"Drama 1 Week" introduces the main drama news of the week. This time (May 10-16), Ryo Yoshizawa will appear in the NHK Asadora drama "Bakebake" in the second half of 2025, and Ito Sari attended the award ceremony of the "33rd Hashida Award" (sponsored by the Hashida Cultural Foundation). This article will be covered in two parts.
On May 10, Ito attended the award ceremony for the 33rd Hashida Award, held in Tokyo. She received the award for her performance as Torako Inozume, the main character in the Asadora"The Tiger and Her Wings" in the first half of 2024. Ito said, "Being able to do ' The Tiger and Her Wings' and meeting everyone involved in ' The Tiger and Her Wings' during that time are all treasures," and expressed her gratitude, saying, "As we all discussed and shared various things every day and created the work, I was reminded that I love acting itself, and there were days when I thought it was fun and days when I thought it was difficult. It's an irreplaceable treasure, and I'm happy to have been selected for this award."
On the 11th, it was announced that TV Asahi Drama Premium "The Guard's Way," starring Takeuchi Ryoma and co-starring Fumino Kimura Fumino, will be broadcast from 9:00 pm on June 21st. The film is based on the novel of the same name (Takarajimasha, 2019) by Shiroyama Shinichi, winner of the "This Mystery is Amazing!" Grand Prize, and is set in Kaga Prison in Ishikawa Prefecture. This is the first time the two have acted together, and they play prison guards with completely opposite personalities. Takeuchi plays Munekata Akihiro, a young prison guard who works closely with the inmates and tries to do all he can to rehabilitate them, while Kimura plays Hiishi Tsukasa, a calm, collected and mysterious senior prison guard who has been assigned to Kaga Prison on a special mission. Despite their differences, the two get closer to the truth behind various incidents that have occurred in the prison, and save the hearts of the inmates, the guards, and their families.
On the 12th, it was revealed that Yoshizawa will appear in the Asadora"Bakebake " starring Akari Takaishi in the second half of 2025. Yoshizawa will play Yuichi Nishikori, who has a major influence on the lives of the heroine Toki Matsuno(Takaishi) and her husband Heaven (Tommy Bastow). This will be Yoshizawa's first appearance in a Asadora in six years, since his popular role as "Tenyo-kun" in the first half of 2019's "Natsuzora". Yuichi Nishikori, played by Yoshizawa, is Matsue's best genius and is nicknamed "Daibanjaku". He is an English teacher at Matsue Junior High School and supports Heaven, who has come to Matsue as a foreign teacher, both in his private and public life. His role is to meet Toki through a strange connection and become deeply involved with her.
On the 12th, the fifth episode of Fuji TV's " Getsuku" drama "Second to Last Love 3 Kiichi Nakai , was broadcast, and the bathing scene of Noriko, played by Naoko Iijima, became a hot topic on social media. Noriko had come to a hot spring resort with her companion Chiaki (Koizumi) for a magazine gravure shoot. Covered in a bath towel, Noriko instructed the staff, "Take a nice picture. Thank you." Chiaki commented on her behavior, "Are you a great actress?" After that, the scene shifted to Noriko's bathing scene. On social media, comments included "Naoko Iijima has a beautiful body as always," and "She's so powerful and energetic. The scene at the hot spring resort had so much aura that I couldn't take my eyes off her."
Also, in the Second to Last Love 3" broadcast on the 12th, Miyuki Kosaka (62), who played the role of a senior whom Chiaki (Koizumi) admires, became a hot topic on social media. The role played by Miyuki Watanabe was Mika Watanabe, who had worked in the publishing industry before she turned 60 and started a production company. She is good at her job, stylish, and admired by Chiaki. Miyuki Kosaka started modeling at the age of 3, and became popular at the age of 12 as the mascot girl for "Kin-chan's Don to Yatte Miyo!" (1975-1980, same station). She made her debut as a singer in 1977 with "Ai no Mehae" and has been active in a wide range of fields as an actress and talent. On social media, she attracted attention with comments such as "Miyuki Kosaka is devastatingly beautiful," and "I haven't seen her in a while, but she's so beautiful I was surprised. Kyon-Kyon is still cute at 59, and former idols are amazing after all."
On the 13th, it was announced that Nao will be starring in the drama series W-30 "Hei no Naka no Biyoshitsu " (Fridays at 11pm), which will begin airing on August 22nd on WOWOW. The drama is based on Sakurai Mina's novel of the same name (Futaba Bunko), which is modelled on a real beauty salon operating inside a prison. Nao plays the lead character, Komatsubara Haru, an inmate and hairdresser held in a prison. With the cooperation of the Ministry of Justice's Corrections Bureau, the drama was produced using an actual prison setting. Nao, who will be taking on the challenging role of an inmate and hairdresser, visited Kasamatsu Prison in Gifu Prefecture, the model for the original novel, to observe the hairdressers at work. She will practice under the guidance of beauty instructors and will also try her hand at cutting and styling hair herself.
On the 13th, the 32nd episode of the NHK Asadora drama "Anpan " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 am and others), starring Mio Imada , was broadcast, and viewers were drawn to the singing scene of Meiko, played by Nanoka Hara. In the episode, Kentaro (Fumiya Takahashi) plays the guitar and Meiko sings "Yashi no Mi". When Kentaro praises her, saying, "Meiko's singing voice is wonderful. It's like your heart is cleansed," Meiko covers her cheeks with both hands and says, "Eh?" Meiko loves to sing and has a cheerful personality. On this day, in addition to "Yashi no Mi," she also goes around selling Anpan with Nobu (Imada) while singing, "Aaa-n-pan, Aaa-n-pan, my cheeks have fallen, Asada Pan" in the beginning.
