Sasaki Shoichiro

Sasaki Shoichiro was a Japanese director and filmmaker born in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from Rikkyo University’s (立教大学) Faculty of Economics, he joined NHK in 1960, initially working in the Entertainment Bureau’s Radio Literary Department (芸能局ラジオ文芸部) where he directed…

Aoki Mayuko

Aoki Mayuko is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Kochi, Japan. She debuted in 1997, playing Kayo in the TV drama series "Aguri." Previously affiliated with NHK Promotion, Aoki paused her career at the end of 2006. She returned under the name Aoki Mayuko (青木まゆこ) in 2011, voicing a character…

Kimura Gakushi

Kimura Gakuji was a Japanese narrative music (rakugo) playwright and playwright. After the war, he also became an exclusive writer for NHK. In his later years, he established the "Religious Record Production Headquarters" and created narrative music based on famous Japanese monks such as Dogen, Shinran,…

Sado Taketoshi

Sado Taketoshi is a Japanese television program creator, documentary film director, and producer. He joined NHK in 1990. He is currently an executive producer at NHK Enterprises where he works on entertainment programs centered on music.

Son Seijun

Sun Cheng Shun, better known as Son Seijun, is a Chinese chef from Beijing who is active in Japan. He often appears in cooking section in NHK Asaichi. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ichikawa Danjuro XIII

Ichikawa Danjuro XIII is a Japanese actor. He is the eleventh and current holder of the Ebizo name. He is a famous Kabuki, television and film actor and heir to the prestigious Ichikawa clan of kabuki actors. The son of Ichikawa Danjuro XII, he was born in Tokyo and began his career at the age of six…

Nagahama Neru

Nagahama Neru is a Japanese entertainer and former member of the girl groups Keyakizaka46 and Hiragana Keyakizaka46. She was born in Nagasaki, Japn. She was the 1st generation of Keyakizaka46. She officially left Hiragana Keyakizaka46 in 2017. In 2019, she officially left Keyakizaka46. She is currenly…

Ohara Yuno

Ohara Yuno is a Japanese dancer, model, and actress. She is a former member of J-Pop group Dream5. She made her entertainment debut as a member of Dream5 when she was roughly 10 years old in 2009, after passing an audition in the NHK children's educational program, 'Tensai TV-kun MAX'. She would be…

Nagano Mei

Mei Nagano is a Japanese actress. She is known for playing Rinko in the film My Love Story! (2015) as well as Yosano Suzume in the film Daytime Shooting Star (2017). In June 2017, she was announced as the lead for NHK's 98th Asadora, Hanbun, Aoi, due air in April 2018. Nagano was scouted in Kichijouji,…

Kataoka Ainosuke VI

The 6th generation Kataoka Ainosuke is Yamamoto Hiroyuki. Yamamoto Hiroyuki was born on March 4, 1972, in Jinnanbe-cho, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka. His parents ran a manufacturing business in Sakai, Osaka and did not have any association with the world of Kabuki. At the age of 5, Hiroyuki passed the…

Ai Yori Aoku

10.0

The 12th NHK Asadora. Set in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, at the end of the Pacific War. Maki is the heroine, married to Shuichi who must go to war. She stays home and takes on the role of other war widows, managing…

Hatoko no Umi

6.0

The 14th NHK Asadora. Starring Mihoko Fujita as a woman who lost her memory after experiencing the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Kita no Kazoku

9.0

The 13th NHK Asadora. Starring Youko Takahashi in a story about a brother and sister coming of age in Hakodate and Kanazawa.

Mizuiro no Toki

6.0

The 15th NHK Asadora. Starring Shinobu Otake in a story about a young woman striving to become a doctor and her mother, who is a nurse. The first six-month Asadora. Average rating of 40.1%.

Ohayousan

7.0

The 16th NHK Asadora. Starring Yoko Akino in a contemporary story about a woman who is an office worker. ~~ Adapted from the novel "Amai Kaneki" by Tanabe Seiko.

Kumo no Jutan

8.0

The 17th NHK Asadora. Starring Youko Asaji as a woman who wants to become a pilot.

Hi no Kuni ni

5.0

The 18th NHK Asadora. Starring Keiko Suzuka about a woman who strives to become a landscape gardener.

Mayuko Hitori

The 11th NHK Asadora. Kano is known as a "cocoon child" whose father is an agriculturist. Her mother disappeared when she was little and since then Kano has been wondering why her mother left her thus changing the…

Niji

4.0

The 10th NHK Asadora. Starring Youko Minamida as a woman who supported her family during and after World War II.

Ichibanboshi

1.0

The 19th NHK Asadora. A dramatization of the life of the singer Chiyako Sato. ~ Michiko Godai replaced Haruna Takase in the lead two months into the series when Takase became ill. ~~ Adapted from the novel "Aa Tokyo…