“Love Stories From Fukuoka” is a series of real-life stories submitted by viewers in Fukuoka about their personal experiences with love, loss and longing. All the stories are based in Fukuoka, the capital city of the Fukuoka Prefecture on Kyushu Island. The stories feature many actors, celebrities and athletes who have ties to Fukuoka, including a few members of the popular Japanese girl group AKB48.
Is it possible to keep running into someone you like for 10 years but never be able to get together? Miyu Nakamura is a university student who is having trouble finding a job. Feeling dejected, she runs into Yuzuru Imai, a classmate from junior high school, bringing back a flood of memories of their complicated past. Miyu and Yuzuru both transferred to the same junior high school on the same day. Also sharing the same birthday, Miyu felt an instant connection and fell in love with Yuzuru. When they were finally in the same classroom in their last year of junior high school, they shared a close friendship – until Yuzuru’s friend Wakana Kizaki got in between them and they became estranged. Seven years later, Miyu runs into Yuzuru and Miyu again feels the affection she once had for Yuzuru.