Netflix has renewed its bold Japanese reality dating series Badly in Love for a second season, signaling that the experiment of putting yankee romance in the spotlight is far from over.
Netflix is turning up the heat to kick off 2026. Single’s Inferno returns for Season 5 on January 20, 2026, and a newly released teaser promises another all-out battle of flirting, jealousy, and hard-to-ignore chemistry.
When I first read the synopsis for the new Japanese reality show Badly in Love, I was genuinely surprised. It’s not your typical glossy dating show with polished influencers and picture-perfect dates. Instead, the participants are “yankees” — Japanese delinquents or rebels, the kind of people societ
Netflix has confirmed the premiere date for The Boyfriend Season 2, bringing back Japan’s trailblazing male dating reality series with a brand-new setting and a fresh group of participants. The new season begins streaming January 13, 2026, rolling out 15 episodes across four consecutive weeks.
Netflix Japan has locked in three romance-reality titles for late-2025 and 2026, unveiling the schedule during a 10th-anniversary reality showcase and follow-up posts on its official channels. The lineup confirms “ラヴ上等 — Badly in Love (Love Jōtō)” for December 2025, “ボーイフレンド (The Boyfriend) Season 2
