🇯🇵 Country

Love stories of Japan

The country that turned romance into art for a generation. From "Your Name" to Inuyasha, the loves of anime cross time, space and worlds.

Quick answer

The country that turned romance into art for a generation. From "Your Name" to Inuyasha, the loves of anime cross time, space and worlds.

Love stories

Showing 4 stories
Japan · "Your Name" (Kimi no Na wa), 2016

Taki & Mitsuha

Love across time in "Your Name"

Two young people who swap bodies across time and space and fight to remember each other's name: long-distance love in its most magical form.

Read the story
Inuyasha & Kagome
Japan · Rumiko Takahashi, from 1996

Inuyasha & Kagome

A love between two worlds and two eras

The half-demon and the time-traveling schoolgirl who passes through a well: one of anime's most beloved couples, iconic for finally letting the leads become a real couple.

Read the story
Japan · "Yuri!!! on Ice", 2016

Yuri & Victor

Love on the ice

The Japanese skater Yuri and the Russian legend Victor, who becomes his coach and his great love: one of the most celebrated queer relationships in contemporary anime.

Read the story
Japan · "Fruits Basket"

Kyo & Tohru

The love that breaks a curse

The kind-hearted Tohru and Kyo, the cursed and rejected "cat" of the Sohma zodiac, whose unconditional love helps free an entire family from its curse.

Read the story

Frequently asked questions

What are the great Japanese love stories?

Some of the greatest are Taki & Mitsuha, Inuyasha & Kagome, Yuri & Victor.

Explore the 1000 greatest loves