If The Big Bang Theory was a Japanese drama?

And I am the one who gets to decide roles ~~ Could there be anything sweeter than this, huh? No? Thought so.



Okay so first I'm going to tell you people one thing you might be wondering. Why on Earth would someone want to see the Japanese version of The Big Bang Theory? Two days ago while waiting to asleep, I was thinking "What if The Big Bang Theory was a Japanese or Korean drama? Who would be the characters?" I started making all kinds of dream castings inside my head and then I fell asleep. I'm telling you, I had so much fun thinking who would be who :'DDD

I am also going to make a Korean version soon-ish so wait for it ^^ I wanted to make a Taiwanese version too but I haven't seen enough dramas to make one. As in my actor list would be really small... So if someone wants to make T-version; Please do so. Without longer blabbing, let's begin!





This was the easiest one to choose. Anyone who has seen the drama version of Densha Otoko will agree. Ito Atsushi is the perfect choice for the role of Leonard. They both give me the same vibe of a nerd who is still kind-of successful with female-relationships.



On the contrary to the previous one... This one was the most difficult. Why? It's Sheldon Cooper for God's sake. The actor of Sheldon Cooper must be 1) tall, 2) kinda awkward, 3) smart, 4) simply the best. It's not an easy thing to pick an actor I'm telling you.

At first I was thinking of Shirota Yu because he's tall, but I don't know how he would pull off the role. Then I was thinking of Miura Haruma but... He's too young and too... not-Sheldon like. I also considered Sato Takeru but he's not like Sheldon either. I also thought of Saito Takumi and Tsukamoto Takashi but they're not Sheldon either. After a hard time of thinking, I ended up with Narimiya Hiroki. Now that was one hell of a trip!

I have a feeling that Narimiya Hiroki could pull off the role of Sheldon pretty well. He's a really versatile actor and has acted as many different characters. Wouldn't it be fun to see him act as Sheldon?



To me Karina is perfect for the role of Penny! She is sexy, cute and can act as a dumb blond for sure! I'd like to see how her chemistry with Ito Atsushi would be. Plus it would be funny to see her bicker with our Narimiya/ Sheldon all the time XD



The character of Howard is a mama's boy with many allergies. Howard sees himself as a ladies' man and his pick up lines are usually lame, but I still laugh at them. The actor for Howard has to be short, corny and has to be able to yell with a big voice.

I don't know how tall Maruyama Ryuhei is, but I think he would be a good choice. I've seen him acting in Boys on the Run and I bet he would be hilarious as Howard.



The reasons why I picked Shirota Yu to the role of Raj are: he's half-Spanish so it makes him look a bit exotic. Another reason is the role he played in Samurai High School. I can totally see him play the awkward Raj who gets not-so-awkward when he's drunk (or thinks he drank alcohol). I think the difference between the original The Big Bang Theory and my version would be that Raj and his family would be from Latin America and not India. Which leads me to the next character, his sister, Priya.



I don't know much about the character of Priya since I saw only a few episodes where she appeared. I know that SHE'S HOT! So the one and only actress who could play Priya is Kuroki Meisa. I don't know how she would act siblings with Shirota Yu since I saw their acting in Jiu... Let's say that it was steamy. 

Two characters left. I know there are many characters in this show but I'm going to cast the ones that have some meaning to the series. Two ladies left: Amy and Bernadette.



From what I saw in Buzzer Beat, I think Kanjiya Shihori would make a really good Bernadette. I bet her chemistry with Maruyama Ryuhei would be absolutely amazing.



I would have never thought of casting Toda Erika as Amy unless I had watched Keizoku 2: SPEC. Since I've seen it, I can say that Toda Erika and Amy are pretty much like sisters :'D They're both really awkward and stuff. I really would like to see Toda Erika being awkward together with Narimiya Hiroki 8D

Since this is the Japanese version, of course our lovely nerd quintet and their friends have to be related to Japan and Japanese culture somehow. I don't know much about the culture thing so I'm just going to tell some geography things that are relevant to the characters.

Like I mentioned above, in this version Raj and his sister Priya and their family are from Latin America or Spain. The rest of their family still lives in their home country.

In the original The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon is from Texas. I don't know what would be considered as the Texas of Japan, so in my version Sheldon is from Kansai region. Thus he speaks Kansai-ben when he gets agitated.

In the original version, Penny is from a town outside of Omaha, Nebraska. In my version she automatically would be from Sapporo, Hokkaido.

That's it for my Japanese version of The Big Bang Theory. How was it? How would have you made the casting? This was my first non-Stalker Guide article ^^ My next article will be either Stalker Guide to someone or then the Korean version of The Big Bang Theory.