Kadowaki Mugi to be the heroine in NTV Winter 2018 drama "Todome no Kiss"

Kadowaki Mugi will be the heroine in the new NTV Winter 2018 drama "Todome no Kiss" starring Yamazaki Kento which will begin its run from January 2018 in the Sundays 10.30pm timeslot. The original story features Yamazaki as Doujima Outarou, the No.1 host in a host club who doesn't believe in love after an incident which happened to him 12 years ago. Since then, he only has eyes for money and power while manipulating women with his good looks and gentle pretense. When he tries to approach a rich man's daughter Namiki Mikoto with ulterior motives, he is stopped by a mysterious woman looking pale but with bright red lips who offers a kiss to Outarou. Unexpectedly, this causes Outarou to have breathing difficulties and he dies after experiencing convulsions. When Outarou comes to later, he realises that he has been sent back to 7 days ago and goes through the same period repeatedly due to the mysterious woman who keeps appearing in front of him. The actress who plays this mysterious woman will be announced at a later date followed by the supporting cast announcements which will be revealed every Thursday. The supporting characters include Namiki Takauji who is the elder brother of Mikoto and from a top-notch hotel group and Hasebe Hiroyuki who is the heir of a big name cruise company and in love with Mikoto.

Kadowaki plays the mysterious woman who appears in front of Outarou on the night of Christmas Eve while dressed as Santa Claus. Amid the frenzy over a rumour that a woman filled with jealousy is going around to kill people with her poison-laced lips, Outarou lets his guard down and gets killed by this woman when she kisses him.

As this is an original story, Kadowaki said that they wouldn't be able to know in advance how the story progresses so she will be looking forward to the filming to see how things will develop. She also pledged to work hard with her co-stars and staff to deliver a wonderful drama. According to the producer Suzuki Akino, she said that Kadowaki was chosen to play the heroine due to her ability to show the traits of cuteness, mysteriousness and inspiring fear in people. As such, Suzuki is excited to see how Kadowaki will be able to play this new type of heroine in the drama.

Filming of the drama will begin in early December.

Sources: Eiga.com / Sponichi / Oricon