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ReLIFE
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kensho Ono
Arata Kaizaki (voice)
13 eps
Ai Kayano
Chizuru Hishiro (voice)
13 eps
Ryohei Kimura
Ryou Yoake (voice)
13 eps
Haruka Tomatsu
Rena Kariu (voice)
13 eps
Reina Ueda
An Onoya (voice)
13 eps
Yuma Uchida
Kazuomi Ooga (voice)
13 eps
Shizuka Itoh
Michiru Saiki (voice)
4 eps
Akeno Watanabe
Mrs. Kaizaki (voice)
1 eps
Ryoko Shiraishi
Sumire Inukai (voice)
2 eps
Noriaki Sugiyama
Akira Inukai (voice)
6 eps
Tokuyoshi Kawashima
Kento Amagase (voice)
1 eps
Miyuki Sawashiro
Kokoro Amatsu (voice)
7 eps
Daisuke Namikawa
Nobunaga Asaji (voice)
7 eps
Wataru Hatano
Koushi Usa (voice)
2 eps
Kenji Akabane
Zen Kamioka (voice)
2 eps
Minami Takahashi
Rumi Naomi (voice)
1 eps
Himika Akaneya
Honoka Tamarai (voice)
7 eps
Toru Nara
Company President (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How ReLIFE actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
ReLIFE reads strongest on World Building, Spectacle and Bingeability.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
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.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Arata Kaizaki (27) quit the job he landed after graduation in only three months. His life did not go well after that. Now his parents are threatening to stop sending money, and want him to come back to the country. He has no friend or girlfriend to share his troubles with...as he hits rock bottom a strange man named Ryou Yoake appears. He invites Arata to join a societal rehabilitation program for NEETs called ReLife. This program uses a mysterious drug to make him look younger, and sends him back to high school for a year...
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E13
Confession
At the fireworks display, everyone puts their plans into motion and tries to make things work between Kazuomi and Rena. Meanwhile, a different pairing begins to take shape...
- Directed by Toru Takahashi
- Written by Kazuho Hyoudou
S01E09
Revenge
The rift between Rena and Honoka grows ever larger as the former decides to retire from high-school volleyball, but Chizuru and Arata decide to fix things.
- Directed by Hirokazu Yamada
- Written by Kazuho Hyoudou
S01E03
You're Old Now
Arata receives a grim reminder of his physical age during athletic testing.
- Directed by Hiroyuki Okuno
- Written by Michiko Yokote
S01E05
Overlap
Things come to a head between Rena and Chizuru, which reminds Arata about a traumatic experience in his past.
- Directed by Toru Takahashi
- Written by Michiko Yokote
S01E06
This Isn't the First Time
An Onoya and Kazuomi Ooga suddenly visit Arata for a study session, after which An puts the moves on Arata?!
- Directed by Toshiaki Kanbara
- Written by Michiko Yokote
S01E04
Fall
Rena Kariu is thrown for a loop by what she thinks is Chizuru's spiteful behavior toward her.
- Directed by Katsuhiko Bizen
- Written by Michiko Yokote
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
- Kazuki AdachiProducer
Writing
- Michiko YokoteWriter
- Kazuho HyoudouWriter
Direction
- Kazuhiro SoetaDirector
- Katsuhiko BizenDirector
- Toshiaki KanbaraDirector
- Hirokazu YamadaDirector
- Makoto NakataDirector
- Hiroyuki OkunoDirector
Cinematography
- Nozomi ShitaraDirector of Photography
Music
- Masayasu TsuboguchiOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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