Love Generation

is a drama that aired on Fuji TV. It was first broadcast in Japan from October 13, 1997 to December 22, 1997, every Monday. It enjoyed a very high rating of 30.8% and features music by Cagnet. The theme song was "Shiawase na Ketsumatsu" (幸せな結末; "A Happy Ending") by Eiichi Ohtaki. Cast Takuya Kimura as Katagiri Teppei Takako Matsu as Uesugi Riko Norika Fujiwara as Takagi Erika Masaaki Uchino as Katagiri Soichiro Risa Junna as Mizuhara Sanae Ryuuta Kawabata as Yoshimoto Characters Katagiri Teppei is a talented advertisement designer and a playboy with an egocentric attitude and dislike for mediocrity. He starts a relationship with Riko but still misses his past girlfriend Sanae. Uesugi Riko is a secretary who works in the same department as Teppei. Hoping to become more independent, she moved away from her family in Nagano to Tokyo. She has a lot of spirit and eventually becomes part of a love triangle. Takagi Erika is a flight attendant and Riko's best friend. While she secretly likes Teppei, she frequently gives helpful advice to Riko to help her maintain her relationship. Katagiri Soichiro is a prosecutor and Teppei's brother. He is very serious in his doings unlike Teppei, and thus Soichiro is his brother's role model. He was engaged to Sanae, Teppei's former girlfriend, but he meets his own past girlfriend and develops an affair with her later on in the story. Mizuhara Sanae is a translator of Mandarin and Japanese. She was Teppei's high school sweetheart. She became engaged to his brother Soichiro, but later finds herself falling in love with Teppei again. Yoshimoto is Teppei's high school friend, who falls in love with Riko at first sight, and is rejected by her. Summary Love Generation, as the title suggests, revolves around the relationship of the two young protagonists, Katagiri Teppei and Uesugi Riko, who begin as squabbling colleagues before---it seems inevitably---falling in love.