The Empress (2011)

The Empress has a almost similar storyline and main couple as NTOG. Some scenes feel almost mirrored in the beginning. Both have birth secrets and women becoming gisaeng/hostess and men who can't live without them!

Kumiko, who works in the sales department at an advertising agency, unexpectedly inherits “MAJEST”, a host club in Kabukicho on the brink of collapse. She decides to revive the host club to its full glory, while working alongside a quirky ensemble of male hosts.

Ogawa Akira is a student who has failed medical school entrance exams twice and is retaking it for a third time. His father is a doctor and his parents yearn for him to enter medical school. One day, he happens to encounter the beautiful hostess Kyoko. It is love at first sight for him. Because of this, he goes into the Ikebukuro nightclub where Kyoko is the top hostess, and starts working as a black-suited staff member. Inexperienced in the ways of the world and naive, Akira starts to learn about the harshness of living in the nightlife and begins to change.

the korean remake of the japanese drama

Aramaki Yurika is a talented consultant whose motto is "trust numbers more than people". This is the story of Yurika as she struggles to rebuild the management of Saitama host club "Eichi" together with the hosts