{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d2c7a6473af0d635fe10db41","clusterId":"c_75b48181f5695c7b021971db","slug":"matsumura-hokuto-drama-confession-25-year-secret-sets-july-11-premiere","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Matsumura Hokuto Drama \"Confession -25-Year Secret-\" Sets July 11 Premiere","summary":"Nippon TV has set July 11 as the first broadcast date for the love suspense drama \"Confession -25-Year Secret-\" starring Matsumura Hokuto (SixTONES). The main visual has also been released, showing Matsumura's character Sōta Yukimura gazing at Mariko Nose, played by Okazaki Sae. The series follows Sōta, who has fixated on a woman from his childhood for 25 years, with an incident and secrets from that time driving the plot.","whyItMatters":"The announcement locks in the summer premiere for a high-profile Nippon TV Saturday drama starring a SixTONES member, with a full cast and key art now public.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eNippon TV\u0026#39;s upcoming Saturday drama \u0026#34;Confession -25-Year Secret-\u0026#34; will begin airing on July 11 at 21:00. The series stars Matsumura Hokuto (SixTONES) as Sōta Yukimura, a man who has carried a 25-year obsession with a woman he met as a child. Okazaki Sae plays Mariko Nose, the object of his fixation. The main visual released alongside the date announcement shows the two characters close together but not meeting each other\u0026#39;s gaze. Producer Suzuki Tsutomu said the poster captures that distance and invites viewers to imagine what lies ahead of Sōta\u0026#39;s look. The cast also includes Shiono Akihisa, Sasaki Nozomi, Kubo Shiori, Yamashita Koki, Mizuno Miki, Shukawa Atomu, Oka Mitsuko, Tanaka Yoji, Ishikawa Ken, and Tamayama Tetsuji.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The drama's 25-year fixation premise gives Matsumura Hokuto a role built on obsession rather than the idol-adjacent characters he usually plays.","twitterPost":"The 25-year fixation premise gives Matsumura Hokuto a role built on obsession, not idol-adjacent charm.","threadsPost":"Matsumura Hokuto's drama role is a 25-year fixation on a childhood figure. That's a sharper departure from idol-adjacent characters than most SixTONES members get.","newsletterBlurb":"Nippon TV has set July 11 as the premiere date for \"Confession -25-Year Secret-\", a love suspense drama starring Matsumura Hokuto (SixTONES). The main visual has also been released, and the full cast includes Okazaki Sae, Shiono Akihisa, and Tamayama Tetsuji.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Eiga Natalie\",\"url\":\"https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/676984\",\"title\":\"First broadcast date set for drama \\\"Confession -25-Year Secret-\\\" starring SixTONES' Matsumura Hokuto\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":3738,"outputTokens":644,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1781905755,"createdAt":"2026-06-19T21:43:29.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-19T21:48:15.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-19T21:48:15.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_75b48181f5695c7b021971db","canonicalTitle":"SixTONES松村北斗主演のドラマ「告白-25年目の秘密-」初回放送日決定","representativeArticleId":"a_7443836366944ddd15555d09","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"告白-25年目の秘密-\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"松村北斗\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-19T21:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-19T21:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-19T21:48:16.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Eiga Natalie","url":"https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/676984","title":"SixTONES松村北斗主演のドラマ「告白-25年目の秘密-」初回放送日決定"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["告白-25年目の秘密-"],"studios":[],"people":["松村北斗"],"type":"announcement","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Nippon TV's drama 'Confession -25-Year Secret-' premieres on July 11 at 21:00.","Matsumura Hokuto (SixTONES) stars as Sōta Yukimura, a man with a 25-year obsession with a woman he met as a child.","Okazaki Sae plays Mariko Nose, the object of Sōta's fixation.","The main visual shows Sōta and Mariko close together but not meeting each other's gaze.","The cast includes Shiono Akihisa, Sasaki Nozomi, Kubo Shiori, Yamashita Koki, Mizuno Miki, Shukawa Atomu, Oka Mitsuko, Tanaka Yoji, Ishikawa Ken, and Tamayama Tetsuji."]}