User:Keito318/Don't waste your time, lovers

"Don't waste your time, lovers" (時をかけるな、恋人たち, tokiwo kakeruna, koibitotachi) is a television drama broadcasted by Kansai Television and the Fuji Network System during the "Kadora ★ Eleven" slot from October 10th, 2023. Riho Yoshioka stars in the show.

The show is a science fiction romantic comedy that combines the job of a time patroller with a love which transcends space-time.

Yoshioka herself is from Kyoto Prefecture, a fan of Europe Kikaku (a theater company) and revealed that the dream of "wanting to work together" was fulfilled at a production presentation.

This is Eita Nagayama's first time starring in a production produced by Makoto Ueda through Europe Kikaku since "Summer Time Machine Blues".

Time Patrol Unit

 * Megu Tokiwa (常盤 廻, Tokiwa Megu)
 * Actor - Riho Yoshioka (Child: Kurumi Inagaki)
 * The work's main character. An art director for the advertising agency called "Ad Amore" during the Reiwa era. Even though she is capable at her job, she can't overpass the line of love and unbeknownst to anyone else, has instances of drinking out of desperation.


 * Kakeru Iura (井浦 翔, Iura Kakeru)
 * Actor - Eita Nagayama
 * A Time Patrol Unit member who came from the future of the 23rd century. He has received a special mission and works with Megu to regulate illegal time traveling.

Guests

 * Rion Amano (天野 りおん, Amano Rion)
 * Actor - Marika Itō
 * The Patrol's base operator. Pokerface.


 * Sōsuke Hacchōbori (八丁堀 惣介, Hacchōbori Sōsuke)
 * Actor - Jirō (Shison'nu)
 * Mechanic.


 * Shūhō Wainai (和井内 秀峰, Wainai Shūhō)
 * Actor - Gōta Ishida
 * Commanding Officer.


 * Ririrī (リリリー)
 * Actor - Natsuko
 * Juvenile division member. Kakeru's fiancé.

Ad Amore

 * Wataru Hirose (広瀬 航, Hirose Wataru)
 * Actor - Shō Nishigaki
 * A junior who stirs up Megu's feelings of love.


 * Wakana Azusa (梓 若菜, Azusa Wakana)
 * Actor - Makoto Tanaka
 * Receptionist.

Episode 1

 * Daichi Yokoi (横井 大知, Yokoi Daichi)
 * Actor - Yūki Izumisawa
 * A young man from the 23rd century.無 He visited the Reiwa era through unauthorized time travel and was charmed by Jūn's singing and then became her manager.


 * Jūn Wataya (綿谷 ジュン, Wataya Jūn)
 * Actor - Kayoko Yoshizawa
 * Street singer.

Episode 2

 * Kyōka Nishi (西 キョウカ, Nishi Kyōka) (27)
 * Actor - Yui Narumi
 * A high school teacher who escaped from the 23rd century into the Reiwa era with their student Hiroki.


 * Hiroki Furu'uchi (古市 ヒロキ, Furu'uchi Hiroki) (17)
 * Actor - Ryōka Minamide
 * A day laborer in the Reiwa era world. Desperately acts as an adult to protect the admirable love he has for his homeroom teacher.


 * Saruya (猿谷)
 * Actor - Kenji Iwaya
 * Megu's boss at Ad Amore.


 * Delinquents
 * Actors - Fūma Takī, Hyōsei Eitsuka, Shuntarō Hayashi
 * Three Reiwa era delinquents that Hiroki picks a fight with on the road.

Episode 3

 * Chisa Minase (水無瀬 チサ, Minase Chisa)
 * Actor - Shimizu Kurumi
 * A stubborn girl from the 23rd centruy who is a civil servant. When visiting the Reiwa era for work, she falls in love at first sight for her host, Towa.


 * Towa (永遠)
 * Actor - Kaito Yoshimura
 * The Reiwa era's host.


 * Morohoshi (諸星)
 * Actor - Kōki Nishida (Child: Hinata Hīraki (Episode 1)) (Episode 7)
 * Megu's first love. During their childhod, he broke up with Megu.現Currently, he is in charge of sales of Yuzukoshō Caramel at MABOROSHI FOOD and Megu's buisness partner.


 * Solicitor
 * Actor - Yoshirō Sakuma
 * A solicitor that Megu and Kakeru encounter in Kabukichō.


 * Man
 * Actor - Keishi Arai
 * The man that Towa asked in the street if he had seen Chisa.

Episode 4

 * Toshi Ikeura (池浦 トシ, Ikeura Totsu)
 * Actor - Kentarō Tamura
 * A long term illegal time traveler. A novelist that could not sell in the 23rd century. In the Reiwa era, he is part of a comedy duo called "Fragile" which undergoing a steep rise in popularity.


 * Sakura Mizuto (水戸 桜, Mizuto Sakura)
 * Actor - Masa Fukuda (3 o'clock Heroine)
 * The fool in the comedy duo "Fragile", and in private the lover to Toshi. Originally a solo comedian.


 * Entertainment Hall Staff
 * Actor - Ken Tsurumachi
 * Worries about the Sakura who said "Because today I will be unaccompanied".


 * Man
 * Actor - Kōhei Arakawa
 * The one who celebrates when Toshi comes back to the future and wins the 78th Ōtsuka Literatur Rookie of the Year award.


 * Entertainment Hall Visitors
 * Actors - Ayaka Shimura, Yoshitaka Muzai
 * The surprised people when Sakura came out by herself for "Fragile".

Episode 5

 * Ken'ya Yano (矢野 健也, Yano Ken'ya)
 * Actor - Hiroki Konno
 * A man who came from the year 2053. He had regretfully separated from his wife.


 * Misato Yano (矢野 美郷, Yano Misato)
 * Actor - Yūko Andō
 * Ken'ya's wife. Dies in a bus accident in November 2023.


 * Announcer
 * Actor - Miho Hanzawa
 * The news anchor that relays the bus accident.

Episode 6

 * Akira Tokiwa (常盤 卓, Tokiwa Akira)
 * Actor - Jun Murakami
 * Megu's father.


 * Nagi Tokiwa (常盤 凪, Tokiwa Nagi)
 * Actor - Kanna Mori
 * Megu's mother.


 * Staff
 * Actor - Sumire Enomoto
 * The staff member at the seaside inn Megu and Kakeru escaped to 40 years ago.

Staff

 * Screenplay - Makoto Ueda (Europe Kikaku)
 * Music - Syū Ō
 * Theme Song - Chilli Beans. "I like you" (A.S.A.B)
 * Opening song - PEOPLE 1 "ドキドキする" (Sony Music Labels)
 * Supervisor - Santa Yamagishi, Junta Yamaguchi
 * Producer - Hiroko Okamitsu (Kansai Television), Yūna Shiraishi (Horipro)
 * Production help - Horipro
 * Production writing - Kansai Television

Broadcasting Schedule

 * Episode 2 was postponed by 20 minutes and was broadcasted from 11:20pm to 11:50pm due to the "Kirin Challenge Cut 2023 🇯🇵 japan×🇹🇳 tunisia".