{
  "id": 11313063,
  "title": "Cooking With Kazuto: Inside The Boyfriend Star’s Restaurant",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/cooking-with-kazuto-inside-the-boyfriend-stars-restaurant",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-02T00:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tokyo Weekender",
    "slug": "tokyo-weekender",
    "url": "https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/cooking-with-kazuto-inside-the-boyfriend-stars-restaurant/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Niigata native Kazuto Kasahara rose to fame as a heartthrob on reality TV show The Boyfriend, but his culinary talents and hometown roots have led him to open a restaurant in Tokyo. Kazuto's journey from rice farmer's son to TV sensation to restaurateur is a testament to his culinary passion and desire to share the flavors of his hometown with the world.",
  "summary": "For many, Kazuto Kasahara was the breakout heartthrob of Netflix Japan’s hit reality show The Boyfriend. With his boy-next-door good looks, disarmingly sweet smile and culinary skills — highly useful in a show where much of the conversation took place over home-cooked meals — Kasahara quickly captured the hearts of several of his fellow housemates […] The post Cooking With Kazuto: Inside The…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": "Kazuto Kasahara's restaurant venture marks a new chapter in his career, allowing him to share his hometown's flavors and leverage his reality TV fame in a new business pursuit.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}