Chihiro Ikeda (Directing)

Mr. and Mrs. Igarashi Are Strangers in Disguise

Mahiro Aizawa starts fresh at a new job, only to find her estranged husband, Naoto Igarashi, working at the same company. To avoid awkwardness, they pretend to be strangers, but this complicates their relationship further.

Release Date:2025-01-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:1

Take Me

Release Date:2024-07-06

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Insomniacs After School

No one seems to understand Nakami. His nights are restless, his days sleepy, and his time at school is isolating. Yet all that seems to change when he encounters his carefree classmate, Magari, dozing off in their high school’s abandoned observatory. Not only is Magari friendly, she’s also a closet insomniac. Together they find solidarity in their shared condition, using the observatory to nap as needed. When their unsanctioned use of the space is discovered, the only way to save their refuge is to revive the school’s long defunct astronomy club. As they work together and get to know each other, their bond grows ever stronger, but hidden truths threaten to cut their budding friendship shot.

Release Date:2023-06-23

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

Girl Meets Queen

25-year-old Sachi works at a local construction company. Her mother died when she was young and she lives alone with her father, Kohei. Kohei is a very conservative person and does not like trying out new things. Due to this, Sachi has never eaten avocado and kiwi. One day, a drag queen name Cool Mint appears in front of Sachi in super flashy makeup and costume. This becomes a turning point of Sachi who finds motivation to leave her town to Tokyo and explore doing what she likes. Meanwhile, Sachi realises that she is about to fall in love with her roommate, Ken, but Atsushi appears and a love triangle is formed.

Release Date:2023-03-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:1

Patient Chart Prayer

Resident Doctor Suwano is still a newbie without much knowledge and skills, but no one surpasses him when it comes to being generous to patients with his time and doing everything he can for them. What’s more, he has an amazing ability to look at someone and know how well they are feeling.

Release Date:2022-10-08

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:3

Mental Strengthening Beauty Shirakawa-san

Women's self-esteem saves the society! Ms. Shirakawa, a beautiful woman with strong mentality, repels stresses that afflicts women, such as prejudice, harassment, and dominance.

Release Date:2022-04-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:1

My Dear Exes

Omameda Towako recently become the president of the construction company "Shirokuma Housing". She has experienced three divorces and is currently living with her 15-year-old daughter, Uta. Although Towako has been divorced thrice, she remains bright and lives her life strongly. However, her life is constantly disrupted by her three troublemaker ex-husbands.

Release Date:2021-04-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:18

Memory's Technique

Karen is an ordinary high school student in Tokyo, but she sometimes recalls pieces of her childhood memories that she did not know before. During the process of getting her passport for a school trip, Karen views her family register. She learns that she had an older sister Yukari, who died at the age of 4. Karen also learns that her parents are not her biological parents and that she was adopted. Karen now wants to learn about herself. She lies to her parents and tells them that she is leaving on the school trip. Instead, she travels to Fukuoka where she was born. Her classmate Satoi Hogari accompanies her.

Release Date:2020-11-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Living in the Sky

In the time after Naomi’s parents suddenly die, she happens to meet and bond with the popular actor Morinori Tokito who lives in the same apartment building.

Release Date:2020-10-23

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:6

Red

A married woman with a lovely daughter lives a carefree life, until she meets her ex-lover at a friend’s wedding. They haven’t seen each other in ten years, but they begin an affair.

Release Date:2020-02-21

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:96

Startup Girls

A young female founder runs in to societal barriers during her drive to create startup projects, in a Japanese society that hasn't traditionally accepted entrepreneurs . She finds herself, and maturity along the way.

Release Date:2019-09-06

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Madoromi Barmaid

Story about a female bartender and her special "my-pace" bar where she makes cocktails that leave unforgettable taste in her customers' hearts.

Release Date:2019-07-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:12

Princess Maison

A story revolves around a 26-year-old single woman Sachi who lives in Tokyo working for a pub. She frequents a show house alone as she plans to buy a home of her own. She looks around the room seriously and asks incisive questions to the attendants. Through her house hunt, we can catch a glimpse of what the modern Japanese women truly want.

Release Date:2016-10-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:1

Creepy

After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire to get to the bottom of criminals’ motives remains, and he does not hesitate long when former colleague Nogami asks him to reopen an old case.

Release Date:2016-06-18

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:192

Sakura Blooms

The story is about a gentle and easygoing girl who likes reading. One day, a piece of paper comes out of a book at the library. It is a beautiful letter called "Sakurasaku". That's when she starts a correspondence with a complete stranger. But who is he?

Release Date:2016-03-06

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:1

東京の日

Release Date:2015-10-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

His Girlfriend

Teen romance is complicated for a boy who's secretly in love with a college girl but who's also captured the heart of a high school freshman.

Release Date:2015-10-17

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:12

Dusk Dahlia

Release Date:2011-11-26

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Tokyo Rendezvous

A salaryman debates selling his grandfather's land to pay off his father's debt.

Release Date:2008-09-19

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:5

Rabbit on the Moon

Sanae is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her mother and six-year-old sister. She has not recently been able to be open with her fisherman grandfather. Sanae is awoken by the sound of hard rain one night. As she dozes, the rain changes into the flow of the river and she finds herself lying in a fishing boat when she opens her eyes. She hears, from far away, the strains of a harmonica which her grandpa loves... Next morning Sanae is informed that her grandfather has passed away. Frictions are revealed between Sanae and those around her. In her confused state, she runs out of the house leaving for the river where her grandpa's boat is moored...

Release Date:2007-10-18

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:4