Nippon TV's new family dramedy series "Chosen Home"
to stream globally on Netflix
 

TOKYO, JAPAN - October 19, 2025 - Nippon TV, Japan's leading multiplatform entertainment company, today announced that its recently launched, family dramedy series, Chosen Home, begins global streaming on Netflix on October 19th. New episodes will be released weekly.

Chosen Home is a unique heartwarming dramedy centered on two gay men and a troubled middle school girl who form an unexpected, unconventional family. The story centers on Genichi Hatano (50), a sentimental, kind-hearted gay man. Genichi falls in love with Saku Sakuta (38), a level-headed gay teacher who is cynical about romance. Unwilling to lose Saku, Genichi makes a sincere, yet slightly absurd proposal: they buy a house together, believing the shared home will make breaking up impossible.

Their plans are suddenly complicated by the appearance of Hotaru, a 15-year-old middle school student with a secret. Hotaru arrives with a huge sum of money and makes the astonishing offer that she wants to pay them to become her parents. Thus begins a peculiar shared life that explores the true meaning of love and family.

ABOUT NIPPON TV
Nippon TV is Japan's leading multiplatform entertainment powerhouse, as well as owner of streaming giant Hulu in Japan. Nearly 90% of its content IP is fully owned by Nippon TV and the company has been active in bringing its content to the international market in the form of anime, ready-made programs, formats, and through co-production partnerships.
One of the biggest successes for the nation's finest producer of all genres of programming is the Emmy Award-winning Dragons' Den/Shark Tank, a globally successful business show format that has over 50 versions in more than 186 countries across all continents of the world. Additionally, their award-winning drama series Mother has also achieved global success as the most exported scripted format out of Asia, with its format sales to South Korea, Turkey, Ukraine, France, Thailand, China, Spain, Mongolia, The Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and Greece.
The company is also known for its viewer-engaging show Old Enough!, streaming on Netflix in over 190 countries and adapted in Mongolia and Canada, BLOCK OUT, an action-packed game show format that has been adapted in Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Spain, and the Netherlands, the award-winning unscripted format Sokkuri Sweets, produced as Eye Candy for The Roku Channel in the US, UK, Canada and the Netherlands for NPO1.
Launched in 2025, Gyokuro Studio is its in-house production arm and Nippon TV LA Business Office is the co-development and sales headquarters for US/LatAm, both dedicated to unscripted formats.
Nippon TV has also been producing anime series since the 1950s and acquired Studio Ghibli in 2023, making the Academy Award-winning studio its subsidiary. As evident by the company's success, Nippon TV is leveraging its coveted platform to revolutionize digital media in an ever-changing industry to solidify its presence and brand as a global media leader.
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