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Tokyo Alice (東京アリス, Tōkyō Arisu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Toriko Chiya. It was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Kiss from October 25, 2005,^[1] to August 25, 2015.^[2] Its chapters were collected in 15 tankōbon volumes.^[3] A live-action drama premiered in Japan from August 25, 2017, and ran for 12 episodes; it was later released internationally on Amazon Prime Video in 2019.^[4]

• Fu Arisugawa (portrayed by Mizuki Yamamoto), a free-spirited office worker at a design production company. She loves shopping and is usually thinking about getting fashions at boutique shops. She is 26 years old at the start of the series.^{Vol. 2 profiles} She develops an interest in her boss Shinji Okuzono.^[5][6][7]
• Sayuri Enjoji^[3] (portrayed by Aya Asahina),^[6] an upper-class girl who works as a gallery assistant in Ginza. She feels she must comply with her family's expectations of marrying a University of Tokyo alumnus, and allows them to set up a suitor for an arranged marriage. However, she plans on living it up with casual sex partners.^{Vol. 2 profiles[5]} Her family owns the house that she, Fu and Mizuho live in.^[4] She later runs away from her arranged marriage wedding. She eventually marries Akira Hiyama in Paris.^{Vol. 13 profiles}
• Mizuho Haneda^[3] (portrayed by Reina Triendl),^[6] a manga artist who had an aspiring musician boyfriend at the start of the series.^{Vol. 2 profiles} After their breakup, she moves in with Fu and Sayuri.^{Vol. 3 profiles[4]}
• Rio Sakuragawa^[3] (portrayed by Maryjun Takahashi),^[6] a psychosomatic doctor who declines opportunities for romance at work. She harbors romantic feelings for Fu.^{Vol. 2 profiles[4]} She does not live with the other girls, but frequents their place a lot.^[4]
• Shinji Okuzono (portrayed by Ryohei Otani), Fu's boss.^[4] He is nicknamed the Ice Man because of his cool demeanor. He and Fu get into a complicated relationship.^{Vol. 2 profiles}
• Shun Odagiri (portrayed by Shunya Shiraishi), a wealthy heir to Hinode Bussan, he is working at Fu's place to gain some real world experience.^{Vol. 3 profiles}
• Haruto Izumi (portrayed by Yosuke Sugino), a male nurse who is interested in Rio to the point of stalking her.^{Vol. 3 profiles[4]}
• Akira Hiyama (portrayed by Shunsuke Daito),^[4] a former schoolmate of Okuzono from university. He is described as having a poker face, that is, it is difficult to read what he is really thinking.^{Vol. 9 profiles} He later marries Sayuri.^{Vol. 13 profiles}
• Ken Shinonome (portrayed by Yuta Koseki),^[4] Okuzono's friend from high school. He falls in love with Rio.^{Vol. 12 profiles}
• Tamaki Sawamura, an administrator in Fu and Okuzono's office, described as a "female leopard". She expresses interest in Okuzono.^{Vol. 13 profiles}
• Members of the Planning Arts are coworkers at Fu and Okuzono's office. They include: chief Yusuke Kashii (portrayed by Shuntaro Yanagi),^[4] who has a daughter Miu and pet dog Moshap; employee Kaoru Sata; employee Kirio Iioka, who is actually gay; and part-timer Akari Kawasuma.^{Vol. 13 profiles}

Individual chapters of the series are numbered as shopping, such as "Shopping: 1".^{Vol. 1}

• 1 (September 13, 2006)^[8]
• 2 (July 13, 2007)^[9]
• 3 (May 23, 2008)^[10]
• 4 (February 13, 2009)^[11]
• 5 (November 13, 2009)^[12]
• 6 (November 12, 2010)^[13]
• 7 (June 24, 2011)^[14]
• 8 (February 13, 2012)^[15]
• 9 (July 13, 2012)^[16]
• 10 (January 11, 2013)^[17]
• 11 (July 12, 2013)^[18]
• 12 (January 10, 2014)^[19]
• 13 (July 11, 2014)^[20]
• 14 (January 13, 2015)^[21]
• 15 (September 15, 2015)^[22]

Volume 4 reached the 18th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart^[23] and, as of February 23, 2009, has sold 68,715 copies;^[24] volume 5 reached the 15th place and, as of November 15, 2009, has sold 32,259 copies;^[25] volume 6 reached the 19th place^[26] and, as of November 21, 2010, has sold 69,800 copies;^[27] volume 7 reached the 22nd place and, as of July 3, 2011, has sold 69,064 copies;^[28] volume 8 reached the 15th place and, as of February 19, 2012, has sold 48,887 copies;^[29] volume 10 reached the 23rd place and, as of January 20, 2013, has sold 58,779 copies;^[30] volume 11 reached the 33rd place and, as of July 20, 2013, has sold 55,090 copies;^[31] volume 12 reached the 35th place and, as of January 19, 2014, has sold 49,663 copies;^[32] volume 13 reached the 33rd place^[33] and, as of July 20, 2014, has sold 48,126 copies.^[34]

It was nominated for Best Shōjo Manga at the 38th Kodansha Manga Awards.^[7]

• ^ "Ch." is shortened form for chapter and refers to a chapter number of the Tokyo Alice manga.
• ^ "Ep." is shortened form for chapter and refers to an episode number of the Tokyo Alice live-action drama.

• Official website
• Tokyo Alice (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia