AKB48 member Kashiwagi Yuki's live-action TV drama "Will this love is a checkmate?" will be aired in December 2018. Now, an additional cast member has been revealed:

Yamoto Yuma as Tasaki Wataru, Kohinata Taiga's colleague, good at chess

Mao as Tashiro Sanae, a female shogi chess player

Saito Takumi as Kato Sensei, Komada Tae's teacher

Murakami Jun as Yuki Hiroto, Kohinata Taiga's supervisor

Kato Shinsuke as Sakata, a loyal fan of Komada Tae

Tanaka Macoto as Eguchi Akane, Kohinata Taiga's colleague

The live action TV drama is based on Torishima Hyte's romance manga "Kono Koi wa Tsumi na no ka!?", a love story between a 24-year-old virgin male and a 32-year-old female shogi player: Komada Tae (Kashiwagi Yuki) is a female Shogi chess player (according to manga and TV drama's PR material: Her age is 32, with child-face but big-breast attribute), and Kohinata Taiga (Ito Kentaro) is a general office worker in an I.T. firm, though he is 24 years old, he is still a virgin.

Kashiwagi Yuki will also perform the TV drama's opening theme song, the song will be released through online platform and specific shop on 5 December 2018. The live action TV drama will begin airing on 2 December 2018 (MBS) and 4 December 2018 (TBS).