Omusubi:The "Hospital/Dietitian" arc is now on, who are the cast members to watch? Takato Inukai, who has been in the role since "Tenyo's Brother," and Toru Baba, a regular at the Sunday Theatre.

Kanna Hashimoto stars in the NHK Asadora drama "Omusubi" (General TV, Monday to Saturday, 8:00 a.m. and others). From the 18th week "Omusubi Becomes a Registered Dietician" that begins on February 3rd, the drama will enter "From Heisei to Reiwa: Hospital and Registered Dietician Edition". The new cast members in the spotlight are...

◇The "Hospital/Dietitian Edition" is the "final chapter" with plenty of content

"Omusubi" is a "Heisei youth graffiti" about a heroine born in 1989 who always values ​​her own individuality and who, as a nutritionist, connects people's hearts and futures. It is an original work by screenwriter Nonji Nemoto, who is known for NHK's drama "Honest Real Estate".

The nine new cast members of "From Heisei to Reiwa: Hospital/Dietitian Edition" were announced in January this year: Anne Nakamura, Mari Hamada, Fuu Himi, Takato Inukai, Munenori Nagano, Nagiko Tsuji, Kana Shimazui, Takeaki Yoshida, and Toru Baba. This will be Nakamura, Himi and Yoshida's first appearance in a Asadora.

The story is set in 2018, one year before the end of the Heisei era. Yui (Hashimoto) is on a "new stage" as a registered dietitian. The location is Osaka Shin-Yodogawa Memorial Hospital, where she used to visit while pregnant with her daughter Hana and where she gave birth. She understands the patient's condition, and while listening intently to what they have to say, she provides meals that are tailored to their condition.

She then joined the hospital's special team, the Nutrition Support Team (NST), which aims to "treat and recover through nutrition." While learning about the deep relationship between food and life, Yui will continue to face and support even more people... This is the packed "final chapter."

◇ Will Inukai Takato team up with the heroine? Baba Toru will appear as a physician!

Nakamura plays Kamata Reina, a surgeon who is recruited by the chairman from a hospital in Tokyo because of her skills, Hamada plays Tsukamoto Fumika, the head of the nutrition department and Yui's reliable boss, and Hime plays Kuwabara Miwa, a veteran nurse.

In addition, Inukai will play Sugisawa Satoshi, a speech-language-hearing therapist who teams up with Yui, Nagano will play Matsuzaki Eito, Tsuji will play Shinomiya Akari, a pharmacist, Shimazui will play Kakinuma Riko, a registered dietitian at a contracted company, Yoshida will play Ishida Taku, a new registered dietitian, and Baba will play Morishita Naohisa, a gastroenterologist.

In addition to Nakamura, for whom this is his first Asadora, and Hamada, who also appears in the currently rebroadcast Asadora"Carnation" (second half of 2011) and "Come Come Everybody" (second half of 2021), two other actors to watch are Inukai, who plays Sugisawa Satoshi, and Baba, who plays Morishita Naohisa.

Inukai is a contestant of the Junon Super Boy Contest (he won the Grand Prix at the 25th contest in 2012), and has since gained popularity for his role as the protagonist Sento Kiryu (Kamen Rider Build) in the special effects drama Kamen Rider Build, and has been cast in numerous dramas and movies. This will be his first appearance in a Asadora since playing Yohei, the older brother of Tenyo Yamada (played by Ryo Yoshizawa), aka Tenyo-kun, in Natsuzora (first half of 2019).

Baba is a man who has appeared in many TBS Sunday Theater productions, including "Roosevelt Game" (2014), "Rikuo" (2017), "Downtown Rocket" (2018), "Heaven and Hell: Two Psychos" (2021), "Atom's Child" (2022), "VIVANT" (2023), and "Anti-Hero" (2024). This time, it will be interesting to see how he responds to his first morning Asadora appearance since "Manpuku" (2018 second half).