Today it was announced that actress Nakama Yukie is going star as a career woman in the upcoming TBS drama "Renai NEET ~Wasureta Koi no Hajime Kata~".

"Renai NEET" is a romantic comedy about six individuals between twenty and forty, who all are fortunate to be in a good social position yet fail to advance in the professional called love. The acronym NEET actually stands for 'not in education, employment, or training', but in this case it basically describes a person who 'is not in love, a relationship, or trying to find love'.

Nakama plays a woman called 'Rin', who happens to be around the same age as herself. Rin is single and hasn't had a boyfriend for the past eight years. She rather immersed herself into work in order to raise her two much younger siblings after the death of their parents. However, instead of trying to find her love, she drives away the opposite sex by blurting out that she hasn't had any sexual relationship for quite a while.

She commented, "I'm playing a full-fledged OL (office lady) this time. It will be a story about people in their thirties and their love relationships. I can't wait for the filming to begin. I hope the viewers will enjoy watching it every week while checking if you are also the love NEET or not."

The producer behind "Renai NEET" is the same person who caused a social phenomenon with the drama "Around 40". The term 'ara-four' (around 40) became the buzzword of the year in Japan in 2008 and with the term 'renai NEET', they will try to create yet another popular buzzword.

Fuji TV is currently airing a similar drama with "Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Ryuu" on Mondays, but the producer of "Renai NEET" emphasized that "this drama will be romantic comedy about real adults".

TBS will premier "Renai NEET" in January and air it every Friday at 10:00 pm.

Source: Sanspo, Oricon