Strobe Edge Season 1 Japanese Drama Overview

Strobe Edge Season 1 is a Japanese television drama series broadcast on the WOWOW network. Directed by Mahito Kimura and Yusuke Matsuda, with screenplays written by Sayaka Kuwamura, the series adapts characters and storylines from the shojo manga series of the same name.

Strobe Edge S1-p promotional visual — Strobe Edge S1-p

Production and Background

The source material, Strobe Edge, was written and illustrated by Io Sakisaka. It was serialized in the shojo manga magazine Bessatsu Margaret between June 13, 2007, and August 11, 2010. The television adaptation spans 6 episodes, airing on Fridays at 23:00 from October 31 to December 5, 2025.

Cast and Characters

The series features an ensemble cast portraying characters from Sakisaka's original manga:

Riko Fukumoto as Ninako Kinoshita
Kyohei Takahashi as Ren Ichinose
Coki Yamashita as Takumi Ando
Nao Kosaka as Sayuri Uehara
Motoki Nakazawa as Daiki Korenaga

Riko Fukumoto portrays Ninako Kinoshita — Riko Fukumoto

Kyohei Takahashi portrays Ren Ichinose — Kyohei Takahashi

Coki Yamashita portrays Takumi Ando — Coki Yamashita

Nao Kosaka portrays Sayuri Uehara — Nao Kosaka

Motoki Nakazawa portrays Daiki Korenaga — Motoki Nakazawa

Additional supporting cast members include:

Ririka Tanabe as Mayuka Korenaga
Kei Inoo as Kyoichi Miyoshi
Yudai Chiba as Hoshina
Tsubasa Nakagawa as Manabu Miyoshi
Sora Inoue as Yutaro Terada
Neo Inoue as Tamaki Tsutsui
Yui Oguri as Ritsuko Kashiwagi
Kyoko Hasegawa as Aki Takazawa
Shunsuke Nakamura as Yohei Korenaga
Toru Nomaguchi as Toshio Hasebe
Kazutoyo Koyabu as Hajime Moriya

Related Media

The franchise includes multiple entries across different years, notably a 2015 adaptation and a scheduled sequel titled Strobe Edge Season 2 for 2026.