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Train Man

DramaComedy

With the help of an online community, a nerdy and socially awkward man gathers the courage to start dating an attractive lady he met on a train.

Jul 7, 20051 seasons11 episodesEndedJA

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Atsushi Ito

Tsuyoshi Yamada ("Train Man"/ "Densha Otoko")

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Misaki Itō

Saori Aoyama ("Hermes")

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Miho Shiraishi

Kisuzu Jinkama

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Mokomichi Hayami

Keisuke Aoyama

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Eriko Sato

Kaho Sawazaki

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Maki Horikita

Aoi Yamada

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Kosuke Toyohara

Kazuya Sakurai

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Kumiko Akiyoshi

Yuki Aoyama

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Risa Sudou

Yuko Mizuki

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Rokkaku Seiji

Ushijima Sadao [Netizen, Hanshin Tigers fan]

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Gekidan Hitori

Yusaku Matsunaga [Guitar Man]

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Eiji Sugawara

Shinji Kawamoto

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Shun Oguri

Munetaka Minamoto [Netizen/ forum owner / ASCII artist]

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Nasubi

Couple Man [Netizen]

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Shigenori Yamazaki

Shinpei Asano [Netizen, College student, Anime otaku]

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Shiro Kishibe

Tsuneo Yamada

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Sakurai Chizu

Hashizume Ryoko [Netizen]

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Tagame Tamura

Couple Woman [Netizen]

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Seasons

Season 1

11 episodes

Premiered Jul 7, 2005

Episodes

1–6 of 11

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Ep 1

A Love Being Watched Over by a Million People

Jul 7, 2005

50m

Yamada Tsuyoshi is a middle class otaku (Japanese geek) who one day defends Aoyama Saori from a drunkard on the train.

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Ep 2

I'm Off to My First Date; Big Transformation

Jul 14, 2005

50m

Yamada manages to finally reach Saori, inviting her to dinner. Following the advice from 2channel users, Yamada changes his appearance to impress Saori.

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Ep 3

Huge First Date Crisis!!

Jul 21, 2005

50m

Yamada feels the first date was a disaster; Saori calls and asks if he would like to meet up again. This time, however, Saori brings a friend along.

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Ep 4

Summer! Big Surfing Crash Course

Jul 28, 2005

50m

After Saori mistakes "surfing the web" for surfing, Yamada has to quickly learn how to surf to impress her.

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Ep 5

Big Anti-stalker Strategy

Aug 4, 2005

50m

A mysterious stalker starts harassing Saori. Yamada investigates to find out who the stalker is.

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Ep 6

A (Love) Confession is the Beginning of All Your Troubles!

Aug 11, 2005

50m

Yamada is invited to Saori's house for the first time for tea. Although he tries to tell Saori he likes her, he is unable to muster the courage. A second date is arranged and Yamada lies to Saori that he can't make it due to work but is actually going to a manga convention.

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