Jo Eriko re-debuts as an actress in afternoon drama titled Ao no Umi – Long summer.

Short Synopsis

The story started with a love of a young couple. Odata Mai is a daughter of a CEO of a construction company in Tokyo. When she was seventeenth, she discovered the her current mother was not her biological mother. By chance, she learned that her biological mother was from Okinawa.

Though Mai she felt very graceful to her current mother, she can’t help but be curious about her real mother. She decided to fly out to Okinawa in search for her real mother.

During her search, she met Aragaki Kota, the son of the pension house where she was staying at. To Mai, Kota is a good-for-nothing man and is someone who will do anything for money. This is the same for Kota, he only sees Mai is a daughter of a disgusting rich man.

However, Kota only earned money to support his ill little sister. This completely changes Mai’s opinion about Kota. At the same time, Mai’s kindness towards Kota’s little sister had touched him so much, and, little by little, they start to respect each other. But, their parents’ dark secrets and death of loved ones torn them apart.

Now, fifteen years later, fate has them encounter each other again. For Mai, the days she spends on Okinawa with Kota is something she treasures a lot. For Kota, he leaves it as a memory of the past and moves on. What will happen to these star-crossed lovers?