Nobuko's popular, basketball-playing girlfriend. brings lunch for Nobuko every day, which shows her determination to have her as happy as all the other students. Although devastated when she finds out that Shuji does not reciprocate her feelings, she gradually comes to accept it. Although she is not officially a member of the Nobuta Producing team, she was indispensable in helping to produce Nobuko. At the end of the series, she has forged a friendship with Nobuko, and becomes her good friend after Shuji and Akira are gone. Kasumi Aoi The main antagonist of the story, though it is found out later in the series. Kasumi strives to destroy all of the trio's efforts, relishing the power of destroying someone's life and making others miserable. Because Nobuko considers Kasumi to be her first friend, nobody suspected her intentions until Shuji found out. Later on, Kasumi learns an important lesson about friendship and redemption, and is given a chance to turn over a new leaf at Nobuko's grace. Credits Cast Kazuya Kamenashi - Tomohisa Yamashita - Maki Horikita - (aka Nobuta) Erika Toda - Rumi Hiiragi - Kasumi Aoi Takashi Ukaji - Yuto Nakajima - Yoshinori Okada - Tomoya Ishii - Katsumi Takahashi - Mari Natsuki - Fumiko Mizuta - Shunsuke Daito - Taniguchi Honami Tajima - Akiko - Tomu Suetaka - Staff Hitoshi Iwamoto and Norika Sakuma - directors Hidehiro Kawano - producer Izumi Kizara - screenwriter Episodes Accolades The Television Drama Academy Awards are held quarterly by the magazine, "The Television", and are based on the combined results of votes from the magazine readers, juries, and TV journalists. Music The theme song is "Seishun Amigo" by Shūji to Akira, a special group consisting of KAT-TUN's Kazuya Kamenashi and NewS' Tomohisa Yamashita, named after their drama counterparts. The song topped the Oricon charts in 2005, selling over 1 million copies and climbing to the top as the most successful single of the year. References External links Japanese drama television series 2000s teen drama television series 2005 Japanese television series debuts 2005 Japanese television series endings Nippon TV dramas Television series about teenagers Television shows based on Japanese novels