The first episode of the Fuji TV Getsuku drama "Second to Last Love 3 ", starring Kyoko Koizumi and Kiichi Nakai , became a hot topic on social media.
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The drama is set in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, and is the third season of the story that depicts the love between a TV station producer played by Koizumi and a city employee played by Nakai. The script was written by Yoshikazu Okada, who also wrote the first season in 2012 and the second season in 2014, and this work depicts the story 11 years after the second season.
Shinpei is the second son of the Nagakura family and the twin brother of Mariko (Yuki Uchida). He is the manager of "Cafe Nagakura", which he opened by renovating his house.
Sakaguchi was diagnosed with idiopathic femoral head necrosis, a rare disease designated by the government, and announced in April 2018 that he would be taking an indefinite break from show business. In the same year, he opened his own coffee shop and began working as a coffee roaster. In May 2023, he returned to acting for the first time in nine years in the Fuji TV Getsuku drama series "Kazama Koshin - Kyojo 0".
After 11 years since "Second to Second to Last Love," Sakaguchi returned as a regular cast member alongside Koizumi, Nakai, Uchida, and Iijima Naoko. On social media, comments such as "Welcome back Sakaguchi Kenji," "Sakaguchi Kenji, Sakaguchi Kenji...! Tears," "Like all the other cast members, Sakaguchi Kenji hasn't changed at all, which made me cry," "But even so, I'm so glad Sakaguchi Kenji is back. He's the kind of man that other men fall in love with, and I admire him," "Sakaguchi Kenji is so cool I'm numb," and "His comeback from an incurable disease is incredible" were posted.
