Asa ga Kita

Asa ga Kita
Also known as	Sunshiny Asa
Genre	Drama
Written by	Mika Ōmori
Directed by	Shinichi Nishitani Shinzō Nitta Yoshiharu Sasaki Hirokazu Ozaki Ryōhei Nakano Kō Suzuki
Starring	Haru Hiroshi Tamaki Shinobu Terajima Takeshi Masu Tasuku Emoto Dean Fujioka Hiroki Miyake Tomochika Akito Kiriyama Fuka Koshiba Kaya Kiyohara Kōji Seto Takurō Tatsumi Hisako Manda Yoichi Hayashi Jun Fubuki Masaomi Kondō Aoi Miyazaki
Narrated by	Keiko Sugiura
Opening theme	"365 nichi no Kamihikouki" by AKB48
Composer(s)	Yuki Hayashi
Country of origin	Japan
Original language(s)	Japanese
No. of episodes	156
Production
Executive producer(s)	Motohiko Sano
Producer(s)	Toshitake Fukuoka Kumano Ritsuji
Location(s)	Japan
Running time	15 minutes
Production company(s)	NHK
Release
Original network	NHK
Picture format	HDTV
Original release	September 28, 2015 – April 2, 2016
Chronology
Preceded by	Mare
Followed by	Toto Neechan
External links
Website

Asa ga Kita (あさが来た) was a Japanese television drama series, the 93rd Asadora (morning drama) broadcast six days a week on NHK from September 28, 2015 to April 2, 2016. It is based on the life of Asako Hirooka.^[1][2] It was followed by Toto Neechan on April 4.

Cast

Shirooka family

• Haru as Asa
  • Rio Suzuki as childhood Asa
• Hiroshi Tamaki as Shinjirō, Asa's husband
• Masaomi Kondō as Shōkichi, Shinjirō's father
• Jun Fubuki as Yono, Shinjirō's mother
• Kaya Kiyohara as Fuyu and Natsu
• Fuka Koshiba as Chiyo, Asa's daughter
  • Rio Suzuki as childhood Chiyo
• Akito Kiriyama as Eizaburō
• Miyu Yagyū as Sachi, Eizaburō's wife
• Takaya Yamauchi as Gansuke
• Hiroki Miyake as Kisuke
• Tomochika as Ume
• Asuka Kudō as Keisuke, Chiyo's husband

Mayuyama family

• Aoi Miyazaki as Hatsu, Asa's older sister
  • Manase Moridono as young Hatsu
• Tasuku Emoto as Sōbei, Hatsu's husband
• Takurō Tatsumi as Eitatsu, Sōbei's father
• Hisako Manda as Kiku, Sōbei's mother
• Daichi Morishita as Ainosuke, Hatsu's son

Imai family

• Shinobu Terajima as Rie, Asa's mother
• Takeshi Masu as Tadaoki, Asa's father
• Yoichi Hayashi as Tadamasa, Asa's grandfather

Coal miners

• Ginnojō Yamazaki as Jirosaku
• Yasuko Tomita as Kazu
• Zen Kajiwara as Genkichi Miyabe
• Keishi Nagatsuka as Satoshi

Real persons

• Dean Fujioka as Tomoatsu Godai
• Shuji Kashiwabara as Toshimichi Ōkubo, one of the three great nobles
• Koji Yamamoto as Toshizō Hijikata, deputy leader of the Shinsengumi
• Tetsuya Takeda as Yukichi Fukuzawa, the founder of Keio University
• Yūji Miyake as Eiichi Shibusawa, the "father of Japanese capitalism"
• Hideki Takahashi as Shigenobu Ōkuma, the founder of Waseda University
• Keiko Matsuzaka as Ayako Ōkuma, Shigenobu's wife
• Yuko Oshima as Raicho Hiratsuka

Others

• Shōfukutei Tsurube II as Tomonobu Tamari
• Yoshino Kimura as Soe Kushida
• Kōji Seto as Izumi Narusawa
• Shigeo Tsujimoto as Heijūrō Yamazaki
• Sumika Nono as Miwa
• Shōzō Uesugi as Hikosaburo Hino, Fuyu's father
• Riho Yoshioka as Nobu Tamura
• Yumiko Takahashi as Funa Tamura
• LaSalle Ishii as Yozaemon Yorozuya
• Ikkei Watanabe as Dr. Kensaku Ōtsuka
• Seiji Miyane as Nobuo Furuta
• Sadatomo Matsudaira as Iwao Tominaga
• Tomomitsu Yamaguchi as Kazutomi Ishikawa

Spin-off drama "Warenabe ni Tojibuta"

The main character is Kisuke. It was broadcast on April 23, 2016.

Cast

• Hiroki Miyake as Kisuke
• Rie Tomosaka as Satsuki
• Takaya Yamauchi as Gansuke
• Tomochika as Ume
• Akito Kiriyama as Eizaburō
• Sumika Nono as Miwa
• Kaya Kiyohara as Fuyu
• Shōzō Uesugi as Hikosaburo Hino
• Jun Fubuki as Yono
• Hiroshi Tamaki as Shinjirō
• Haru as Asa

References

1. "新・朝ドラ『あさが来た』王道回帰". Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
2. "NHK’s Asa ga Kita and Sojitz". Sojitz Corporation. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Asa ga Kita at the Internet Movie Database