Sprout

PLOT

• The Gist: Highschooler Miku, played by Aoi Morikawa, thinks her life is over when her parents decide to turn their home into a boarding house. Her opinion quickly changes when one of the three new borders is her "fated" man, her classmate Sohei (Yuri Chinen). Miku only knows Sohei is her fated man by the touch of his hand, remembering a time when someone helped her while she was feeling sick at school. Still, sure of this discovery, Miku is determined to make Sohei her boyfriend. That decision is complicated slightly by the entrance of Sohei's longtime girlfriend, Miyuki, portrayed by Fujiko Kojima. Trying to leave the two of them be, Miku turns her attentions towards Sohei's best friend Hayato (Jesse Lewis).  However, Sohei turns out to be a hard man to forget, considering he's living in the room next door. Miku's stuck between the two boys, hoping to find her love without hurting too many people.
• Sprout is the quintessential summer hit, an easy flow of problems that never become to heavy punctuated by glasses of tea and slices of watermelon. Sprout doesn't depend on large shocking events and surprising plot twists to keep the story moving. It really is a feel good drama, whose story is as warm and relaxed as a Japanese summer. That doesn't mean the story is bland, however, but embraces its soft aspects for enjoyable watching.
• Sprout is a good choice if you're looking for something light. It's definitely focused on the romance, with little else to hold your attention. The focus isn't bad, however, and it is good at being the kind of show it is. Warning: if you watch this show in the winter, it will make you pine for the summer.

CAST

Yuri Chinen - Sohei Narahashi

• Aoi Morikawa - Miku Ikenochi
• Fujiko Kojima - Miyuki Ozawa
• Jesse Lewis - Hayato Katagiri
• Ryosuke Hashimoto - Naoji Takigawa
• Mayuko Kawakita - Kiyoka Taniyama
• Kentaro Yasui - Arata Kimijima
• Juri Tanaka - Takeshi Umino
• Ami Maeshima - Ami Uehara
• Shuka Fujii - Fumiko Hasumi
• Yuta Jinguji - Wataru Katagiri
• Yuu Kikkawa - Haruka Hayase
• Shintaro Yamada - Seiji Okunuki
• Keisuke Horibe - Tsuyoshi Ikenouchi
• Ritsuko Tanaka - Hiroko Ikenouch
• Moe Sasaki

SOURCE

• http://asianwiki.com/Sprout_-_Japanese_Drama
• http://dramaqueenreview.blogspot.com/2013/02/jdrama-review-sprout.html