Premiere screening of "My Girl" in 4 cities simultaneously

The premiere screening of "My Girl" was held on 1 October in 4 cities simulatenously. Cast members including Aiba Masaki, Yuuka, Murakami Shingo and Muroi Shigeru made their appearances at a cinema in Tokyo where they talked about acting in this drama.

The story is adapted from a manga by Sahara Mizu and talks about a guy Masamune (Aiba) who is still unable to forget his ex-lover Yoko (Yuuka) who left him suddenly six years ago. However, he discovers one day that Yoko had actually borne him a child Koharu (Ishii Momoka) and decides to bring up Koharu on his own. The theme song also titled "My Girl" will be sung by Arashi.

Aiba mentioned that he had to appear in a senior high school student's uniform at the beginning of the drama and said that he felt as if he was a taxi driver the moment he put on the uniform. He also changed his hairstyle for the sake of this drama. Although he feels rather apprehensive about letting his fellow Arashi members watch his acting, he said that he will still send recordings of the drama to their homes directly. When asked about the similarities between himself and the character in the drama, Aiba said that both of them are equally wishy-washy and cannot seem to make up their minds.

Yuuka commented that when she read the manga, she was already touched by the story until she cried. In addition, she said that Aiba didn't seem anxious at all although this is his first leading role and he had this healing aura which made everyone around him feel at ease.

The premiere was held at four cities including Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya anad Fukuoka. The footage from the Tokyo session was also shown live at the other 3 locations. A total of 210,000 entries were sent to the TV station and 1,100 lucky viewers were chosen for the event. The drama is due to be shown from 9 October at 11.15pm on Fridays.