Exclusive: Rina Sawayama joins the Apple TV+ romcom Prodigies cast alongside creator Will Sharpe and Ayo Edebiri, who also executive produce.

The series follows Didi (Edebiri) and Ren (Sharpe), two ex-child prodigies who have been together since they were children. Now in their early 30s, they are starting to question whether their very ordinary existence is living up to the extraordinary promise of their childhood. Inevitably, they find themselves asking the same questions about their relationship. As individual hopes and needs feed into and conflict with their shared lives, the series challenges the fallacy at the heart of romantic storytelling – that the tale is over when the heroes get together. In life, surely, that is just the beginning?

Sawayama will play Ren’s sister Hana in a recurring role.

Prodigies is created and written by Sharpe, who also serves as an executive producer,...