The new cast for the NHK Asadora drama "Kaze,Kaoru, " starring Ai Mikami and Juri Kosaka , which will air in the first half of 2026, has been announced on NHK Drama's official website (＠nhk_dramas), and it has been revealed that Tsubuyaki Shiro will be appearing. This will be Tsubuyaki Shiro's Asadora in 11 years since "Mare" (first half of 2015). "I only appeared in one scene in 'Mare'. Mitsuko Kusabue secretly put some high-quality chocolate in her mouth during a cut, and I remember thinking, with all due respect, that she was a cute person," he said.
In "Kaze,Kaoru," he plays Takeuchi Yukinobu, the father of Takeuchi Torataro (Kobayashi Toranosuke), a childhood friend of one of the main characters, Ichinose Rin (Migami). Takeuchi Yukinobu was a former foot soldier who became a farmer during the Meiji period. Even now, he still has the habit of treating the Ichinose family with respect.
Tsubuyaki Shiro said, "I already have my lines memorized. It's not a matter of quantity, even if it's just a few words. They say that delicious fried chicken should be fried twice. So I will also forget my lines once and then re-memorize them. I have no worries, but the only thing I'm worried about is my Tochigi accent, so I would like to receive more intensive dialect training than anyone else."
"Kaze,Kaoru" is the 114th serial TV drama. Set in the Meiji era, it is a buddy drama featuring two trained nurses, Ozeki Chika and Suzuki Masa, as its two protagonists. The two graduated from the same nursing school, they struggle with how to interact with patients and doctors, and grow together through clashes, eventually becoming the "strongest buddy." Uesaka plays the other protagonist, Oya Naomi.
