Anime
Golden Boy
He's got a lust for life... and anything female!
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Mitsuo Iwata
Kintaro Oe (voice)
6 eps
Gorō Naya
Narrator (voice)
6 eps
Hiromi Tsuru
Madame President (voice)
2 eps
Junko Iwao
Employee B (voice)
1 eps
Miki Takahashi
Employee C (voice)
1 eps
Junko Shimakata
Employee D (voice)
1 eps
Takkô Ishimori
Bicycle shop owner (voice)
1 eps
Takumi Kurebayashi
Bicycle shop woman (voice)
1 eps
Yuko Minaguchi
Naoko Katsuda (voice)
1 eps
Shozo Iizuka
Juzou Katsuda (voice)
1 eps
Kujira
Maid (voice)
1 eps
Kikuko Inoue
Ayuko Hayami (voice)
3 eps
Noriko Uemura
Noriko Katsuda (voice)
1 eps
Hajime Koseki
Yakuza B (voice)
2 eps
Yuka Koyama
Yuka Kanzaki (voice)
2 eps
Yuri Shiratori
Noriko (voice)
2 eps
Miho Yoshida
Office Lady (voice)
1 eps
Mika Kanai
Chie (voice)
2 eps
Tomohisa Aso
Salaryman A (voice)
1 eps
Jin Yamanoi
Salaryman B (voice)
1 eps
Hikojiro Matsumura
Udon Restaurant Owner (voice)
1 eps
Jurota Kosugi
Hiroshi Kogure (voice)
1 eps
Yoshiko Sakakibara
Kogure's Girl (voice)
1 eps
Yosuke Akimoto
Manager (voice)
2 eps
Tatsuya Egawa
Yakuza A (voice)
2 eps
Yuko Mizutani
Instructor A (female) (voice)
1 eps
Koji Ishii
Instructor B (male) (voice)
1 eps
Kenichi Ogata
Yakuza A (voice)
2 eps
Michiko Neya
Instructor C (female) (voice)
1 eps
Megumi Tano
Child (boy) (voice)
1 eps
Yoko Asada
Child (girl) (voice)
1 eps
Sakiko Tamagawa
Reiko Terayama (voice)
2 eps
Daiki Nakamura
Superior A (male) (voice)
1 eps
Kumiko Takizawa
Superior B (female) (voice)
1 eps
Makoto Higo
Porsche Man (voice)
1 eps
Mika Doi
Female producer (voice)
1 eps
Kousuke Okano
Animator A (voice)
1 eps
Ryuzou Ishino
Animator B (voice)
1 eps
Takuma Suzuki
Animator C (voice)
1 eps
Wataru Takagi
Animator E (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Golden Boy actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Golden Boy reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
Kintaro Oe is a 25-year-old boy who left Tokyo University and now lives a simple life, traveling by bicycle to learn everything he can about the world.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 6 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
19956 episodes
7.3IMDbKintaro, despite having met the requirements for a law degree, left Tokyo University without graduating. Golden Boy depicts his living the life of a free spirit, roaming Japan from town to town, job to job. During his travels, Kintaro meets several women whose lives he dramatically changes, despite poor first impressions. He constantly observes and studies the people and events around him, recording his findings in a notebook he carries on his belt.
Best episode · S01E06 Animation is Fun!
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E06
Animation is Fun!
Chie is a cel-painter at the animation studio where Kintaro works as an errand-boy. Production difficulties ensue, and Kintaro must rely on old friends to pull things through.
- Directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo
- Written by Tatsuya Egawa
S01E02
Temptation of the Maiden
Working as a campaign staffer for a mayoral candidate, Kintaro is assigned to tutor his boss' attractive teenaged daughter, Naoko Katsuda, who wants more from him than help with her math homework.
- Directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi
- Written by Tatsuya Egawa
S01E01
Computer Studies
Kintaro obtains a janitorial job at an all-woman software firm led by the Ferrari-driving, skimpily-clad Madame President. An electrical accident jeopardizes the firm's future, allowing Kintaro to put his newly acquired programming skills to the test.
- Directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo
- Written by Tatsuya Egawa
S01E03
Danger! The Virgin's First Love
A car accident has left the owner of a udon restaurant temporarily handicapped, and Kintaro is helping out and learning the trade. The owner's daughter, Noriko has a well-heeled boyfriend, but a series of events leads Kintaro to doubt his sincerity.
- Directed by Hiroyuki Morita
- Written by Tatsuya Egawa
S01E04
Swimming In the Sea of Love
Kintaro has challenged the local swimming coach (and former Olympic athlete) to a race, but he first needs to learn how to swim. While training, however, his situation with the coach, Ayuko Hayami is compromised.
- Directed by Akihiko Nishiyama
- Written by Tatsuya Egawa
S01E05
Unstoppable Youth
Kintaro becomes a servant in a traditional-style mansion of a wealthy family, but is quickly dismissed. He then challenges the daughter Reiko Tarayama, who abhors men and has a fetish for her motorcycle, to a race.
- Directed by Kenji Takemura
- Written by Tatsuya Egawa
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E06
Animation is Fun!
- Directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo
- Written by Tatsuya Egawa
S01E05
Unstoppable Youth
- Directed by Kenji Takemura
- Written by Tatsuya Egawa
S01E04
Swimming In the Sea of Love
- Directed by Akihiko Nishiyama
- Written by Tatsuya Egawa
S01E03
Danger! The Virgin's First Love
- Directed by Hiroyuki Morita
- Written by Tatsuya Egawa
S01E02
Temptation of the Maiden
- Directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi
- Written by Tatsuya Egawa
S01E01
Computer Studies
- Directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo
- Written by Tatsuya Egawa
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kazufumi NomuraProducer
Writing
- Tatsuya EgawaWriter
Direction
- Kenji TakemuraDirector
- Yasuhito KikuchiDirector
- Hiroyuki MoritaDirector
- Akihiko NishiyamaDirector
- Hiroyuki KitakuboDirector
Cinematography
- Hideo OkazakiDirector of Photography
Music
- Jôyô KatayanagiOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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