Nomura Shuhei to star in new TV Tokyo Winter 2018 drama "Denei Shoujo ~ VIDEO GIRL AI 2018 ~"

Nomura Shuhei will be starring in the new TV Tokyo Winter 2018 drama "Denei Shoujo ~ VIDEO GIRL AI 2018 ~" which will begin its run from January on Saturdays. The drama is based on the manga "Denei Shoujo" by Katsura Masakazu serialised between 1989 and 1992 in "Shuukan Shounen Jump" which has sold more than 14 million copies to date but will have an amended setting different from the manga.

The science fiction-romance story features an innocent young man and a mysterious girl i.e. Video Girl named AI who appears from a special video tape found at a video rental shop named GOKURAKU. The drama however is set 25 years later where Nomura plays Moteuchi Sho, the nephew of the original manga's lead Moteuchi Youta who was a senior high school student when he met AI. Sho is living with Youta after his parents got divorced and is secretly in love with his classmate Nanami who is in love with Sho's buddy Tomoaki. With his family and school life seeing little hope for improvement, Sho accidentally finds an old and spoilt video cassette recorder in Youta's closet and repairs it on a whim. This results in AI appearing on screen and coming into the real world as the two of them spend three months together.

Nomura commented that he expects the filming to be very interesting and enjoyable since there will be many young actors around his age this time. He described his character Sho as someone whose heart has been confined by an invisible shell due to his parents' divorce and that he should change gradually as a result of his interaction with AI. He pledged to work hard so as to meet the expectations of the original manga's fans and called upon everyone to check out this drama when it airs.

Sources: Eiga.com / Natalie / Oricon