"Drama 1 Week" introduces the main drama news of the week. This time (March 22-28), we will cover the news that Kochi Prefecture, the setting of the Asadora"Anpan" that starts on March 31, will create and publish a newsletter with the lead actress Mio Imada on the cover in the prefecture and the three cities in the Monobe River area (Nankoku City, Konan City, and Kami City), and that Koichi Yamadera will be appearing as a voice actor in the final episode of Fuji TV's "Getsuku" drama "119 Emergency Call " (Monday 9pm) that will air on March 31. We will cover these topics in two parts.
"Spring!", a dramatization of a work that was selected for the "TV Asahi Newcomer Scenario Award", was broadcast on TV Asahi on March 21st, drawing attention from the station to its lead actor, Nagi Inoue , a member of the idol group " Nogizaka46 ". This was Inoue's first lead role in a terrestrial TV drama, and she played Aoi, a studious honor student who failed her first semester university exams. In the drama, there was a scene where Aoi was talked about behind her back by Rin ( Reiyo Matsumoto ), a junior from the basketball club, who said, "I don't remember her, she's so plain", which prompted a flurry of comments from viewers such as "She's a beauty who's definitely famous at school lol" and "It's hard to believe she's plain with a face like that (lol)".
It has been revealed that Kochi Prefecture, the setting for the NHK Asadora drama series Anpan starring Mio Imada , which begins on March 31st in the first half of 2025, will have a newsletter with Imada on the cover produced by the prefecture and three cities in the Monobe River area (Nankoku City, Konan City, and Kami City) for the April issue. This will be the first time in the country that multiple local governments in the area of a Asadora have teamed up to publish a newsletter with the lead actor on the cover. A total of four magazines will be published, each featuring a special interview with Imada in which he talks about his feelings for Kochi. The photos were taken by photographer Takuma Suda, who was also in charge of the main visuals for Anpan, and each magazine uses a different cut. Published on April 1st.
On the 23rd, 18 cast members of Rintoku Gakuin's class 3-2, the homeroom teacher of which Tori Matsuzaka is the homeroom Mikami Sensei, walked down the runway at the stage of the Rintoku Gakuin Culture Festival at the TBS AKASAKA COLLECTION produced by TGC, held in Tokyo, in a special Rintoku Gakuin SPECIAL FASHION SHOW. Juri Kosaka, Omi Natsuki, Riko Nagase and others posed on the runway in fashions from brands such as Lazy Styles and Cath Kidston. During the opening talk, Sakura Kiryu , who plays Shiiba, Toyoda Yudai, who plays Miyazawa, Akari Takaishi Yudai Toyoda , who plays Chigira, and Koki Yamashita, who plays Fuyuki, appeared in their school uniforms. Takaya Sakoda, who played Mizobata, the head teacher of the third year, and Kaito Sakurai, who played Tsubuki, a bureaucrat at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, also appeared and acted as moderators of the talk.
The final episode of "Mikami Sensei" was broadcast on the 23rd, and the trial scene of Yuzuru (Mayu Hotta) at the end became a hot topic. His mother Saejima (Takako Tokiwa Takako), Kanzaki (Daiken Okudaira), Jigen (Airu Kubozuka), and Sakurai (Riko Nagase), who was aiming for law school, were sitting in the gallery at the trial, and Mikami (Matsuzaka) also arrived. When the seat of Yuzuru's defense was shown, there was a figure that looked like lawyer Akizumi played by Hasegawa Hiroki in "Antihero" (2024), and a figure that looked like Akamine played by Takumi Kitamura. Hotta also appeared in "Antihero" as lawyer Murasakinomiya, and on social media, there were many comments such as "I wonder if the world lines of "Mikami Sensei" and "Antihero" are connected."
It has been revealed recently that Yui Okada will be appearing in the NHK special drama "Amagigoe" starring Ikuta Erika. She will play Kikuno, a top-ranking prostitute at the Shuzenji brothel "Utamaro". Also announced to appear are Kishitani Goro, Hagiwara Masato, and Wakamura Mayumi. Kishitani will play Tajima Sadazo, a local police detective who oversaw the Amagi construction work murder case 30 years ago, Hagiwara will play Mochizuki Jiro, who was attracted to a beautiful prostitute he met in Amagi when he ran away from home as a boy, and Wakamura will play Otsuka Hana, a former prostitute who traveled from Yoshiwara to Izu, Atami, Ito, and Shuzenji, and is now living quietly 30 years later. The drama will be broadcast on NHK BS from 9:00 pm on June 14th. It will also be broadcast on BS8K from 9:00 pm on March 23rd and on BS Premium 4K from 7:30 pm on May 10th.
It was revealed on the 24th that Koichi Yamadera will be making a voice appearance in the final episode of Fuji TV's "Getsuku" drama "119 Emergency Call" (Monday 9pm), which will air on March 31st. He will be the voice of a man who reports an accident that occurred during grass cutting work to the fire department. Yamadera commented, "Since my good friend Koji Seto is in the show, I've been watching it every week since the first episode. It's a really great drama, and I've been moved to tears so many times. I'm really happy to have had the opportunity to do a voice appearance. I was determined to portray the caller realistically, but to be honest it was difficult. That's why it was fun. I know I'm making this comment, but I hope you'll just immerse yourself in the drama without worrying about who the voice is!"
The final episode of the drama series " Ikinarikon " (Nippon TV, Tuesday midnight 12:24), starring former idol group "Hinatazaka46" member Kyoko Saito and co-starring Shirota Yu as a married couple, was broadcast on the 25th, and afterwards, a "kiss shot" photo of Shirota and Saito was released on the drama's official X (formerly Twitter). The official X posted a scene where Mao (Saito) and Hajime (Shirota) face each other and kiss, with the caption "Thank you for watching the final episode. What did you think?" and "It really was the best happy ending. Please let us know your thoughts." Saito is 155 cm tall and Shirota is 190 cm tall, and the cute scene in the drama between the two, who are about 35 cm apart in height, attracted a lot of attention.
