Koura Kengo & Shirota Yu to star in new WOWOW drama "Bye Bye, Black Bird"

Koura Kengo will be starring in the new WOWOW drama "Bye Bye, Black Bird" which will be shown next year in the Saturdays 10pm timeslot. The story is based on the same-titled novel by Isaka Kotaro and this will be the first drama adaptation of Isaka's works although there have been movie adaptations like "Golden Slumber", "Juuryoku Piero" and "Grasshopper" in the past.

Koura plays the lead character Hoshino who dates every woman he manages to attract and is currently dating 5 women at the same time. He is also deep in debt. Wanting to reset his life and get out of debt, he gets attracted to the proposal from a mysterious organisation which will bring him to somewhere on a bus but sets the condition that he has to break up with his 5 girlfriends. While on the journey of doing so, he is accompanied by Mayumi, a 3m-tall and 200kg woman tasked to keep an eye on Hoshino who will be played by Shirota Yu.

Koura described his character Hoshino as someone who is actually a good person and honest but unwittingly becomes a player and dates 5 women at the same time. On the other hand, Shirota described his character Mayumi as the first and last female character he would probably play and pledged to put in his all for this role.

Sources: Nikkansports / Sanspo