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 the official NHK drama website (＠nhk_dramas), and it has been revealed that Tokie Negishi will be appearing. She will play Sada Okuda, the mother of Kamekichi Okuda (Takahiro Miura), the suitor of one of the main characters, Rin Ichinose (Mikami).
Okuda Sada is proud of having worked closely with Kamekichi to expand the Okudaya family business. He is tired of being treated like a nouveau riche by those around him, and in the hopes of gaining some family status, he proposes marriage to the Ichinose family.
Negishi commented, "My mother is 95 years old and still in good health. She is full of energy, not only taking care of herself but also cooking lunch for her grandchildren and their wives who live in a two-family home on the weekends. At the care center she visits once a week, several TVs are lined up and all broadcasting the Asadora Asadora, and when I told her I'll be appearing in the drama next, she said she's already looking forward to it. There's no greater way to show your parents your gratitude. I'm grateful and happy that I'll be able to appear in it."
"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.
