Mikami Sensei:[Student Introduction] Student number 15 "Haruno Shiiba"Sakura Kiryu has a strong sense of responsibility and is strict with others and herself. For some reason, she tends to be depressed.

The Sunday Theatre drama " Mikami Sensei " (TBS, Sunday 9pm) starring actor Tori Matsuzaka Tori will begin airing on January 19th. The drama will introduce the 29 unique students of class 2, year 3, of Rintoku Gakuen, where Mikami (Matsuzaka) is the homeroom teacher, in order of their attendance numbers. Here we will introduce Shiiba Haruno ( Sakura Kiryu), attendance number 15. A video introducing the students is also available on the drama's official SNS.

Shiiba has a strong sense of responsibility and is strict with others and herself. Originally, she was a bright and strong-willed girl, but for some reason, she has become depressed. Since around spring, she has been in poor health, and she has been acting tough even in front of her classmates who are worried about her. She does not belong to any clubs and likes Japanese rock music. She is good friends with Chigira (Akari Takaishi) in class.

Yoshiyanagi, who plays the lead role, commented, "I was very surprised when I was chosen to appear. Just hearing that it would be a Sunday Theatre production made me feel somewhat nervous, and it was also very exciting as it had been a while since I had been in a school-related role. Facing Haruno Shiiba was a battle with myself. From the moment I read the script, I knew I was the only one who could play her, so I thought of her as a person with a common destiny, and created a character in my mind and tried to have conversations with her. The atmosphere on set is always friendly and warm. I felt like we were all heading in the same direction, and it is a set where we can respect each other. This work deals with social issues that cannot be divided into good and evil, and the people who have faced them. It is an aggressive subject matter that touches on the unknown darkness of the world by exploring these issues from an educational perspective. That is why it touches on some very raw issues in a sense, and I am sure it will be an interesting work!"

"Mikami Sensei" is about Takashi Mikami (Matsuzaka), a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology who wants to change the Japanese education system. He is ordered to transfer to a private high school called Rintoku Gakuin. In reality, he was demoted, but Mikami himself takes to the podium and leads 18-year-old high school students living in the Reiwa era, standing up to authority... This is a "great reversal education revival story."

This completely original work will be written by Shimori Roba, who will be teaming up with Matsuzaka for the first time since the film "The Journalist," and will be in charge of the script for a prime-time drama series for the first time. Kazutaka Iida, who has been in charge of popular Sunday Theater dramas such as "Anti-Hero" (2024) and "VIVANT" (2023), will serve as producer.