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Ami Suzuki to lead daytime drama

Singer Ami Suzuki will star in a TBS drama series that starts next month. Titled "Love Letter," the show is scheduled to run for 60 episodes in the afternoon "Ai no Gekijo" time slot (weekdays 1:00pm). This will be Suzuki's first lead role in a television series since she made her comeback.

Set on Shodoshima in Japan's Inland Sea, the story follows the experiences of the hearing-impaired protagonist along the path to adulthood, such as her first love and her first breakup. The 15-year span of the story is divided into three parts, with Suzuki playing the character as an adult. Rio Yamashita will play the character in junior high, while Yukina Matsushima fills in for the elementary school version of the role.

Suzuki previously starred in the 2000 series "Fukaku Mogure ~Hakkenden 2001~." She was offered the lead in the following year's "Shin Hoshi no Kinka," but she was ultimately removed due to her blacklisting that resulted from the lawsuit against her former management agency.

TBS will start airing "Love Letter" on November 24.