<figure id="attachment_426092" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2354px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-426092"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="42c5a47e"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/05/0e8bb528a32b5438afbe281f2ccf62db.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-426092" class="wp-caption-text"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maika Yamamoto, appearing in the drama &#8220;Nami Uraraka ni, Meoto Biyori&#8221;</span></figcaption></figure>
<h2><b>Female students in attendance cheered, &#8220;Mai-chan!&#8221;</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sitting upright under the eaves of a retro wooden house, her gaze looking up pensively, a woman with a refined and elegant demeanor. She is actress Maika Yamamoto (27).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this day in mid-May, filming for the currently airing drama &#8220;Nami uraraka ni, meoto biyori&#8221; (Fuji TV) was taking place in Katori City, Chiba Prefecture, and many onlookers were captivated by her beauty.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The drama is based on the manga of the same name by manga artist Nishika Hachi. Set in prewar Japan in the early Showa era, the drama is a romantic comedy that carefully depicts the newlywed life of Imperial Navy lieutenant Takimasa Ebata and his wife Natsumi. Yamamoto plays Fumiko Yoshimori, a modern girl who is a single typist and Natsumi&#8217;s friend.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Next to Yamamoto was Yuta Koseki (29), wearing a suit and with his hair styled sideways. Koseki plays Ryunosuke Fukami, a lieutenant in the Imperial Navy and a colleague of Natsumi&#8217;s husband, Takita. He is a handsome, elite man who is good at his job, and unlike Takita, who is inexperienced in romance, he is a playboy who is popular with women.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The two of them seem to be having a conversation under the eaves of a house. Koseki, who plays Fukami, is smiling throughout the filming and in between. On the other hand, Yamamoto seems to be completely immersed in the role, with a serious expression. Even in between takes, he only relaxed a little when Koseki spoke to him with a smile.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, just as the camera stopped, a group of female students who had been watching the filming intently up until then waved and said, &#8220;Mai-chan!&#8221;, and she waved back with big smiles on her face.</span></p>
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<h2><b>A couple&#8217;s rendezvous is likely to occur</b></h2>
<p><b>&#8220;The Sawara district of Katori City, where the filming took place, is a town that flourished as a transit point on the Tone River. Known as &#8216;Suigou Sawara,&#8217; the townscape from the Edo period remains mainly along the river.</b></p>
<p><b>In recent years, like Kawagoe City in Saitama Prefecture, it has been dubbed &#8216;Little Edo,&#8217; and has become increasingly popular as a tourist destination. On the day we visited, there were many students there, probably on a school trip. Tourists who noticed the filming were delighted.&#8221;</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Local resident observing the filming)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The drama is based on a manga about a young newlywed couple set in a retro Showa era, and has been a hot topic among both older and younger generations even before it aired, with the first episode being viewed a total of 3.9 million times (calculated from the combined values ​​of Tver and FOD up until May 21st. Streamed on &#8220;WEB The Television&#8221; on May 22nd). Episodes 1 to 4 have been viewed a total of over 13 million times, an astounding figure.</span></p>
<p><b>&#8220;The pure love between Natsumi and Takimasa is heartwarming, and viewers are drawn in by their cuteness. The relationship between Fumiko and Ryunosuke has also become a hot topic on social media, with people saying things like, ‘There&#8217;s something suspicious about the two of them,’ and ‘I&#8217;m curious about the distance between them.’&#8221; </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(TV magazine writer)</span></p>
<p><b>&#8220;Natsumi says she has a feeling that a couple&#8217;s rendezvous is about to happen!?&#8221;</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The comment was added. We can&#8217;t take our eyes off future developments.</span></p>
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<figure id="attachment_426093" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2354px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-426093"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="a944fa2b"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/05/95512d527e2e89f41604a9879d6c5f6d.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-426093" class="wp-caption-text"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maika Yamamoto looks quite focused during the filming.</span></figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_426094" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2354px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-426094"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="ebefac0c"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/05/71bbb21b7ba74dda727a990e3d3cb063.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-426094" class="wp-caption-text"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yuta Koseki, who was smiling throughout the filming and in between.</span></figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_426096" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2354px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-426096"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="fee76c4a"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/05/a5a4e3e1b40f560009f719975a84e848.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-426096" class="wp-caption-text">I&#8217;m curious to see what the future holds for the two of them in the drama.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_426097" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2997px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-426097"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="2e1935fd"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/05/470e907078592c43ffe7be11edd5822e.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-426097" class="wp-caption-text">The two looked like real lovers.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_426107" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1456px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-426107"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="3795d121"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/05/2a602f05d8a4de838cecefafc5e0d6d9.png" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-426107" class="wp-caption-text">Off shot of the two on the show&#8217;s official Instagram (from @meotobiyori)</figcaption></figure>


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 In mid-May, "Namiurareru, Meoto Biyori" was shot on location in Sawara City, Chiba Prefecture, where many onlookers were dazzled by the innocent beauty of Maika Yamamoto. Yamamoto filmed a conversation scene with co-star Yuta Ozeki. Some female students who were watching cheered her on...

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