Daddy Is My Classmate

Daddy Is My Classmate

"I love my daughter so much that I decided to go to the same college!"

2020 · 1 season · 7 eps · ★ 6.7 · Drama, Comedy

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Author Tarō Obika is an obsessed single father who loves his daughter so much, he decides to go to the same college. Nicknamed Gatarō, he was widowed when his wife died of an illness and has raised his only child Sakura all on his own. Things are about to change drastically as Sakura prepares to enter a coeducational university after going to an all-girls school all her life. Worried sick, Gataro enrolls not only in the same school, but also in the same department, and the madness begins! Unable to control his anxiety, he sticks his nose in her every business, from classes to extracurricular activities, parties, dating events, cultural festivals, part-time jobs, and everything else college kids do. But as the 40-year-old middle-aged dad gets involved in the youthful pursuits of Sakura and her colleagues, he finds himself enjoying life even more than them.

Directed by Yuichi Fukuda · Written by Ichirō Anabuki

Network: Nippon TV

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Tsuyoshi Muro Tarō Obika
Mei Nagano Sakura Obika
Taishi Nakagawa Masaji Hatakeyama
Mio Imada Hiroko Yamamoto
Junki Tozuka Kyousuke Negoro
Karin Ono Misaki Etō
Shota Taniguchi Ozaki
Megumi Hamada Grandmother Maeda
Toru Nomaguchi Professor Ōmura
Yui Aragaki Sachiko Obika
Kinari Hirano Fukai
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