Innocent Love's first episode rating - 16.9%

Source: Mainichi Shinbun

The first episode of "Innocent Love" shown on 20 Oct 08 achieved a rating of 16.9%. Although this drama starred Horikita Maki whose popularity has reached a high due to her appearance in NHK's Taiga drama "Atsuhime", the debut episode rating was lower than expected. This result also makes "Innocent Love" the first Gekku drama in 1 year to obtain below 20% ratings for the debut episode. The past 4 Gekku dramas i.e. Galileo, Bara no nai Hanaya, CHANGE and Taiyo to Umi no Kyoushitsu all achieved above 20% for the first episode.