Nagase stars as an icy-cool pop idol, Sakuraba Yuuichiro, who is actually a happy go-lucky smiling guy/idiot. After falling in love with Sakura (Takeuchi), trouble ensues after agreeing to marry into Sakura's family (she only has 3 sisters). Of course, more trouble follows trying to hide his marriage from his adoring/rabid fans.

Title: ムコ殿
Title (romaji): Mukodono!
Also known as: Son-in-law / Married Couple Talk / My Husband
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Episodes: 12
Viewership rating: 15.3
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2001-Apr-12 to 2001-Jun-28
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Theme songs:
Opening theme: "7 Truths 7 Lies" by Matsutoya Yumi
Insert theme: "Hitoribotchi no Haburashi" by Sakuraba Yuichiro
Related TV show: Mukodono 2003

The Arai Family
Sakuraba Yuichiro (23)
Played by Nagase Tomoya (formerly of TOKIO)
A lonely singer-songwriter and actor who is the number one man most people want to sleep with. He has a cool personality in the entertainment industry, but in private he is a friendly and pure-hearted man. He marries Sakura and becomes the adopted son-in-law of the Arai family. His real name is Arai (maiden name: Sakuraba) Yuichiro.

Arai Sakura (21)
Played by Takeuchi Yuko
The youngest and fourth daughter of the Arai family. She is responsible for all household chores, including cooking, cleaning, and laundry, and is a reliable leader who manages the household. As a child, she suffered a burn on her arm in an incident that still bears the scar. She marries Yuichiro.

Arai Satsuki (29)
Played by Shinohara Ryoko
The third daughter of the Arai family. She is a radio station director. She secretly bought an apartment without telling her family, hoping to move out and become independent. She's not yet ready to get married and doesn't want to adopt a son-in-law herself, so she suggests that Yuichiro become the Arai family's adopted son-in-law. She's stubborn.

Arai Azusa (33)
Played by Suzuki Anju
The second daughter of the Arai family. Tsutomu's mother. A researcher at a food company. A single mother with a male allergy. She claims that her son, Tsutomu, was born through artificial insemination.

Arai Tsutomu (7)
Played by Kamiki Ryunosuke
Azusa's son. An elementary school student.

Yajima Masaki (35)
Played by Nomura Hironobu
His real name is Arai Masaki. He is the eldest son of the Arai family, disowned by Masumi. He is Kaede's younger brother and Azusa, Satsuki, and Sakura's older brother. He's a photographer looking for scandalous photos of Yuichiro. Masumi Arai (64)
Played by Ken Utsui
Head of the Arai family. Father of Kaede, Masashi, Azusa, Satsuki, and Sakura. Grandfather of Ryo and Tsutomu. Former junior high school principal, he currently runs a calligraphy class at his home. He is strict but a good father who loves his family.

Takeyama Family
Kaede Takeyama (40)
Played by Kumiko Akiyoshi
The eldest daughter of the Arai family. Ryo's mother. Her maiden name was Arai. After a fight with her husband, she moved back to her parents' home with her son, Ryo. A former model, she worked as the proprietress of her husband's family's inn after getting married. She now works part-time as a telephone operator for a mail-order company. She dotes on Ryo.\

Ryo Takeyama (17)
Played by Masaki Aiba (Arashi)
Kaede's son. A modern high school student who dislikes Yuichiro.

Taichi Takeyama (42)
Played by Okayama Hajime
Kaede's estranged husband and Ryo's father. He runs an inn in Atami.

Office Guts
Takuro Komine (32)
Played by Tsunku♂ (SharanQ)
The president of Office Guts, the talent agency to which Yuichiro belongs. He is a man of great sense of duty and humanity.

Otohiko Hakozaki (39)
Played by Danta Yasunori
An employee of Office Guts and Yuichiro's talented manager. He likes to take care of others.

Others
Chizuru Toyama (25)
Played by Koyuki
The homeroom teacher at Ryo's high school.

Sachiko
Played by Suenaga Haruka
A junior member of the kendo club at Ryo's high school.

Tomoaki Endo (35)
Played by Toyama Toshiya
A producer at the radio station where Satsuki works.

Kana Mochizuki (22)
Played by Naito Yoko
A radio personality on Satsuki's radio show.

Murase
Played by Hasegawa Hatsunori
A radio station sponsor who is having an affair with Satsuki.

Go Chihara (38)
Played by Endo Kenichi
A researcher who is a colleague of Azusa's.

Kosaku Sumida
Played by Tanihara Shosuke
Azusa's ex-boyfriend and Tsutomu's father. A dentist.

Mayumi Kunieda (20)
Played by Yahagi Miki
A telephone operator at a mail-order company where she works part-time with Kaede.

Emi Hiramoto (28)
Played by Miyazaki Yuko
A student in Masumi's calligraphy class.

Screenwriter: Izumi Yoshihiro
Producer: Kurihara Miwako
Director: Kimura Tatsuaki, Nishiura Masaki, Kubota Tetsushi
Music: Sawada Kan