"Drama 1 Week" introduces the main drama news of the week. This time (April 26th to May 2nd), the topics covered were Fumiya Takahashi 's appearance in the NHK morning drama " Anpan " (General Asadora , Monday to Saturday 8am and others), starring Mio Imada , and Matsu Takako's appearance as the heroine in the TV Asahi drama series " Shiawase na Kekkon" (Thursdays 9pm), which will be broadcast in July. This article will be covered in two parts.
On April 30th, it was revealed that Matsuyama Kei Tanaka will play the role of Dazai Osamu in "Drama W Koki Mitani' Oi, Dazai'," which will be broadcast and streamed on WOWOW from June 29th and will star Tanaka Kei. Matsuyama, who is from Aomori Prefecture, will play the role of a famous writer from his hometown. The drama is the first new work in 12 years in the "One-scene, one-shot drama" series, which Koki Mitani directed himself and wrote an original script for.
On the same day, it was revealed that Shinichi Tsutsumi will be appearing in the Asadora"Bakebake ," starring Akari Takaishi , which will air in the second half of 2025. Tsutsumi will play the role of Den Ushimizu, who supports the heroine Toki (Takaishi) and her family behind the scenes. This will be Tsutsumi's first appearance in a Asadora in 11 years, since "Massan" in the second half of 2014. It was also announced that Ushimizu Rihito Itagaki will play Ushimizu's son Sannojo . This will be Itagaki's first time appearing in a Asadora.
On May 1st, the 24th episode of the Asadora"Anpan" starring Imada was broadcast, with Takahashi appearing as Kentaro Karashima. This was his Asadora debut. Takahashi was born on March 12th, 2001, and is 24 years old and from Saitama Prefecture. He attracted attention for playing the main character Kamen Rider Zero-One /Hiden Aruto in " Kamen Rider Zero-One " (TV Asahi, 2019-20), "the first Kamen Rider of the Reiwa era. " Kentaro Karashima, who he plays, is from Fukuoka. He becomes a true friend to Taku, who had no friends when he was young, and becomes involved with Nobu and the Asada family.
On the 2nd, new cast members for "Anpan" were announced, and it was revealed that Ayumu Nakajima and Misuzu Kanno will be appearing. Jiro Wakamatsu, played by Nakajima, is Nobu's (Imada) first arranged marriage partner. He graduated from a maritime academy and works as a first-class engineer. His father is an acquaintance of Nobu's late father, Yutaro (Ryo Kase), and is the chief engineer. Jiro himself once met Yutaro on a ship. His hobby is photography. Setsuko Wakamatsu, played by Kamino, is Jiro's mother, who finds out about Nobu's existence and brings the idea of an arranged marriage between Jiro and the Asada family...
On the 2nd, it was announced that Matsu will be appearing as the heroine in TV Asahi's July drama series "Shiawase na Kekkon." This will be Matsu's first time appearing in a TV Asahi drama series. She will play the wife of lead actor Sadao Abe, and the two will play a married couple for the third time, following the films "The Dream Sellers" (2012) and "Farewell to Kamoraba Village" (2015). Matsu will play Nella, a woman who changes the view of marriage of popular bachelor Harada Kotaro (Abe). Influenced by her mother, who loved Miyazawa Kenji, she was named "Nella" after Campanella, a character in "Night on the Galactic Railroad." She becomes a part-time art teacher at a private high school, suddenly marries Kotaro, but has a big secret that she has not revealed to Kotaro...
