{ "id": "ep2bg6cjnc", "slug": "sukinahito-ga-iru-koto", "title": "Sukinahito ga Iru Koto (好きな人がいること)", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "label": "East Asian drama series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.japanese_contemporary_drama", "label": "Japanese contemporary drama", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.japanese_contemporary_drama" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "label": "Asia (other) · 2001 to 2020: East Asian drama series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "path": [ { "id": "geo.asia", "label": "Asia (other)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001", "label": "Asia (other) · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "label": "East Asian drama series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Sukinahito ga Iru Koto (好きな人がいること), A Girl & Three Sweethearts, is a 2016 Fuji TV Getsu9 romantic comedy, 10 episodes, starring Mirei Kiritani with Kento Yamazaki, Shohei Miura, and Shuhei Nomura; average rating 8.92%, theme song by JY.", "snippet": "Sukinahito ga Iru Koto (好きな人がいること), A Girl & Three Sweethearts, is a 2016 Fuji TV Getsu9 romantic comedy, 10 episodes, starring Mirei Kiritani with Kento Yamazaki, Shohei Miura, and Shuhei Nomura; average rating 8.92%, theme song by JY.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.japanese_contemporary_drama", "markdown": "# Sukinahito ga Iru Koto (好きな人がいること)\n\n**Sukinahito ga Iru Koto** (好きな人がいること, \"There Is Someone I Like\"), known internationally as *A Girl & Three Sweethearts*, is a 2016 Japanese romantic comedy television series broadcast on Fuji TV in the Getsu9 Monday 9 pm slot, starring Mirei Kiritani as a pastry chef who moves in with three brothers at a seaside restaurant in Shonan.[1](https://fujicreative.co.jp/forBuyers/drama/a-girl-three-sweethearts/) • [2](https://yamazaki-kento.com/drama/suki-na-hito-ga-iru-koto) It ran for ten episodes from 11 July to 19 September 2016.[2](https://yamazaki-kento.com/drama/suki-na-hito-ga-iru-koto)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Broadcast | Fuji TV, Getsu9 slot, Mondays 9:00–9:54 pm, 11 July to 19 September 2016, 10 episodes[3](https://www.nendai-ryuukou.com/2016/drama/020.html) • [2](https://yamazaki-kento.com/drama/suki-na-hito-ga-iru-koto) |\n| Main cast | Mirei Kiritani (Sakurai Misaki), Kento Yamazaki (Shibasaki Kanata), Shohei Miura (Shibasaki Chiaki), Shuhei Nomura (Shibasaki Touma)[2](https://yamazaki-kento.com/drama/suki-na-hito-ga-iru-koto) |\n| Writers and directors | Scripts by Sayaka Kuwamura and Haruka Ohkita; directed by Hiro Kanai, Ryo Tanaka, and Tomonobu Moriwaki; produced by Ryota Fujino[4](https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/sukinahitogairukoto/index.html) |\n| Theme song | \"Suki na hito ga iru koto\" by JY, released as a single on 31 August 2016[4](https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/sukinahitogairukoto/index.html) • [5](https://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/1683) |\n| Viewership | Average rating 8.92%; episode 1 at 10.1%, episode 2 at 10.4% (series high), episode 8 at 7.7% (series low)[2](https://yamazaki-kento.com/drama/suki-na-hito-ga-iru-koto) • [6](https://artv.info/ar1607.html) |\n| Home video | DVD and Blu-ray box sets released 21 December 2016[2](https://yamazaki-kento.com/drama/suki-na-hito-ga-iru-koto) |\n| Spin-off | *Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto ~SamaSama Kyun Kyun Daisakusen~*, three episodes distributed on FOD[7](https://prtimes.jp/a/?c=84&f=d84-572-pdf-0.pdf&r=572) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise\n\nThe heroine, Sakurai Misaki (Kiritani Mirei), is a pastry chef who has devoted herself to work toward her dream of opening her own shop and has not dated in a long time. After being fired and failing at job hunting, she reunites with her first crush from high school, Chiaki Shibasaki (Miura Shohei), who invites her to work a live-in part-time job at the restaurant he runs on the coast in Shonan.[4](https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/sukinahitogairukoto/index.html) • [2](https://yamazaki-kento.com/drama/suki-na-hito-ga-iru-koto)\n\nWhen she arrives, she finds that Chiaki's two younger brothers live in the same house. The middle brother, Kanata (Yamazaki Kento), is the restaurant's talented chef, who does not recognize Misaki as a pastry chef and treats her as a gofer. The youngest, Touma ([Nomura Shuhei](https://www.edgepedia.org/nomura-shuhei)), is a frivolous playboy attending cooking school. The story follows which of the three brothers the love-shy Misaki opens her heart to over one summer.[1](https://fujicreative.co.jp/forBuyers/drama/a-girl-three-sweethearts/) • [3](https://www.nendai-ryuukou.com/2016/drama/020.html) In the final episode, Misaki answers Kanata's confession by saying she likes him.[8](https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/sukinahitogairukoto/backnumber/216000005-10.html)\n\n## Production and promotion\n\nThe series was produced by Fuji TV's Drama Production Center, with music by Hiroko Sebu.[4](https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/sukinahitogairukoto/index.html) It was Kiritani Mirei's first leading role in a Getsu9 drama.[9](https://mantan-web.jp/article/20160501dog00m200030000c.html)\n\n**Live-streamed announcement.** On 1 May 2016, Fuji TV held the production press conference with Kiritani, Yamazaki, Miura, and Nomura and streamed it live on YouTube, LINE LIVE, and Twitcasting, a first for the network's terrestrial drama announcements; the network reported more than 600,000 cumulative viewers.[9](https://mantan-web.jp/article/20160501dog00m200030000c.html) • [10](https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2071046/) The press conference was held on 4 July at MAGIC BEACH in Koto Ward, Tokyo.[11](https://doramaworld.blogspot.com/2016/07/production-press-conference-of-fujitv.html) The drama's official nickname is \"Sukikoto\" (スキコト).[2](https://yamazaki-kento.com/drama/suki-na-hito-ga-iru-koto)\n\nProducer Ryota Fujino said the title image came from the phrase \"Love Actually is all around\" at the opening of [Richard Curtis](https://www.edgepedia.org/richard-curtis)'s film *Love Actually*, and that the production team, carried over from the drama *Koinaka*, aimed at heart-fluttering scenes.[12](https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20160709-getsu9/2)\n\n## Theme song\n\nThe theme song, \"Suki na hito ga iru koto\", was performed by JY (Chieung, a Korean-born singer writing Japanese lyrics). Released ahead of the CD as a digital single, it won a total of 12 chart crowns on services including iTunes and Recochoku, which JY attributed to the drama's popularity.[5](https://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/1683)\n\n## Reception and ratings\n\nThe first episode drew a 10.1% rating and the second 10.4%, the series high; ratings then settled between 7.7% and 9.5%, ending at 8.4% for the finale, for a weighted average of 8.92%.[2](https://yamazaki-kento.com/drama/suki-na-hito-ga-iru-koto) • [6](https://artv.info/ar1607.html) Episode titles and ratings were: \"Saikou no Saikai, Saitei no Deai\" (10.1%), \"Saikou no Gohoubi\" (10.4%), \"Suki desu\" (8.7%), \"Tsunaru Omoi\" (9.5%), \"Kokuhaku\" (8.4%), \"Kare no Shinjitsu\" (8.3%), \"Kimi no Soba ni Itai\" (8.2%), \"Unmei no Yoru\" (7.7%), \"KISS\" (9.4%), and \"Soredake.\" (8.4%).[3](https://www.nendai-ryuukou.com/2016/drama/020.html)\n\nOn the review site Filmarks, the drama holds a user score of 3.8 out of 5 from about 16,600 reviews, with 56% of ratings in the 3.1–4.0 band.[13](https://filmarks.com/dramas/1439/2887) On the international streaming site Viki, it holds a 9.1 rating from about 25,700 users.[14](https://www.viki.com/tv/38124c)\n\n## Availability\n\n[Home video](https://www.edgepedia.org/home-video) box sets were released on 21 December 2016.[2](https://yamazaki-kento.com/drama/suki-na-hito-ga-iru-koto) Streaming availability has varied by source and date: Filmarks lists the series as available flat-rate on Prime Video and FOD,[15](https://filmarks.com/dramas/1439/2887/vod) while a May 2026 guide reports no flat-rate streaming on major Japanese services and recommends TSUTAYA DISCAS mail-order DVD rental.[16](https://subsnavi.jp/vod/domestic-drama/suki-na-hito-ga-iru-koto/) A Cinema Today survey found the series viewable through the FOD channel on Amazon Prime Video, with all ten episodes, and not available on Netflix or U-NEXT.[17](https://www.cinematoday.jp/ent/sukinahitogairukoto-series-delivery/) A special extra episode featuring Nomura Shuhei's character Touma, \"Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto in Taiwan\", had no streaming schedule as of 2026.[18](https://vodent.or.jp/sukinahito)\n\n## References\n\n1. [A Girl & Three Sweethearts, Fuji Creative Corporation](https://fujicreative.co.jp/forBuyers/drama/a-girl-three-sweethearts/)\n2. [Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto, yamazaki-kento.com fan site](https://yamazaki-kento.com/drama/suki-na-hito-ga-iru-koto)\n3. [Sukinahito ga Iru Koto (drama), Nendai Ryukou](https://www.nendai-ryuukou.com/2016/drama/020.html)\n4. [Sukinahito ga Iru Koto, Fuji TV official site](https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/sukinahitogairukoto/index.html)\n5. [JY 'Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto' interview, Billboard Japan](https://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/1683)\n6. [Audience Rating TV, 2016 July–September](https://artv.info/ar1607.html)\n7. [SamaSama Kyun Kyun Daisakusen spin-off announcement, PR Times](https://prtimes.jp/a/?c=84&f=d84-572-pdf-0.pdf&r=572)\n8. [Episode 10 synopsis, Fuji TV](https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/sukinahitogairukoto/backnumber/216000005-10.html)\n9. [Kiritani Mirei's first Getsu9 lead role, MANTANWEB](https://mantan-web.jp/article/20160501dog00m200030000c.html)\n10. [Fuji TV live-streams new Getsu9 announcement, ORICON NEWS](https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2071046/)\n11. [Production press conference of Fuji TV Summer 2016 drama, Dorama World](https://doramaworld.blogspot.com/2016/07/production-press-conference-of-fujitv.html)\n12. [Getsu9 'Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto' producer interview, Mynavi News](https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20160709-getsu9/2)\n13. [Sukinahito ga Iru Koto, Filmarks](https://filmarks.com/dramas/1439/2887)\n14. [A Girl & Three Sweethearts, Rakuten Viki](https://www.viki.com/tv/38124c)\n15. [Sukinahito ga Iru Koto streaming services, Filmarks VOD](https://filmarks.com/dramas/1439/2887/vod)\n16. [Sukinahito ga Iru Koto (2016) streaming and DVD rental, SubsNavi](https://subsnavi.jp/vod/domestic-drama/suki-na-hito-ga-iru-koto/)\n17. [Where to stream the Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto series, Cinema Today VOD](https://www.cinematoday.jp/ent/sukinahitogairukoto-series-delivery/)\n18. [Getsu9 drama 'Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto' streaming guide, VOD Entertainment Association](https://vodent.or.jp/sukinahito)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › East Asian drama series › Japanese contemporary drama*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/sukinahito-ga-iru-koto", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/sukinahito-ga-iru-koto.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. AI training is open to everyone. 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