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Drama: Gimbap and Onigiri
Romaji: Kinpa to Onigiri: Koi Suru Futari wa Nite Ite Chigau
Japanese: キンパとおにぎり～恋するふたりは似ていてちがう～
Director: Hirokawa Hayashida, Miyuki Hatanaka, Ryota Koyama
Writer: Lee Nawon, Yoshitatsu Yamada, Chisato Yokoo, Miyuki Hatanaka
Network: TV Tokyo
Episodes:
Release Date: January 12, 2026 --
Runtime: Monday 23:06 - 23:55
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Taiga Hasegawa (Eiji Akaso) was a member of his university's long-distance relay race team, but, he gave that up due to poor grades. Now, he works part-time at a small restaurant. He has gradually felt fulfillment from his job, while performing duties like adding new menu items.

Meanwhile, Park Rin (Kang Hye-Won) is a South Korean graduate student, studying animation in Japan. She is busy with her studies and she just manages to submit her assignment before the deadline, but she receives a notice that her dormitory stay has been cancelled and she needs to find a place to stay. She is exhausted mentally and physically. At that time, Park Rin happens to visit the restaurant where Taiga Hasegawa works. She is touched by the onigiri rice balls served by Taiga Hasegawa, which fills her hunger and exhaustion. Taiga Hasegawa is attracted to her pretty smile.

Notes

"Kinpa to Onigiri" takes over TV Tokyo's Monday 23:06 time slot previously occupied by "Synanthrope."

Cast



Eiji Akaso	Kang Hye-Won	Mun Ji-Hu	Mai Fukagawa	Rin Kataoka
Taiga Hasegawa	Park Rin	Kang Jun-Ho	Masumi Miyauchi	Noa Somejima



Shodai Fukuyama	Mitsuru Fukikoshi	Seo Hye-Won	Bang Eun-Hee	Ryoko Yuui
Akinori Oba	Shigeo Taguchi	Lee Yun-Gyeol	Choi Mi-E	Reiko Ishida



Hiroko Nakajima	Masaki Miura	Makiko Watanabe
Hiroko Hase	Eiji Sakumoto	Asako Hoshimi

Comments

BlueZone May 30 2026 2:04 pm No value to rewatch. Slow and bored. Nothing burger drama

The heaven is only open for single Mar 26 2026 10:45 am The story is good, until I watched the ending then I listened to the music called "About You" by The 1975.........

GeeDer Mar 25 2026 3:20 pm I mean, I’m an English Literature major so hit me with your slowest burn. But…give me an ending. Like a clear cut ending. Unless you’re planning a season 2. Don’t do that to me. I liked it too well to hate it now but…why leave your viewers hanging like that?!

Orlando Mar 19 2026 9:19 pm I like the story it doesn't provide too much details of indifferences between Korean and Japanese culture but they provide how 2 parents teach their children, but they thought the audience how to handle things in a relationship. One thing I don't like is the ending some japanese series ends their story by celebration and the whole cast was there and they leave you hanging on the story with a big question what will happen in the end. Maybe it's up for us how we end it through our imagination or it will have a 2nd season.

Fatima Mar 18 2026 9:34 pm I wasted my time watching this .. I realized this watching the last minute of the final episode. Unnecessary ending

Kobe Mar 18 2026 12:20 am Pacing to slow with no clear ending. This would have been better if there's season 2 for clearing pacing and proper conclusions

David Mar 14 2026 1:26 pm I had to stop watching after episode 3 because it hit too close to home. I’m American and my ex is Japanese and every single fight I have seen so far I had with my ex especially regarding communication. During the 3rd episode after the birthday thing I noticed that the Korean girl was saying the same exact sentences I said in the past and the Japanese guy replied in the same way my ex did. Overall hit way too close to home but was very realistic so I think it’s a good portrayal of a real multinational relationship.

kiiki Jan 21 2026 11:27 am damn the slowburn

Joko Widodo Jan 17 2026 2:48 am Love the first episode! I cant wait for the next, although i hate watch series one by one each week

fion Jan 16 2026 3:19 pm the first episode was cute! im already loving it.

Justin Jan 15 2026 7:24 am I saw the first episode, it is amazing! Warm atmosphere, great actors, lovely story.

Joseph theVagabond Jan 05 2026 4:45 am Where's the Trailer? It'll help a lot in drumming up interest... Hye-won, fighting!

Hana Nov 06 2025 5:49 am Seorang kang hyewon?? Wow! I'm waiting patiently.

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