Spoilers for The Boyfriend episodes 1-9 ahead. If you're craving a winter romance, Netflix's The Boyfriend will be your new favorite reality show. The Japanese series, known as the country's first-ever same-sex dating show, returns for its second season after its acclaimed 2024 debut. For season 2, which premiered on January 13, the show has recruited a new group of queer singles to live together for two months in a guesthouse dubbed the Green Room, this time based in wintertime Hokkaido, Japan. As they live and work together, running a coffee truck in pairs, the men learn more about themselves and each other as they search for love.
In the first nine episodes, The Boyfriend season 2 introduces 10 men who are looking for their next great love. Ranging in age from 20 to 40, the cast ranges from a university student looking for their first love, to a man getting back out there after a 15-year relationship, to globe-trotters hoping to find lifelong partners, to a familiar face with "unfinished business." Also, most of this year's cast already have history with each other, leading to plenty of deep conversations.
