Kawaei Rina to play a married woman in FujiTV Spring 2016 drama "Hayako-sensei, Kekkon surutte hontou desuka?"

Former AKB48 member Kawaei Rina will be playing a married woman for the first time in the upcoming FujiTV Spring 2016 drama "Hayako-sensei, Kekkon surutte hontou desuka?" which begins its run from 14 April in the Thursdays 10pm timeslot. Her character Fuko will be the younger sister of the heroine Hayako played by Matsushita Nao who is a 34-year-old single primary school student. Fuko is 10 years younger than Hayako and got married after a whirlwind romance of a few months with her senior at the company she worked at and manages the household well.

As Kawaei has to wear a ring on her left hand's fourth finger, she admitted that it felt strange for her to be doing so. However, the part about Fuko being great at housework is what she says is their greatest similarity although she always had to act silly while she was in AKB48. Kawaei revealed that she started living on her own since she was 18 so she has learnt to be good at cooking and doing housework. Kawaei was recently reported to be dating actor Asaka Kodai in January this year but when asked if she will get married in such a short time like Fuko, she said that it was impossible and she would prefer to do so when she is around 30. When asked about her collaboration with Matsushita for the first time, she praised the latter for being very approachable and hopes to show the closeness in their sisterly relationship in the drama.

Source: Sanspo / Yomiuri Hochi