Mikami Sensei:[Student introduction] Student number 20, "Togakushi Shiori" Nouchi Maru, has excellent grades and is knowledgeable about current affairs. She served as secretary of the student council and has been dating a classmate since her second year of hi

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 Togakushi Shiori (played by Maru Nouchi), who is attendance number 20. A video introducing the students is also available on the drama's official SNS.

Togakushi has excellent grades and is knowledgeable about current affairs. She has a modest personality and is happy when others rely on her. She served as the secretary of the student council. Her favorite thing to do is watch YouTube. She has been dating Muraoka Wataru (Kento Yamada) in her class since the summer of her second year of high school.

Nouchi, who plays the role, commented, "When I heard that I'd been chosen to appear in the Sunday Theater, I was happy but also very nervous. It's my first school drama, so I didn't know what to do, but I feel like I'm learning a lot every day. Everyone is usually friendly, but as soon as they stand in front of the camera, they quickly change their mood, and even though we clash seriously in our roles, I think it's a wonderful set where we can communicate well with so many people. The highlight of this drama is the lines that really resonate with you. There are many scenes where you can feel the strength and kindness of words. I hope everyone can feel that too."

" 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.