to relive key moments of his life by entering into different photos in one of the presentations. He is extremely kind-hearted, even helping Tetsuya Tada knowing that in the future, Tada will be his main rival for Rei's affection.


 * Rei Yoshida (吉田 礼)
 * Rei has been a childhood friend of Ken's. Their initial meeting is when Ken breaks his eraser in half and shares it with Rei. She has secretly loved Ken as well, but has never been able to articulate her feelings for him. Her seat in high school was always next to Ken's. In university, she studied architecture and won a major architectural award during the course of her studies. At the end of the series, she realizes that she never took the risk of telling Ken her feelings and runs out of her wedding to chase after him.

Other characters

 * Eri Oku (奥 エリ)
 * Eri has always been the person of Hisashi's affection. She finally decides to go out with him after he stops her from returning to an ex-boyfriend. She is also the best friend of Rei since high school.


 * Enokido Mikio (榎戸 幹雄)
 * Mikio begins to figure out that Ken is "slipping through time" and decides to assist him in his quest to change the future. He is also Ken's best friend because he is the only one who knows Ken's feelings towards Rei.


 * Hisashi Tsurumi (鶴見 尚)
 * One of Ken's friends. He has always had a crush on Eri even after initial rejections.


 * Tetsuya Tada (多田 哲也)
 * Originally a student teacher at Ken's high school, Tada becomes friends with Ken's group and eventually marries Rei, but after the fairy miracle from which Ken's and Rei's relationship is born, he is seen teaching at a university and is on good terms with his childhood friend.

Cast

 * Tomohisa Yamashita as Ken Iwase
 * Kaito Kitamura as Ken Iwase (primary school)
 * Masami Nagasawa as Rei Yoshida
 * Tamaki Matsumoto as Rei Yoshida (primary school)
 * Kurumi Hashimoto as Rei Yoshida (childhood)
 * Nana Eikura as Eri Oku
 * Yūta Hiraoka as Enokido Mikio
 * Gaku Hamada as Hisashi Tsurumi
 * Naohito Fujiki as Tetsuya Tada
 * Hiroshi Mikami as the Yosei/Fairy
 * Yutaka Matsushige as Matsunori Itou
 * Shigenori Yamazaki as 御法川潤蔵 (The master of ceremonies in the wedding)
 * Leo Morimoto as Takashirei Yoshida
 * Yoshiko Miyazaki as Reina Yoshida
 * Gota Watabe as Socrates
 * Fumina Hara as Yuko Matsuki (Mikio's girlfriend)
 * Kenichiro Kikuchi as Tamotsu Nishio
 * Issa Troare as the marathon runner
 * Tomoya Takeuchi as classmate
 * Masahiro Okawa as classmate
 * Kenta Arai as classmate
 * Ayaka Ikezawa as classmate
 * Yuko Masumoto as classmate

Soundtrack

 * 01 - Rising Road ~Main Theme~
 * 02 - Honey Cheese
 * 03 - Yume Oi Runner
 * 04 - Rainy Man
 * 05 - Sasayakana Negai
 * 06 - Hallelujah Flash
 * 07 - Samayou Kokoro
 * 08 - Soremo Mata Seishun
 * 09 - Sugar
 * 10 - Kibou
 * 11 - Gorioshi My Way
 * 12 - Sepia no Kyoushitsu
 * 13 - Ebi Fry
 * 14 - DaDa double chance!
 * 15 - Sunao na Kimochi
 * 16 - Koi no Daisakusen
 * 17 - Ame Agari
 * 18 - Ashita Hareru Kana (Piano & Cordes)
 * 19 - Kuwata Keisuke - Ashita Hareru Kana
 * 20 - Mongol800 - Chiisana Koi No Uta

Awards

 * 53rd Television Drama Academy Awards :
 * Best Drama
 * Best Theme Song by Keisuke Kuwata.
 * Special Award


 * 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Apr-June 7):
 * Best Drama
 * Best Actor - Yamashita Tomohisa
 * Best Actress - Nagasawa Masami
 * Best Supporting Actor - Hamada Gaku
 * Best Supporting Actress - Eikura Nana