Is this Love Checkmate!?

Is this Love Checkmate!?

Is this Love Checkmate!?

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Is this Love Checkmate!?

2018- 2018

1 Seasons

4 Episodes

6.6(11 votes)

Ended

Comedy

Overview

A love story between a 24-year-old office worker who has neither love experience nor communication skills and a 32-year-old female shōgi player he meets on his daily commute.

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

9 featured cast members

Starring

Yuki Kashiwagi

Yuki Kashiwagi

Tae Komada

Kentaro Ito

Kentaro Ito

Taiga Kohinata

Mao

Mao

Sanae Tashiro

Makoto Tanaka

Makoto Tanaka

Akane Eguchi

Shuhei Abe

Ken Okita

Yuma Yamoto

Yuma Yamoto

Wataru Tasaki

Shinsuke Kato

Shinsuke Kato

Sakata

Takumi Saitoh

Takumi Saitoh

Kato Sensei

Jun Murakami

Jun Murakami

Hiroto Yuki

Creative team

Written by: Shiozuka Yume

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