Horikita Maki has been given the starring role in an upcoming spring dorama on Fuji TV. She will play a homeless girl in the dorama that still lacks an official title, but it's certain that will air on Tuesdays at 9pm. She obviously hasn't done anything like that role before.

The dorama itself could be described as home comedy story. Horikita plays a young woman called Mineda Chisato (don't quote me on that). Her mother died because of an illness when she was still a child and her father ran away after his gambling debts became too much for him. Now she has to burden his debts of 100,000,00 Yen and lurks around Internet cafes or other public places in order to hide from the bill collectors. "I have never been in a more unclean shape before. The first time I saw the picture gave off a really fresh feeling. I'm playing Chisato, a character that is difficult to handle and who isn't use to such simple things as family conversations. I'd like to make people aware of the importance of family bonds with my performance."

Chisato won't stay a homeless for too long. "I shoulder your debts, if you marry me." - That is the proposal of a company president who is way older than Chisato herself. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance for her and so she agrees to his offer, but apparently he dies one month after their marriage. Now she has to bear with something way worse than a huge debt, his adopted children. The company president adopted 6 good-looking men in order to get a worthy successor for his company and now she has no other chance but to live along with them by herself.

Maki and a bunch of ikemen? Sounds familiar? You are right! The whole team behind this new dorama is the same from HanaKimi. We have Mutou Shougo as the scriptwriter again, HanaKimi producer Moriyasu Aya and director Matsuda Hidetomo. That has to be a good sign for all of those who liked HanaKimi. They are used to work together with Maki and have high expectations in her abilities. "Horikita might look like a very quiet person at first, but we felt that she's a woman with a very strong belief. This role will allow her to show the more hot-tempered side of her."

The filming is going to start in early March.

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