Actors Kaya Kiyohara and Ryo Narita appeared at the production announcement for the TBS Tuesday 10pm drama "First Love DOGs" (Tuesdays at 10pm), which begins on July 1st, held in Tokyo on June 24th.
Kiyohara, who plays a cool lawyer who dotes on his dog Sakura, said of his role, "I dote on her so much that it's no exaggeration to say I spend my days for her." Narita, who plays a veterinarian who gets to know Kiyohara through his dog, revealed that he plays an unusual character, saying, "I've been told I'm a complicated veterinarian."
Regarding filming with Sakura, Kiyohara said, "She's just soothing. I want to protect her," and dotes on her just like her character. When asked what's great about Sakura, Kiyohara said, "Everything about her, really." He was completely smitten with his partner.
Also appearing at the production announcement were Na In-woo, Riku Hagiwara, Nadagi Takeshi, Noro Kayo, Fukada Kyoko, and Kishitani Goro.
This is a co-production between the TBS Drama Team and Korean production company STUDIO DRAGON, which has worked on hits such as "Crash Landing on You" and "Marry My Husband," with the script written by Arisa Kaneko and directed by Shingo Okamoto, Noh Young-seop, and Yoshihiro Ito. The love story begins when the two "pet dogs" of Aiko Hanamura, a cool lawyer who doesn't believe in love, played by Kiyohara, and Kai Shirasaki, a complicated veterinarian who can only love animals, played by Narita, fall in love. Na In-woo, a Korean actor who appeared in "Marry My Husband," will make his first appearance in a Japanese drama as a Korean heir with a secret who appears before the two.
