Eiji Akaso and Kang Hye-Won are thrown into the dramatic series of Tokyo “Kinpa to onigiri”. For the South Korean actress Kang Hye-Won, “Kinpa to Onigiri” will mark her first role as an actor in a Japanese dramatic series. The romantic scenario will have eiji akaso play taiga hasegawa. He works in a small restaurant. Kang Hye-Won will play the Rin graduate student park. She studies animation at a university in Japan. These two characters meet at the restaurant where Taiga Hasegawa works.

“Kinpa to onigiri” will be broadcast for the first time on January 12, 2026 in Japan.

Synopsis of the intrigue by Asianwiki: Taiga Hasegawa (Eiji Akaso) was a member of the long -distance racing team of his university, but, he abandoned this due to bad grades. Now he works part -time in a small restaurant. He gradually felt the accomplishment of his work, while exercising tasks such as adding new menu elements.

Meanwhile, Park Rin (Kang Hye-Won) is a South Korean graduate student, studying animation in Japan. She is occupied by her studies and she manages to subject her mission before the deadline, but she receives an opinion that her stay as a dormitory was canceled and that she must find a place to stay. She is mentally and physically exhausted. At that time, Park Rin visits the restaurant where Taiga Hasegawa works. She is touched by onigiri rice balls served by Taiga Hasegawa, which fills her hunger and her exhaustion. Taiga Hasegawa is attracted to her pretty smile.