What would you do if you were suddenly only 16 cm tall? What would you do if your loved one was suddenly only 16 cm tall? A best selling sentimental love story is dramatized for the second time!

Everything started when a high school couple, Chiyomi (Fukada Kyoko) and Minami (Ninomiya Kazunari) had a mysterious and ominous fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant… "If you stay close to him, he will become great and the two of you will be together for a long time. However, when the two of you drift apart, horrible thing will happen". Just as the prophesy, on the very day when Minami decided to leave Chiyomi, a magical curse struck Chiyomi. Believe it or not, it shrunk her into a size of merely 16 cm tall! What would happen when a tender boyfriend and a miniaturized girlfriend secretly starts living together?

• Title: 南くんの恋人 - Minami-kun no Koibito
• Also known as: Minami's Girlfriend
• Episodes: 11
• Genre: Romance
• Viewership ratings: 9.4%
• Broadcast network: TV Asahi
• Broadcast period: 2004-Jul-08 to 2004-Sep-16
• Air time: Thursday 21:00
• Theme song: Hitomi no naka no Galaxy sang by ARASHI
• Related TV shows: Minami-kun no Koibito (TV Asahi, 1994), Minami-kun no Koibito (Fuji TV, 2015), Minami-kun ga Koibito!? (TV Asahi, 2024)

Horikiri Chiyomi
Played by Kyoko Fukada

Minami Susumu
Played by Kazunari Ninomiya (Arashi)

Kusakabe Seiichiro
Played by Seiichi Tanabe
Chiyomi and Susumu's homeroom teacher and Chiyomi's cousin.

Nomura Reika
Played by Mao Miyaji
Chiyomi and Susumu's classmate.

Minami Sakura
Played by Asami Abe
Susumu's younger sister.

Ohara Kosaku
Played by Tomoya Ishii
Chiyomi and Susumu's classmate and Susumu's best friend.

Kokubo Naoko
Played by Nao Ogino
Chiyomi and Susumu's classmate and Chiyomi's best friend.

Sakai Masumi
Played by Nami Ishibashi
Japanese language teacher.

Horikiri Senji
Played by Soichiro Kitamura
Chiyomi's grandfather.

Minami Kenichi
Played by Masahiko Nishimura
Susumu's father.

Minami Takeko
Played by Yuko Natori
Susumu's mother.

• Planning Producer - Kotaro Takahashi (TV Asahi)
• Screenplay - Nakazono Miho , Fukuma Masahiro
• Music - Norito Sumitomo (FILL IN)
• Theme song - Arashi " Galaxy in the Eyes " ( J Storm )
• Sound effects - Naoko Abiru
• Design - Masato Kikuchi
• Art Producer - Hiroaki Sugikawa
• Production Manager - Masahiro Ayame
• Producers: Tetsuya Kuroda (TV Asahi), Takashi Terukina, Hitoshi Fuse (The Works)
• Directors: Tsumako Sato , Takehiko Shinjo ( 5th grade D class ), Mayumi Kiuchi (TV Asahi), Kazuho Ogaki (The Works)
• Production cooperation - The Works
• Production copyright - TV Asahi