What is Love Generation?
{{italictitle}} '''''Love Generation''''' ({{lang-ja|ラブジェネレーション}}) was a [[drama]]tic [[Japan]]ese [[television programme|television series]] on Fuji Television. It first aired in [[Japan]] from [[October 13]] [[1997]] to [[December 22]], [[1997]] every Monday. It had a very high rating of 30.8%. It features music by [[Cagnet]]. ==Cast== *Katagiri Teppei - Takuya Kimura *Uesugi Riko - Takako Matsu *Takagi Erika - Norika Fujiwara *Katagiri Soichiro - Masaaki Uchino *Mizuhara Sanae - Junna Risa *Yoshimoto ==Characters== *'''Katagiri Teppei''' - A talented advertisement designer and a playboy with an egocentric attitude and dislike for anything boring. He has a girlfriend named Riko, but still misses his past girlfriend Sanae at the same time *'''Uesugi Riko''' - She moves out from her family to [[Tokyo]] hoping to be more independent. She is a girl with a lot of spirit, and eventually becomes part of a love triangle. *'''Takagi Erika''' - A [[flight attendant]] and Riko's bestfriend. While she secretly likes Teppei, she frequently gives helpful advice to Riko to maintain her relationship *'''Katagiri Soichiro''' - a public prosecutor and Teppei's brother. He is very serious in his doings unlike Teppei, and thus Soichiro is his brother's role model. He was engaged to Sanae, Teppei's former girlfriend, but he meets his own past girlfriend and develops an affair with her later on in the story. *'''Mizuhara Sanae''' - translates between Mandarin and Japanese. She was Teppei's highschool sweetheart. Later, she is engaged to his brother Soichiro, but later finds herself falling in love with Teppei again *'''Yoshimoto''' - Teppei's highschool friend, who falls in love with Riko at first sight, but was rejected by her ==Summary== The show revolves around the relationship of the two leading characters, Katagiri Teppei and Uesugi Riko, who begin their relationship as squabbling colleagues before falling in love. Katagiri Teppei is a talented designer and very popular among women. Unfortunately, Teppei, who despises anyt