Love Shuffle | |
Network | TBS |
Number of episodes: | 10 |
First episode: | Let's Exchange Lovers? |
Original airing: | January 16, 2009 to March 20, 2009 |
Opening: | Fantasy by Earth by Wind & Fire |
Ending: | Eternal Flame by The Bangles |
Genre: | Romance, comedy |
Love Shuffle (ラブシャッフル?) is a Japanese drama about a salaryman who tries swapping partners with other people.
Synopsis[]
Usami Kei is a salaryman who has risen in status due to his engagement with Mei, the wealthy daughter of his company's president. Shortly after she breaks off the engagement, a power failure leaves him stuck in the elevator of his apartment building. Trapped with him are three others living on the same floor - Airu, a trilingual interpreter, Ojiro, a model photographer, and Masato, a psychiatrist. While waiting, their conversation hits upon their love lives and the question of whether there is truly only one fated partner for everyone. As a result, they decide to try "shuffling" their relationships with each other. [1]
Cast[]

Correlation chart
- Hiroshi Tamaki as Kei Usami
- Karina as Airu Aizawa
- Shota Matsuda as Ojiro Sera
- Daigo as Yukichi Oishi
- Yuriko Yoshitaka as Kairi Hayakawa
- Hijiri Kojima as Reiko Kamijyo
- Shihori Kanjiya as Mei Kagawa
- Shosuke Tanihara as Masato Kikuta
Guests[]
- Eugene Nomura (野村祐人) as Kosuke Kagawa (ep1,3-4,6)
- Ryosuke Miki (美木良介) as Takeshi Hayakawa (ep3,7)
- Junichi Gamo (蒲生純一) as Game Center Clerk (ep3)
- Shunsuke Daito as Yoji Takigawa (ep4)
- Toshinori Omi as Hiroya Kamijyo (ep6)
- Yoshihiko Hakamada as Goro Kamei (ep7-10)
- Masako Umemiya as Mie Kamei (ep7&9)
Production Credits[]
- Screenwriter: Shinji Nojima
- Producer: Kazuhiro Ito
- Director: Nobuhiro Doi (ep1-2,5,7,10), Daisuke Yamamuro (ep3-4,9), Toshio Tsuboi (ep6,8)
- Music: Kyosuke Kamisaka, MAYUKO, Akio Izutsu
Episodes[]
- Let's Exchange Lovers?
- Is There Only One Destined Soul Mate?
- Is This Love or Friendship?
- I Will Be The One to Protect You
- My Search For Work and a Poolside Confession
- The One Who Resembles My Former Girlfriend is You
- Confession on a Night with a Full Moon
- A Kiss That's Sudden Like a Blaze
- The Flip Side of Love is Loneliness
- For the Sake of Meeting One's Destined Soul Mate
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