Mikami Sensei:[Student Introduction] Student number 18 "Haruka Chigira"Akari Takaishi A serious, well-mannered, modest personality who also tends to go along with the majority

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 Haruka Chigira ( Akari Takaishi), attendance number 18. A video introducing the students is also available on the drama's official SNS.

Chigira is a diligent, well-mannered, and modest character. She has excellent grades, is kind, and cares for her friends. She also has a tendency to go along with the majority. She was a former member of the flower arrangement club and likes fresh flowers and Japanese sweets. She is good friends with Shiiba Haruno (Sakura Kiryu).

Takaishi, who will be playing the role, commented, "I am honored to be working with the team that has produced many major works in the past. Even before we started working, I could really feel the passion that the production team had for this show, and that passion has not changed even now, in fact, it is growing every day. I am grateful to be able to take on the challenge of acting in such an environment, and I will do my best to bring the role to life. What happens in a classroom at a certain school may have the power to change Japan. Each student feels and deals with the events in a different way, so I would like you to pay attention to each and every one of their expressions. That moment may connect to the story later on."

"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 writing 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.