[luthien]

Streaming sites endanger fansubbing groups (Exhibit A: TimeLesSubs vs stolen).
SUPPORT FANSUBBERS! Keep Fansubbing ALIVE!
Download RAWs via D-Addicts or Nomanymore's Blog.
Softsubs are done by GiriGiri Fansubs. Hardsubs by TimelesSubs at D-addicts.

DO NOT HOTLINK PHOTOS. Upload it to your own photobucket, imageshack, tinypic or other free online albums. Thank you.
Last Updated: 2009-April-19(7. Episode Previews - Ep 02)

Table of Contents
1. Overview
2. Production Crew
3. Cast
4. Synopsis
5. Multimedia & Subtitles
6. Introduction & Character Descriptions
7. Episode Previews
8. Interviews
9. In the News
10. Photos & Magazine Scans

1.Overview
Title: Atashinchi no Otoko
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Family, Comedy
Episodes: To be announced
Broadcast Network: Fuji TV
Broadcast Period: 2009 April 14 to (to be announced)
Timeslot: Tuesday 21:00
Theme Song: "Infinity" by Girl Next Door
Official Website: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/atashinchi/index.html
Official Staff Blog: http://blog.fujitv.co.jp/atashinchi/index.html Translations at Pori-chan.com

2.Production Crew
Screenwriter: Muto Shogo (HanaKimi, Densha Otoko)
Producer: Moriyasu Aya (HanaKimi)
Director: Matsuda Hidetomo (HanaKimi, Kemonomichi, Bijo ka Yajuu, Furuhata Ninzaburo), Sato Genta

3.Cast
Horikita Maki as Mineta Chisato (20yo)
Kaname Jun as Ookura Fuu (30yo, Eldest Son)
Okada Yoshinori as Ookura Takeru (27yo, Second Son)
Mukai Osamu as Ookura Shou (25yo, Third Son)
Yamamoto Yusuke as Ookura Masaru (22yo, Fourth Son)
Seto Koji as Ookura Satoru (17yo, Fifth Son)
Okayama Toshiki as Ookura Akira (12yo, Sixth Son)
Kusakari Masao as Ookura Shinzo (Chisato's Husband)
Takashima Reiko as Koganei Kyoko (Shinzo's legal adviser)
Yamamoto Koji as Tokita Shuuji (Shinzo's secretary)
Tsuruno Takeshi as Kokudo Yutaka (28yo, Chisato's confidant and supporter)
Tsurumi Shingo as Chisato's Father

4.Synopsis
Mineta Chisato’s (Horikita Maki) mother dies of an illness and her father, who is saddled with a debt of 1 million yen, also disappears. In a bid to flee from the debt collectors, she ends up staying in internet cafes while on the run. Then she meets the president of an established toy manufacturer who offers to assume the debt on condition that she marries him and she begins living together with six eccentric but handsome step-sons.

Translated by: Jdrama Weblog

5.Multimedia
CMs/TV Features/Promos:
Credits: Nomanymore
More Promotional Videos: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 (Apr-14)
2009.04.13 Spring Drama Festival feat AtaDan casts (Apr-13)
Nep League & Waratte Iitomo SP (Apr-13)
Promotional Videos: Seto Koji, Horikita Maki (Apr-12)
Press ConferencePart 1, Part 2 , Part 3(Apr-8)
Tsuruno Takeshi Report(Apr-2)
Atashinchi no Danshi 15-sec CM (Apr-1)
Atashinchi no Danshi 15-sec CM (Mar-30)
Atashinchi no Danshi 45-sec CM(Mar-18)
Short previews cut from Ganbatta awards 12th Part 1 (Mar-17)
Short previews cut from Ganbatta awards 12th Part 2 (Mar-17)

Episodes Downloads
Torrents: D-Addicts
What is Bittorrent? How to use torrents? Download & install a torrent client (uTorrent, BitComet), download the torrent from D-addicts, open the torrent using the client, then wait for torrent client to finish downloading the episodes.
Direct Download: Nomanymore's Blog

Subtitles
Soft-Subs by GiriGiri Fansubs. They will also be collaborating with TimeLesSub Group in releasing hardsubs.

Girgiri Fansubs Reminders:
http://community.livejournal.com/girigiri_subs/3145.html

TimeLesSub reminders:

TimeLesSub strictly forbids its work to be uploaded to any online streaming sites including but not limited to Youtube, Megavideo,Google,veoh, crunchyroll regardless of credits being given or not. This is because we all know that fansubbing itself is illegal and therefore we discourage our viewers from uploading any of our projects. The risk of getting into trouble with the law is quite big, so please - no streaming. Sadly there are still people who simply choose to ignore our distribution policy. We however have no problems with affiliates as long as they provide the link back to us.

Fansubbers continue to thrive at d-addicts and through torrents. Please support their request.

6.Introduction & Character Descriptions

BIG Thank you to Pori-chan.com for all the updates!!!!

Starring Horikita Maki!
"Atashinchi no Danshi ", a new kind of home comedy
Starting in April, every Tuesday at 9pm!!
Credits & Translations by: HPriest @ Pori-chan
Source: Atashinchi no Danshi Official Website
Friday 2009 March 6.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal note:
The title literally means "My Family Boy" or "The Boy of My Family" as far as I can tell.
By knowing the content of this dorama, I'd prefer "The Boys of My Family" even though the original isn't in plural..
For those who care, "atashinchi" comes from "atashi no uchi" (my family/home).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Running away from bill collectors. Without a home.
This is a story about a homeless girl who kept her pride despite all this toughness and now happens to have to change a bit in order to become a family with 6 very unique men.

Horikita Maki becomes a homeless?

Homeless --- Nobody seems to care about this matter these days. People who are homeless now are restricted to cardboards as their homes in parks or subway stations. The number of young people without a job or a home also drastically increased and because of them the saying "Net Caf� Refugees" was born.

Horikita Maki plays a girl named Mineta Chisato who is such a person, a young 20-years-old girl who is moving from public parks to net caf�s and back. Chisato lost her mother to an illness at a very young age and her father disappeared, making her the co-endorser for his debts and forcing her to run away from bill collectors every single day... The debts are high, she owes them 100 million yen. Night after night she got into a fight the bill collectors, at least until...!

One encounter with a man changed Chisato's life forever. The girl with her original feelings, "You don't need a family" and "Family isn't important" gets guided into a bit of a strange "family", but it's happiness and warmth are just the same as those of a real family.

It's the Ookura family that had been unbroken since the Edo period. For some reason all children who got born in this family are boys. Even the pet dog and the turtle are males. For generations they've been "masters of illusion", but nowadays they changed into some huge toy makers.

The present head of family Shinzo doesn't have a heir and therefore he picked 6 good-looking men and adopted them as his children in order to be able to entrust the company to someone after his death. However...They don't get a long very well with the eccentric Shinzo, plus none of them have a cooperative personality and are quite self-willed as a result to how they have been brought up. From one working in a host club, one working as a model and one being a gifted magician... All of them have very good looks, but they are all odd on their own and have very unique characters. However, at the same they all also suffer from loneliness, a trauma or other complexes. It's just natural that with those guys and a foolish head of the family, they don't show each other their feelings or see themselves as a family.

And now Chisato gets thrown into this strange household as the new wife of Shinzo? Moreover Shinzo suddenly dies right after their marriage....!!!

Siblings unrelated by blood and a very young stepmother living together!?
It's the beginning of the fight, "Young Mama Vs. Super Unique Siblings".
A "family" without any relation between the family members.
It's the beginning of the Ookura family to live together as a strange bunch in the strange villa called the "Trick Heart Castle."

The theme is "family!" A new kind of home comedy!!

Skipping this part as it's about families and patchwork families in general. A few more details about the girl Horikita is playing, but nothing we already know from the first press release.

[...]

The Eldest son of the Ookura family,
Ookura Fuu!
Played by Kaname Jun (28yo)
Credits & Translations by: HPriest @ Pori-chan
Source: Atashinchi no Danshi Official Website
Updated on Thursday 2009 March 12

Character Introduction

Ookura Fuu is 30 years old.
He likes to call himself a free spirit, in other words, he doesn't have a job.
At first glance he seems like a careless person, but he's actually very reliable.
He sells paintings and things like that with flashy words as a stallholder, but he has a surprisingly bad taste.
However, he's very popular with women and therefore doesn't have anything to be worried about.
(He gets everything from them.)
Every woman in central Tokyo has heard rumors about him.
He has vagrant habits and has an elusive personality.
In his childhood he always had top grades, but nowadays he can't get over 50% in qualification tests anymore.
Usually he's reticent, but once in a while he can say the wisest things with a single word!
He was 15 when he got adopted.
He's not the least bit interested in succeeding the company, but as a possible heir he received a special education for gifted children. That special treatment is also why he got this carefree attitude.
It's also the reason why he constantly says so many harsh things to Chisato, he tries to save her from this life.

Kaname Jun's message

"It feels like I'm once again playing a character who had a big turning point in his life. I'm proud of being able to live as this character for that short period."

The Second son of the Ookura family,
Ookura Takeru!
Played by Okada Yoshinori (31yo)
Credits & Translations by: HPriest @ Pori-chan
Source: Atashinchi no Danshi Official Website
Updated on Friday 2009 March 13

Character Introduction

Ookura Takeru is 27 years old.
He's part of a biker gang and his pride is his motorcycle, but during the day he uses it to job as courier.
His hobby is gambling.
He's an old-fashioned yankee (delinquent), can't read the simplest atmosphere and even neglects his juniors.
He often gets into fights, but he's weak. What's worse is that he's a show-off and talks the talk, but can't walk the walk.
He easily falls for things that are too good to be true and often gets involved into incidents by other troublemakers.
Once he drinks alcohol, his character suddenly changes, he becomes the most humble and soft-hearted person on earth.
There must have been something in his past that made him unable to show his true feelings to others.
He always hangs out with others, because he's afraid of becoming lonely.
He also has a room in the "castle", but he almost never returns to use it.
His cheerful face and idiotic acts are just his ways to hide his extreme weakness.
In truth he would like to believe in someone more than anyone else.
He basically is a kind person who once must have gotten hurt very badly.
He refers to himself as "the man who can summon miracles"
In truth he isn't a very fortunate person, though. Is he really the best in causing miracles!?

Okada Yoshinori's message

"I'll try my best to play this mischievous and funny character!"

The Third son of the Ookura family,
Ookura Shou!
Played by Mukai Osamu (27yo)
Credits & Translations by: HPriest @ Pori-chan
Source: Atashinchi no Danshi Official Website
Updated on Saturday 2009 March 14

Character Introduction

Ookura Shou is 25 years old.
His occupation is that of a host.
The establishment he works in moves from place to place, but he constantly stays the number 1 host due to his outward appearance and art of conversation.

Shou grew up in an orphanage and got adopted when he was 10 years old.
He never had a family and therefore he respected his new benefactor a lot.
However, something caused a breach in their relationship when he was 18, so big that he left from home.
After that he started to make a living by working as a host.

On the surface he seems like a cheerful character who is easy to make happy, but he's actually a realist.
He's working recklessly, because he believes that all he needs is money.
What he hates the most, is when somebody makes fun of him by calling him Ookurashou (former Ministry of Finance).
He became an assertive man with his motto, "If you have time to do it, do it."

Mukai Osamu's message

"This time I'm playing the role of Ookura Shou in "Atashinchi no Danshi."
This dorama is about the "family love" in a family where nobody is related to each other by blood and where everyone has a very unique and individualistic character.
My character Shou is the quirky one among them who is burdened with a very tough past.
When thinking about his nature, I think he's very honest towards other people and also a very polite person.
I want to create a great dorama with Horikita Maki in the role as Chisato and the other siblings, and have a lot of fun with them.
This time it's also an original script and because of that I think that the whole staff and the cast together will be able create a very good story"

The Fourth son of the Ookura family,
Ookura Masaru!
Played by Yamamoto Yusuke (21yo)
Credits & Translations by: HPriest @ Pori-chan
Source: Atashinchi no Danshi Official Website
Updated on Sunday 2009 March 15

Character Introduction

Ookura Masaru is 22 years old.
He's an exclusive model for fashion magazines and very charismatic.
His popularity is really incredible and yet he's still a virgin...
At work he's the cool and attractive man, but in reality he's indecisive and a man of gentle manners.
He's really shy, especially of other people and panics, if a woman comes within a 1m radius around him.
Masaru got treated really cruelly during his first love and that experience left him with a trauma.
It's also rumored that he only became a model to take revenge on that girl...
He basically has no self-confidence at all and sometimes can be really menial.
Both of his parents died very early and he was left in the custody of his grandmother.
His grandmother also died when he was 8 and that's when get adopted by Shinzo.
He's now living in the "Trick Heart Castle."
At first glimpse he really seems like a gentle person, but he's actually very egoistic and unsocial.
He doesn't have any friends either.

Yamamoto Yusuke's message

I'll try my best to make a very warm, interesting and hot dorama together with Horikita and the others. My role... is kinda different... or perhaps I should say that every character is really odd!!

The Fifth son of the Ookura family,
Ookura Satoru!
Played by Seto Koji (20yo)
Credits & Translations by: HPriest @ Pori-chan
Source: Atashinchi no Danshi Official Website
Updated on Monday 2009 March 16

Character Introduction

Satoru is 17 years old.
He's a high school student, but he's a a truant and shut-in.
He always got praised for being a gifted magician from an early age.
However, ever since one certain incident he received nothing but slander from other people.
His parents then simply disappeared and Shinzo adopted him into his family.
Their disappearance caused him to loose trust in people and even in himself...
He gives up everything he starts and often shows a sarcastic and aggressive attitude.
Satoru also hates to be around people and so he shuts himself in his room in the "Trick Heart Castle."
The only way he communicates with other people is through his computer.

Seto Koji's message

I'm very excited about this one. I want to put in all my effort right from the first scene!

The Sixth son of the Ookura family,
Ookura Akira!
Played by Okayama Toshiki (12yo)
Credits & Translations by: HPriest @ Pori-chan
Source: Atashinchi no Danshi Official Website
Updated on Tuesday 2009 March 17

Character Introduction

Ookura Akira is 12 years old.
He's a very smart junior high school student.
Akira makes a living by dealing with stocks over the Internet, but he also seems to be a skillful hacker.
His rationalism is incredible for a child, he's extremely cheeky and even looks down on his elder brothers.
He's not too eager about going to school, because he himself says that, "They and I are on a totally different level."
However, the real reason is that he's actually getting bullied for his self-important behavior.
On the other hand he can also be a typical 12-years-old who gets sleepy after 09pm and has the runs in the worst situations.
Akira also labels Chisato to be incompetent...

Okayama Toshiki's message

Hello. It's nice to meet you, I play the role of the sixth son, Ookura Akira. I play a cheeky role, but I still hope that you will support me for trying my best.

The Key man who supports Chisato,
Kokudo Yutaka!
Played by Tsuruno Takeshi(33yo)
Credits & Translations by: HPriest @ Pori-chan
Source: Atashinchi no Danshi Official Website
Updated on Tuesday 2009 March 17

Character Introduction

Kokudo Yutaka is 28 years old.
His nickname is Kokudokun. He's a geek who works at the net caf� Chisato often visits.
He's a typical geek who totally fell for Chisato's two-dimensional idol act.
Therefore he listens to everything she says.
Apart from being a geek, he also has some kind of charisma hidden deep inside of him.
"I would move a mountain, if you asked me to," that's how much she can rely on that geek.
He gets all the information and does all the investigations Chisato asks him for.
At first glance he looks gross, but couldn't he actually be an ikemen as well!?
He can become very negative and looses every fight, yet he still has an incredible desire to be a hero.
Yutaka is very sensitive and proud, he also helps anyone who seems to be worried about something.
(None of them really appreciate his help, of course.)

Tsuruno Takeshi's message

Finally a dorama again... Actor Tsuruno Takeshi departing. Toot!

The full and wonderful cast!

Tokita Shuuji
Played by Yamamoto Koji (32yo)
Credits & Translations by: HPriest @ Pori-chan
Updated on Wednesday 2009 March 18

Image source: wiki.d-addicts.com

Character Introduction

He's a company employee of the toy maker "Miracle" and works as the secretary of Shinzo.
Tokita graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is very efficient subordinate who is more anxious about Miracle's future than anyone else.
He becomes in charge of looking after Chisato after Shinzo's death.
He even puts a bit of trust in her and regularly approaches her for consultation.
Tokita is a humorous person and has a very good way with words.
He's not really a straight forward type, but when he's off guard, you can see his kind personality and his gentle smile.

Ookura Shinzo
A Special Appearance by Kusakari Masao (56yo)
Credits & Translations by: HPriest @ Pori-chan
Updated on Wednesday 2009 March 18

Image source: wiki.d-addicts.com

Character Introduction

He's the president of "Miracle", a toy factory.
Edison has been his inspiration since childhood and he loves to invent things
The "Karakuri Shop" (Trick Shop) has been inherited from generation to generation since the Edo period, but as soon as he took over the office, he changed its name to "Miracle" and started to produce a more modern game.
This game became a huge hit and he started make it one of the biggest toy companies.
He now became a toy maker with a total asset of over ten billion yen (over 100 million USD).
However, Shinzo devoted himself to work so much that became an "eccentric" person without a woman on his side.
He doesn't have any own children, therefore he adopted one boy and put him under some intense training.
However, that boy didn't really get along with his eccentric character and so the will to become his successor didn't really sprout.
After that, Shinzo adopted 5 more children as possible heirs, but his own odd civility once again caused them to end up the same way.
Some already left the house, some are still there, but not a single one of them sees Shinzo as his father.
A while ago, the doctors informed Shinzo that he only has half a year left to live.
Shinzo started to look back at the life he lived so far and thought about what he should do in his short remaining life.
Suddenly he changed his entire life and devoted himself to create toys that are much more simple, but can bring a smile on a child's face and are not only based on their utility value anymore. During that phase he meets Chisato...
So far his new toys are all rubbish and he could probably invent some much better things, but unfortunately his time is running out.
Also, he might be clumsy when it comes to family, but he thinks about them more than anyone else.

Koganei Kyoko
Played by Takashima Reiko(44yo)
Credits & Translations by: HPriest @ Pori-chan
Updated on Wednesday 2009 March 18

Image source: wiki.d-addicts.com

Character Introduction

She is Shinzo's legal adviser, has a backbone and is quite a puzzling person.
Koganei always appears in unexpected moments and surprises everyone.
She is what you call a "dekiru onna" (capable woman).
She's always calm and shows no expressions, but she's also a beautiful woman with desires and is overflowing with adult pheromones.
Koganei explains Chisato about all the inheritance procedures, but she's really worried about her.
At first glimpse she seems to be perfect, but she's actually full of weaknesses.
Her biggest complex is love itself.
She actually never experienced love, because she always has been an extreme drudge.
Koganei is also the only person who knows where the inheritance of the Ookura family is hidden.


7.Episode Previews

*WARNING: Episode synopsis may contain minor spoilers. Skip this part if you don't want to know any details prior to watching the episode.

Episode Two
2009.4.21 On Air
Credits & Translations by: HPriest @ Pori-chan
Source: Atashinchi no Danshi Official Website
Updated on Saturday 2009 April 18

Translator's notes:

Doramas sites usually put up episodic summaries as a preview for the upcoming episode, but they tend to contain some minor spoilers for maybe the first half of each episode. Don't keep on reading, if you don't want to find out what's going on in the episodes before watching them yourself. I suggest reading them afterwards, while you are waiting for the English fansubs..

Probably full of grammatical mistakes, so please feel free to cringe while reading.. ^^

Chisato (Horikita Maki) can't endure to live together with the brothers of the Okura family anymore and leaves the Trick Heart castle. She went to the net caf� where Kokudo (Tsuruno Takeshi) works. Thereupon Tokita (Yamamoto Kouji) appears there as well and not without a reason. He's taking her to the main office of "Miracle" and gathered all the executives in order to inform them in a conference about Chisato's inauguration as the deputy company president. It's just as written in the will of president Shinzo (Kusakari Masao). Apparently the most surprised one among the people in that conference was Chisato herself. However, the executives also can't really agree with Shinzo's will, but there is nothing they can do against it, except for clearly stating their objection. Moreover they are declaring that, if by any chance the results will grow worse, it will be Chisato alone who will have to take full responsibility for everything.

After the conference Chisato tells Tokita that she has no intention of being the deputy company president. That's when legal adviser Kyoko (Takashima Reiko) makes her appearance and took out the scroll signed by Chisato again. Kyoko once more unfolded the scroll a bit more and it's clearly stating that in order for Chisato to repay the 100 million Yen, - "She has to become Shinzo's wife for 1 month", "She has to live in the Trick Heart Castle as the mother of his sons for 3 months" and "She has to concentrate her efforts on being the deputy company president of Miracle".

Chisato made up her mind and returned to the Trick Heart Castle. The one she met there was the third son Shou (Mukai Osamu) who actually shouldn't be living there. Shou then even suggests her to let him help. He's aiming for the inheritance Chisato should have in possession. Shou then pointed out the paragraph - "All members of a family should have a meal together in the living room". Once suggested, Chisato called the eldest and wandering son Fuu (Kaname Jun) and asked him to have a meal together.

Meanwhile the second son Takeru (Okada Yoshinori) witnesses how the 6th one Akira (Okayama Tomoki) is getting bullied by his classmates on his way home from school. With a cry in a thundering voice Takeru comes for Akira's help and rides home with him on the back of his bike.

Chisato and Shou used the super glue invented by Shinzo in order to capture the fourth son Masaru (Yamamoto Yusuke) who just came back from a photo shooting and the 5th son Satoru (Seto Kouji) who isn't able to get out of his room. Not knowing about the glue on the chairs in the living room, both Takeru and Akira sat down and weren't able to get up anymore either. Takeru then snapped at Shou and asked him why on earth he's back. This turned into a huge quarrel between Shou and Takeru and ended up spoiling the whole plan about having a meal together. Fuu didn't appear anyway, though.

Chisato is finally hearing the reason from Kyoko why Shinzo actually adopted those 6 people. Originally Fuu was supposed to become Shinzo's successor. However, Fuu refused and so he one after another invited Takeru, Shou and Masaru into his family. According to Kyoko, Shou and Takeru once must have had a very good relationship, but 6 years ago Shou left them without saying a word which caused their relationship to grow worse. Kyoko guesses that Shou only left in order to hand over the position of the successor to Takeru.

Later Takeru goes to the host club where Shou is working. He declares that he's much better than Shou and accepted a job interview for a position as a host in order to prove it, but....

Episode One
2009.4.14 On Air
Credits & Translations by: HPriest @ Pori-chan
Source: Atashinchi no Danshi Official Website
Updated on Tuesday 2009 April 1

Mineta Chisato (Horikita Maki) is a 20 years old girl who either lives in a cardboard house in a public park or places like an Internet caf�. There are certain reasons for why she has to live a life as a homeless. An illness killed Chisato's mother when she was still very young and her father (Tsurumi Shingo) simply disappeared one day, forcing her to survive all by herself in this world. If that wasn't difficult enough, bill collectors suddenly show up at Chisato's place. She was declared a co-debtor for her father's gambling debts of about 100,000,000 Yen. Since then she had to run from place to place in order to escape those bill collectors, but not without help of the charismatic Internet caf� shop assistant Kokudo Yutaka (Tsuruno Takeshi) and his influence in the otaku world.

The one day Chisato eventually gets driven into a corner by the bill collectors. That's when the company president of the national toy company "Miracle", Ookura Shinzo (Kusakari Masao) suddenly appeared. Shinzo hands the bill collectors a check of 100,000,000 Yen and rescues Chisato, but of course not without taking out a written oath about returning that money someday and asking her to sign it. However, he then turned over that document and revealed that it's actually an official marriage registration document.

Shinzo then tells her that he only has 1 month left to live and wants a wife on his side for the remaining days, but he exaggerates a bit with his emotions. He then presses her to choose between marrying him or paying back the 100,000,000 Yen. Chisato doesn't know whether she will ever get the choice to return the money and eventually agrees on marrying him.

Then after 1 month Shinzo dies. Just like written in his will, Chisato then got on an airplane scattered his remains in the sky. After that Shinzo's secretary Tokita Shuuji (Yamamoto Kouji) appears and takes her to Shinzo's 2nd residence, the "Trick Heart Castle". Shortly after that she also meets "Miracle" legal adviser Koganei Kyoko (Takashima Reiko) who took out that document Chisato signed before. On there it's written that her debt of 100,000,000 Yen will be considered annulled not just by being Shinzo's wife, she also has to live for at least 3 months in the Trick Heart Castle and be the mother of Shinzo's 6 sons.

Shinzo was a bachelor and therefore he adopted 6 people as his sons and possible successors of his position, Fuu (Kaname Jun), Takeru (Okada Yoshinori), Shou (Mukai Osamu), Masaru (Yamamoto Yusuke), Satoru (Seto Kouji) and Akira (Okayama Toshiki). However, all 6 of them were annoyed by Shinzo's odd courtesy, so that none of them really loved him as a father and started to do whatever they wanted.

Chisato has no choice but to accept those conditions and meets with all the sons, except for the oldest one Fuu who doesn't live in the Trick Heart Castle. However, it goes without saying that none of them is really fond of the new situation...


8.Interviews

Mineta Chisato - Horikita Maki
Credits & Translations by: HPriest @ Pori-chan
Source: Atashinchi no Danshi Official Website
Updated on Tuesday 2009 April 1

What was your impression when you first heard about this project?
I thought that a dorama about a family with completely unrelated members would be really interesting. In the dorama there is one person who gets into a new family and I don't think that's unrealistic in reality either. It would be fun to see how they meet that other person and how that group starts to become a family.

Moreover those 6 people are all males and you will be their mother, right?
When I turned 20 I said, "I want to do a mother role next" and immediately received that role (laughs). It's my first role as a mother, but for Chisato, the girl I'm playing it's the first time as well, plus we aren't that different in age either and she never actually gave birth to a child in her life. I'd like to play her as a vigorously young mother (laughs).

Four of them are even older than her, aren't they?
Amazing, isn't it? (laughs)

What is your image of a "family" ?
You could say that for me it comes down to people who are very similar to each other. People who are similar to yourself. Therefore it will be interesting to see whether Chisato and the 6 siblings will be able to have such similarities too or not. Even if a family quarrels, doesn't it always immediately return to what it was before the quarrel? In the dorama the family starts with no connections whatsoever, not even to the house they live in, so they could eventually be able to become a good family thanks to that.

Do you quarrel with your family, too?
Usually we have a very good relationship and have no problems when we are together, so whenever we start a quarrel, it's always only because of some trivial things. In the past we competed for the TV (laughs). I've been living apart from my family since senior high school and while it was great to live alone at first, I gradually became bothered by the fact that I have nobody to talk to or to quarrel with. You could say that I started to pick trivial things for random quarrels as some form of stress reduction... . I felt the importance of a family as soon as I went away.

What about the character Chisato?
She lives at tough and crude places, has an unyielding personality, but also seems to be sensitive towards other people's pain. That sounds like a very interesting character...
Chisato has the power to keep on living no matter how hard it gets for her, that's why I think that this energy or rather those powerful moments are very important.

It's the role of a homeless and you even got all dirty for the poster of the dorama, but how does it actually feel yourself?
It kind of feels like during my childhood, when I would return home after playing outdoors all day long. (laughs)

It's a known problem that more and more people in the same generation as you become so-called "Internet Caf� Refugees" and homeless in Japan. What are you feelings about this matter?
I can take a bath now. I would be able to take a shower as well... . That's obviously better than sleeping outside, but what choice do they have? Not to have a home must be hard for them. For me home is where you can be at ease and retreat to whenever you have to, so it must be really terrible not have such a place.

Have you been to an Internet caf� before?
I haven't. I've been to a manga caf�, though. I went there 1 time. However, I didn't know what to read, got perplexed and left gain. (laughs)

Many actors say that comedy doramas are very difficult, how about you?
A comedy will only be half as good, if you don't give your all and if it's only half as good, you won't be able to convey everything. Especially in this dorama now, there's a message hidden beneath all the comedy and so you eventually want to use all your strength to make it a good comedy. I don't yet know how the story will develop throughout the dorama, but I would be happy to be able to convey the importance of family bonds via the clashes between Chisato and the 6 siblings, and how eventually they become closer to each other to everyone who's watching the dorama.


9.In the News

Tokyograph
Friday April 10, 06:57 AM JST
Actress Maki Horikita fired up for homeless role in new drama

Sanspo Article translated by Pori-chan.com
Wednesday 2009 April 8
AtaDan Press Conference

Tokyograph
Tuesday 2009 March 31
GIRL NEXT DOOR ties in with "Atashinchi no Danshi"

Atashinchi no Danshi Official Website
Friday 2009 March 27
The smooth progress in "Atashinchi no Danshi"

Fuji TV News article

Fuji TV - Horikita Maki as a Homeless
Credits & translated by: HPriest @ Pori-chan
Sources: Fuji TV News
Friday 2009 February 20

The neat and sweet Horikita Maki became... a homeless!

The story of this April dorama is about... a homeless girl played by Horikita Maki who ends up having to live under one heck of a strange roof with a bunch of quite eccentric ikemen (cool, good-looking guys) siblings who are not related by blood at all.

Horikita Maki plays Mineda Chisato (still no hiragana to confirm it yet; Mineda could be Mineta and her first name Chisato could also be Senri.. but I think Mineda Chisato would be the obvious first choice) who had quite tough past. Her mother died due to an illness and her father disappeared to leave her with his 1,000,000 Yen gambling debts. Those debts forced her to become a homeless person and to run from place to place. Despite being brought up with so much misfortune, she never lets it take to her heart and becomes quite a vigorous girl.

The strange twist of this dorama is that Chisato (Horikita Maki) one day suddenly has to live together with a bunch of adopted children. It turns into a fresh home comedy story where she has to climb over the various tests that come with a "family", until they become so close and their family bonds so strong that nobody will be able to cut them again.

While deepening her bonds with the other members of this odd and totally unrelated pseudo family, they are able to put a smile on her face, increase her self-confidence and certainly give her the power she never was able to receive before.

Outline

Mineda Chisato (Horikita Maki) lost her mother at a very young age and her father disappeared with leaving her a 100,000,000 Yen high debt. Everyday she has to move from places to places like Internet caf�s in order to hide from the bill collectors. Then one day she encounters a 'miracle' when Shinzo, the president of a major toy company asks her to marry him in order to shoulder her debts the very first time they meet. At first she is bewildered about this sudden and outrageous proposal, but then she has no other choice but to accept his offer, not without promising to pay him back the 100,000,000 Yen, of course.

However, Shinzo dies one month later. In fact, Shinzo didn't have a wife before and created himself quite and eccentric and loose life with 6 children he adopted in order to find a worthy successor for his presidency.

This is a bigger surprise for Chisato than his sudden death. After the funeral Shinzo's legal advisers take her to the secondary residence of the Ogura family (I guess that is Shinzo's family name?) called the "Trick Heart". That's the place where all the quite individual young adopted ikemen are waiting for her arrival....

Horikita Maki's comment

Before the actual filming of the dorama I was able to try on the outfit and appear as the steadfast role in order to make some pictures. It was a very fun photo session. I have never been that dirty before and the picture gave off a really fresh feeling to me. In this dorama I'm playing the homeless girl Chisato and I'd like to make people aware of the 'family bonds' with those difficult characters that aren't even able to make simple family conversations at first.

Project planner Tatematsu Hideaki's comment
(He's a guy from Fuji TV. Planned doramas like "Shibatora" or "Homeless Chugakusei".)

Alone the fact of Horikita Maki playing a homeless girl who is living together with hopeless ikemen siblings is already interesting, but the highlight is how the main character who has never experienced something like the warmth of a family is slowly creating a family bond with those siblings.

Horikita might look like a quiet person at first, but when I met her, I immediately knew that she's a woman with a strong conviction. She's perfect for the role and I expect her to show her more hot-tempered side while portraying the main character. I have very high expectations fot her.

Press Releases

Horikita Maki homeless as of April
Credits & translated by: HPriest @ Pori-chan/ Pori @Jyoyu
Sources: Sports Hochi, Sanspo, Sponichi, etc.
Thursday 2009 February 19, 11:15:02 PM (CST)

Horikita Maki has been given the starring role in an upcoming spring dorama on Fuji TV. She will play a homeless girl in the dorama that still lacks an official title, but it's certain that will air on Tuesdays at 9pm. She obviously hasn't done anything like that role before.

The dorama itself could be described as home comedy story. Horikita plays a young woman called Mineda Chisato (don't quote me on that). Her mother died because of an illness when she was still a child and her father ran away after his gambling debts became too much for him. Now she has to burden his debts of 100,000,00 Yen and lurks around Internet cafes or other public places in order to hide from the bill collectors. "I have never been in a more unclean shape before. The first time I saw the picture gave off a really fresh feeling. I'm playing Chisato, a character that is difficult to handle and who isn't use to such simple things as family conversations. I'd like to make people aware of the importance of family bonds with my performance."

Chisato won't stay a homeless for too long. "I shoulder your debts, if you marry me." - That is the proposal of a company president who is way older than Chisato herself. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance for her and so she agrees to his offer, but apparently he dies one month after their marriage. Now she has to bear with something way worse than a huge debt, his adopted children. The company president adopted 6 good-looking men in order to get a worthy successor for his company and now she has no other chance but to live along with them by herself.

Maki and a bunch of ikemen? Sounds familiar? You are right! The whole team behind this new dorama is the SAME from HanaKimi. We have Mutou Shougo as the scriptwriter again, HanaKimi producer Moriyasu Aya and director Matsuda Hidetomo. That has to be a good sign for all of those who liked HanaKimi. They are used to work together with Maki and have high expectations in her abilities. "Horikita might look like a very quiet person at first, but we felt that she's a woman with a very strong belief. This role will allow her to show the more hot-tempered side of her."

The filming is going to start in early March.

Japan Today article

Maki Horikita to play homeless girl in Fuji's new drama
Source: JapanToday
Sunday 2009 February 22, 04:08 AM JST

TOKYO — Actress Maki Horikita, 20, will play a homeless girl in Fuji TV’s new drama from April. In the new drama, which is not yet titled, Horikita will play a girl who becomes homeless due to her deceased father’s debt. She then marries a rich man who later dies of an illness, leaving behind six adopted children.

Horikita said, “When I saw my photo on the poster, my dirty appearance made me feel something that I had never experienced before.”

10.Pictures
[April-8]AtaDan Press Conference Photos Part 3
[April-8]AtaDan Press Conference Photos Part 2
[April-8]AtaDan Press Conference Photos Part 1
[April-8]AtaDan Brochure (auctions.yahoo.co.jp)
[March-19] Staff Blog: "Start of filming for Atashinchi no Danshi!!" (pori-chan.com)
Heart Trick Residence
Yusuke and Maki Magazine Feature (junkochan at yamaki.co.nr)
Poster and Magazine Scans
Koji and Mukai Osamu Photos and Magazine Scans
15s CM caps
AnD Magazine Scan (2ch)
Yusuke and Koji Magazine Scans





source: Pori-chan

[mihsayam]

If the president is young, this will be a romantic comedy.

If he's gonna be twice her age, then this will be one of those crackpot dramas. XD

[_loner_]

cool.
interesting.
hope the guy isn't old.
she's so pretty even though
she looks like that.

[luthien]

^^ I tried using online translator, I somehow got an interpretation that she's being adopted into the family. - posted more details Will update synopsis later if there's any changes.. but I think Tokyograph translation is accurate.

I agree, I hope the male lead isn't too old. But if there is chemistry, I wouldn't mind. Sakai Masato (35) and Miyazaki Aoi (22) in AtsuHime had pretty good chemistry despite Sakai looking much older than his real age.

[semi-fly]

The synopsis reminds me of Celeb To Binbo Taro in that it appears to be a rags to riches type story. Hopefully it won't be as bad as that though.

[saranghae~yoh]

sounds like a very interesting plot, lol. im curiosity of the male lead is killing me. haha

can't wait til it comes out =)

[bliss09]

the rich guy can't get a girl to marry him so he finds a homeless person to get marry to? sounds funny.

[xjujux]

rofllll. maki is taking on such a weird role xD
i wonder if it'll be a comedy or a serious romance story.

[novemberbaby]

I read over at AsianFanatics that the old man will die and she'll be forced to live with his 6 adopted sons who are supposed to be ikemen aka hot guys. The topic poster has updated the news ^__^

I'm so looking forward to this, haha.

[tru32urluv]

^^ Haha that seems better~ But poor dude. He dies already? >.<
But maybe she'll have a little romance story with one of his sons?
That seems a little mess up though hhahaha

[xChristineee]

Interesting role... I hope the guy she marries isnt some oldie o__O;
I hope its funny ;D
Can't wait ~

[Mriaow]

I'm dying to know who plays the six adopted sons, hopefully they're all gorgeously hot ^0^

Anyway, whoever plays the old dude isn't important since he dies one month into their marriage, and even though this drama centers on "family bonding" or what not, there's obviously(hopefully) gonna be romance btw Maki and one or more of the sons.

[lolabunny]

very interesting drama.. can't wait to watch it!

[semi-fly]

Hasn't there already been a show with a similar theme? The show will its own spin, but the concept seemed a little familiar.

[outside_castle]

I wanna watch this one >.< !!! it says its a comedy~
and Maki looks soooo cute like that XD

[chunny]

After Innocent Love and the filming of Nakumini coopera, I am definitely looking forward to this.
Maki-chan as homeless? Another spark of her talent.
I can't wait to witness it.

[romanntic]

seems like a really interesting story!
I think I'll like this one...^^ from the makers of Hana Kimi?!
and Maki makes such a cute homeless person! x'DDDDD
sleeping in internet cafes doesn't seem that bad? haha
I'm dying to know who else will be casted

IKEMEN!

[Khailyy]

Ohhhh I'm interested in seeing this one.
I love Maki!

[rit_chan]

OMG she looks so cute even when she looks homeless and dirty lol

this drama looks funny XD i will be looking forward to this when it comes out this april

[justanordinarywriter]

This sounds so promising! I am a fan of Maki so it's nice to see her in a new dorama.

Now I wonder who are the 6 adopted sons.... can't wait!