Title (romaji): Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
Also known as: The Man Who Can’t Get Married / He Who Can’t Marry
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 12
Viewership ratings: 16.93%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2006-Jul-4 to 2006-Sept-19
Air time: Tuesday 22:00
Theme song: Swimi by Every Little Thing
Synopsis
Shinsuke Kuwano (Abe Hiroshi), a successful architect at 40, enjoys living by himself. He doesn’t like people but somehow is able to design wonderful houses for them.

He has a routine of making himself a delicious dinner and then relaxing to classical music in his easy chair. (He likes to pretend he is the conductor.) One night, he plays the music loud enough to make his next door neighbor, Michiru Tamara (Kuninaka Ryoko) knock on his door to complain. When Kuwano answers the door, he suffers a terrible stomach pain and collapses to the floor. Lucky for him, his neighbor Michiru is nice enough to accompany him to the hospital, where he is treated by Dr. Natsumi Hayasake (Natsukawa Yui). He is really rude to Natsumi, but she is still determined to treat him.

Afterwards, Michiru and Natsumi become part of Kuwano’s life. They make friends with Kuwano’s colleagues Eiji (Tsukamoto Takashi) and Maya Sawazaki (Takashima Reiko). They all enjoy talking about how strange and eccentric Kuwano is. Is it possible that someone would ever want to marry him?

Cast
Abe Hiroshi as Kuwano Shinsuke
Natsukawa Yui as Hayasaka Natsumi
Kuninaka Ryoko as Tamura Michiru
Tsukamoto Takashi as Murakami Eiji
Takashima Reiko as Sawazaki Maya
SHEILA as Nishimura Chizuru, Michiru’s friend
Nishimaru Yuko as Ozawa Mari
Takamatsu Iku as Emori Kazumi
Omi Toshinori as Nakagawa Yoshio
Miura Rieko as Nakagawa Keiko
Hiraoka Emi as Nakagawa Yumi
Sakura as Yoshikawa Saori
Takachi Noboru as Kaneda Hiroyuki
Kusabue Mitsuko as Kuwano Ikuyo
Nagaoka Naohiko as the bartender
Tachibana Ayano as the combini cashier
Nishio Hiroyuki as the video rental cashier
Matsui Ryoko as the waitress
Fuwa Mansaku as the foreman