The 87th episode of the NHK Asadora drama "Omusubi " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM and others), starring Kanna Hashimoto, was broadcast on February 4th. In this episode, speech-language-hearing therapist Kanna Hashimoto , played by Takato Inukai, made his first appearance, attracting the attention of viewers.
In the 87th episode, Yui (Hashimoto) is instructed by surgeon Kamata (Nakamura Anne) to make sure the patient who will be operated on next week eats a lot and gets plenty of nutrition. Yui asks the patient about his usual eating habits and shares the patient's dietary policy during hospitalization with the nurse in charge.
Just then, Sugisawa comes in and says, "I heard the patient is prone to choking. The doctor contacted me," and visits the patient's room with Yuira. Sugisawa decides to perform a "swallowing evaluation" to check whether the series of actions that move food from the mouth to the esophagus and into the stomach is functioning normally. He has the patient drink a cup of water three times, and after checking the sound with a stethoscope on the patient's throat, he says kindly with a smile, "You're swallowing properly. The sound is clear."
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).
On social media, comments included, "I'm so happy that Inukai-san is appearing in a Asadora after such a long time! It gives me motivation to get up!", "I'm completely smitten with the gentle and refreshing Dr. Sugisawa Satoshi from the morning," "The sexiness that exudes from Inukai-kun's Kansai dialect is amazing," and "I started watching the Asadora thanks to Inukai-san and learned about the work of speech-language-hearing therapists. It's an important job. Thank you."
