Hikaru in "Renai Kekkon No Rule"

Was going through some old episodes the the excellent 1997 drama "Renai Kekkon No Rule" for a post about stars Kyoko Koziumi and Satomi Kobayashi, but couldn't help snapping a few shows of our lovely Ms. Nishida who had a support role in the show....

Though the drama centered around Koziumi and Toshiro Yanagiba, a side story is about Toshiro's old father (Soichiro Kitamura) marrying a much younger woman. And that woman was portrayed by Hikaru! Sadly the old geezer is set in his "old school" chauvinistic ways, and it's up to the support of Kyoko and Satomi to come to her defense and tell those guys how to treat a lady in the modern era!

Below: Hikaru constantly asking for help from the dynamic duo of Kyoko Koizumi and Satomi Kobayashi

Thankfully, the two ladies help smooth things over so the mismatched couple can have a "happy end"!

Awwww...Can't have better friends than this!

This was, as I recall, one of the last times I saw Hikaru in any J-dramas for awhile, too bad as she was such a great talent! Oh well, she could focus back on her singing career, and her 1998 album "Shiawase no Katachi" was just on the horizon!