[JDrama] Call Center No Koibito

Title: コールセンターの恋人
Title (romaji): Call Center no Koibito
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 6.1 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2009-Jul-03 to 2009-Sep-11
Air time: Friday 21:00
Theme song: Arigato by Sonar Pocket
Insert song: Wakaitte Subarashii by Maki Michiru (槇みちる)

Sypnopsis
Tokura Wataru is a salaryman working on the Planning and Development Division’s TV shopping programme. However, in a strange turn of events, he is suddenly assigned to be the assistant chief of a local customer call centre unit handling complaints when he gets in the bad graces of Nankyoku Aisu, the “charismatic and formidable shopping navigator”. Each person in the unit is an unconventional character such as Aoyama Kyoko, a contract employee though she has the nickname “Queen of customer complaints”. Feeling that there is something wrong with the approach of the call centre which disregards the company manuals, Tokura pores over the manuals thoroughly and tries to think of ideas for improvement in his bid to be reinstated at the head office. Problems erupt from Wataru’s first day and he finds himself facing various customer complaints. Though at first he struggles in his new position but he soon finds love in his work.

Casting

Koizumi Kotaro as Tokura Wataru

Mimura as Aoyama Kyoko

Natori Yuko as Nankyoku Aisu

Matsushige Yutaka as Sakamaki Kenichi

Yasuda Ken as Uno Ben

Nakajima Hiroko as Hatta Yumie

Wakabayashi Go as Kawanabe Yujiro

Yamazaki Nonoka as Uehara Chinatsu

Toyoba Saki as Okumura Shizuka

Takizawa Saori as Kondo Nagisa

Mashita Rena as Omura Misaki

Fukui Hitomi as Komatsu Nami

Aimi as Nakatani Asari

Shiba Toshio as Nakashima Eisaku

Nakabayashi Taiki as Mikami Keita

Ishii Kota as Akashi Ryosuke

Erena as Kanehara Mai

Haneyuri as Shirai Moe











Reference
Call Center no Koibito DramaWiki
Call Center no Koibito Official Site

p/s: Enjoyable and cute drama. Recommended especially for those dealing with customer's complaint.