Shirō Kakei (Hidetoshi Nishijima)
A lawyer who works at Uemachi law firm. He usually leaves his office on time to buy food for dinner. He is a methodical man and a man of economy. On the other hand, he is indecisive and tactless. He met Kenji when he was 40 and became to be familiar with each other.
Kenji Yabuki (Seiyō Uchino)
A hair stylist who lives with Shirō and calls him "Shiro-san". He is friendly to everybody and an expert at handling complaints from customers. Unlike Shirō who tells Kayoko that he is a gay in the episode 2, he tells that he loves men only to those close to him. His ideal man is Ryo Saeba, main character of "City Hunter". He loves eating the meals cooked by Shirō.
Gorō Kakei (Kōtarō Shiga→Ryōsei Tayama)
He is a father of Shirō. He cannot understand that his son is a gay but accepts it. He suffers esophageal cancer and it worries his wife Hisaē and Shirō.
Hisaē Kakei (Meiko Kaji)
She is a mother of Shirō and accepts his son is a gay but cannot understand it perfectly. She is delighted with her son's consideration for her and Gorō but thinks it is so "womanly".
Kayoko Tominaga (Misako Tanaka, cameo apperance)
She is one of the friends of Shirō who shares the information of food or cooking. She gets to know him at Nakamuraya when she wonders whether she should buy a watermelon or not. And she sometimes advises Shirō when he is troubled by something.
Mr. Tominaga (Toshihiro Yashiba)
He is a husband of Kayoko and introduces Daisaku Kohinata who is also a gay to Shirō.
Yoshiē Uemachi (Atsuko Takaizumi)
She manages Uemachi law firm and is a boss of Shirō. She is an expert in insolvency law and her son Osamu is also a lawyer and works at the firm.
Daisaku Kohinata (Kōji Yamamoto)
He is one of the friends of Mr. Tominaga and enjoys tennis with him. Though he is usually impassive, he really loves his love Wataru Inoue who is selfish and becomes emotional when he talks about him. He works at a theatrical agency.
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