Tomohisa Yamashita Stars In A New Getsu-9 Drama

As announced before, Tomohisa Yamashita will be starring in a new drama titled "Summer Nude" apart from his current hosting career. Yamashita will be playing the character of Asahi Mikuriya, a 28-year-old photographer who owns a small studio in a seaside town.

Co-starring Yamashita is Karina who will take on the role of Natsuki Chiyohara, a chef who works in an Italian restaurant in Tokyo and eventually end up working in a beach house owned by Mikuriya's senpai. Mikuriya and Chiyohara share the same fate in love as both were left by their past lovers. In addition, Erika Toda will be appearing as Taniyama, Mikuriya's high school close friend who has always loved him but only receives an unrequited love since Mikuriya cannot forget his past girlfriend who just left him.

It will be later announced which actress will take the character of Mikuriya's girlfriend. This will be Yamashita's 4th lead role in a Getsu-9 (Monday 9PM) slot after Proposal Daisakusen, Code Blue Season 2 and Buzzer Beat. Filming for the love-triangle drama will start in June and it will begin airing on July as Fuji TV's summer 2013 drama offering.