Lunch no Joō

Lunch no Joō
Series DVD cover
Genre	Romantic Comedy, Food
Starring	Yuko Takeuchi Yōsuke Eguchi Satoshi Tsumabuki Shinichi Tsutsumi
Theme music composer	Three Dog Night
Opening theme	Joy to the World
Country of origin	Japan
Original language(s)	Japanese
No. of episodes	12 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Masatoshi Yamaguchi Yoshimasa Genouzono
Release
Original network	Fuji TV
Original release	July 1 – September 16, 2002

Lunch no Joō (ランチの女王 Ranchi no Joō, lit. "Queen of Lunch") is a Japanese drama series aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2002. It stars Yuko Takeuchi, Yōsuke Eguchi, Satoshi Tsumabuki, and Shinichi Tsutsumi.

Natsumi loves lunchtime and food. Nothing excites her more than to walk down the street thinking about where she'll eat lunch. One day, a man Kennichiro interrupts Natsumi as she's about to eat her favorite rice omelet and drags her outside and begs her to come home with him so that he can introduce her to his family. He explains to her that his father is sick and after leaving on bad terms, the only way he'll be allowed back home is to return with a fianceé. Natsumi is left with quite the predicament.

Cast

• Natsumi Mugita - Yuko Takeuchi
• Yujiro Nabeshima - Yōsuke Eguchi
• Junzaburo Nabeshima - Satoshi Tsumabuki
• Minoru Ushijima - Takayuki Yamada
• Koshiro Nabeshima - Tomohisa Yamashita
• Tomato Shiomi - Misaki Itoh
• Kenzo Nabeshima - Go Wakabayashi
• Kenichiro Nabeshima - Shinichi Tsutsumi
• Shuuji (Natsumi-san's ex- lover) - Go Morita
• Noboru Sakai - Eita
• Mamoru Kawabata - Issei Takubo
• Hidemi Yamashiro - Masako Umemiya

Minor Cast

• Ren Ohsugi episodes 1 & 12
• Morooka episodes 3 & 4
• Kohki Okada episodes 3 & 10
• Kosuke Toyohara episodes 5 - 7
• Negi-ba - Teruko Hanabara episodes 5 & 8
• Ken Ishiguro episodes 7
• Yusuke Kamiji episodes 7
• Maggie - Kenta Kiritani episodes 8
• Nagisa Kirishima - Eriko Sato episodes 11
• Shinshou Nakamaru episodes 12
• Emi Suzuki

Awards and nominations

• 34th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
• 34th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Casting
• 34th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress: Yuko Takeuchi
• 34th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor: Satoshi Tsumabuki
• 34th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Music: Ryo Yoshimata (吉俁良)

Episodes

Season One (2002)

Ep#	Title	Original air date
1	"An omelette with rice which you love (恋するオムライス)"	?
2	"Now Serving: The New Summer Love Menu! (登場！夏の恋の新メニュー)"	?
3	"Cream Corokke... of Tears (涙…のクリーム・コロッケ)"	?
4	"Check Out this Chicken & Rice Properly, Ok! (チキンライスをキチンとね)"	?
5	"More, please! Puffy rice (おかわり！ふっくらごはん)"	?
6	"Father's Last Children's Lunch (Dad's Last Happy Meal) (親父の最後のお子様ランチ)"	?
7	"A hamburger steak! An old lover!! (ハンバーグ！昔の恋人!!)"	?
8	"A cutlet! A dangerous… and sad past (カツ！危険で…悲しい過去)"	?
9	"Former he who is in danger and a rival of love (危険な元彼と恋のライバル)"	?
10	"Seriously? A sudden kiss and accelerated love (マジ!?突然キスと恋の加速)"	?
11	"Proposal to elder brother's wife (兄嫁にプロポーズ)"	?
12	"The Reason for Lunch on Earth - Big Brother Returns! Who will be the victor in the battle of love? (地球上にランチがある理由 - 長男帰る！ 恋のバトルの勝者は？)"	?

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