"Drama 1 Week" brings together the most important drama news of the week. This week (September 13th-19th) featured news such as the announcement of the broadcast of a special edition of the NHK morning drama "Anpan," and the announcement that Tokio Emoto and Kenjiro Tsuda will be voicing the Shiba Inu dog characters in the NHK drama "Drama 10: Shiba no Okite - Warera Inu Baka Editorial Department." The series will be covered in two parts.
On September 16th, the voice actors for the Shiba Inu characters appearing in the drama series "Shiba no Okite: Warera Inu-Idiot Editorial Department," which will begin airing on September 30th on NHK's "Drama 10" slot (General TV, Tuesdays at 10pm), were announced, revealing that Emoto Tokio will play Fukusuke and Kenjiro Tsuda will play Bom. The drama is set in the Shiba Inu magazine "Shiba ONE," and is a human story that gently unravels the tangled hearts of people. Daito Shunsuke will play Sagara Shunichi, the editor-in-chief of the Shiba Inu magazine, and Iitoyo Marie will play Ishimori Reika, an editor who is somehow at odds with Sagara.
On the 17th, it was announced that Rie Miyazawa will appear in the film adaptation of "Last Man: The Blind Investigator," starring Masaharu Fukuyama, which aired on TBS's "Sunday Theater" (Sundays at 9 PM) in April 2023. She will play Hiromi Minami's (Fukuyama) first love. Returning to Japan, Minami travels to Hokkaido with Shintaro Godo (Oizumi Yo) to investigate a certain case. There, she meets Minami's first love, Nagisa Ivanova. In order to protect Nagisa, who has become embroiled in an incident and is being pursued by a mysterious organization, the invincible buddy duo once again team up to tackle the case alongside a joint team from the FBI, CIA, and Hokkaido Prefectural Police. A world-shaking conspiracy is at play...
On the 17th, it was announced that Satoshi Tsumabuki Kiba, Toshinori Omi, Nagisa Sekimizu, Erika Nagisa Sekimizu, Hiroki Akiyama of the comedy trio "Hanako," and Kira Miura will appear in the TBS Sunday Theatre drama "The Royal Family" (Sundays at 9 PM), starring Satoshi Tsumabuki, which will begin airing on October 12th. Kiba will play Takeshi Nozaki, Kanako's (Wakana Matsumoto) father and owner of the Nozaki Farm breeding ranch, while Omi will play Junji Hayashida, manager of the Hayashida Breeding and Rearing Ranch in Hidaka, Hokkaido. Sekimizu will play Yuriko Sanno, Kozo's daughter, Sumire Yasukawa, who works as a training assistant at Hironaka Stables, Daichi Toyama, who also works at Hironaka Stables, and Miura will play the childhood of Shohei Nozaki, Kanako's only son.
On the 17th, the key visual for "Buzz Until You Die!!" (starting late at night on October 16th), starring Yuki Yoda, which will air on MBS's Drama Special Zone slot (Thursdays at 12:59 AM), was released. Yoda plays an influencer who exposes allegations, and the visual is a "selfie-style" image of her holding up her smartphone. Also appearing in the series were announced Kasumi Mori and Masato Yano, who made waves for his eccentric performance as "The Man Who Was Joemon" in the NHK Taiga drama "UNBOUND (Berabou)." Mori will play an announcer who reads important news related to the story, while Yano will play Kanako's ex-husband, who was once abusive.
On the 18th, it was announced that Taisei Sakai, who played Kuwagata Oger/Gira in the Super Sentai series "Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger " (2023-2024), will appear in the NHK morning drama " Bakebake ," starring Akari Takaishi , which will begin airing on September 29th in the second half of 2025. He will play Nakamura Morimichi, the arranged marriage partner of the heroine Toki Matsuno(Takaishi). He is a former samurai of the Matsue domain, a good-natured young man who now works in business with his father. It was also announced that Kana Kita will play Rio Eto, the daughter of Shimane Prefecture Governor Eto (Shiro Sano). Rio is fluent in English and is strongly attracted to Heaven (Tommy Bastow), who visits Matsue. This will be the first time for both Sakai and Kita to appear in a Asadora.
On the 19th, it was announced that a special edition of "Anpan" will be broadcast on NHK General TV for four consecutive nights from September 29th to October 2nd at 11pm, the week after the final episode (broadcast on September 26th). On September 29th, there will be the first episode of the spin-off drama starring Kentaro Karashima(Fumiya Takahashi ), "Ken-chan's Proposal," along with a conversation between Mio Imada , the star of " Anpan ," and Takaishi Akari, the star of the upcoming Asadora"Bakebake ." On the 30th, Takuya Ise be the second episode of the spin-off drama starring Meiko ( Nanoka Hara ), "Meiko's First Stage," along with a roundtable discussion between Akari Takaishi , who plays Yuumi Kawai , Hara, Takahashi, and Omori Motoki, who plays Ise Motoki Omori. On October 1st, there will be the third episode of the spin-off drama starring Takuya, "Men's March," along with the first part of a conversation between Imada and Takumi Kitamura, who plays Taka. On the 2nd, there will be the fourth episode of the spin-off drama starring Nakao Hoshiko (Furukawa Kotone), "What to Inherit," along with the second part of a conversation between Imada and Kitamura.
On the 19th, it was revealed that Tsurutaro Kataoka and Kimiko Yo will appear as guests in the extended special "Atonement by Death" of the new season of the popular detective drama "Aibō Season 24" (TV Asahi, Wednesdays at 9 PM), starring Yutaka Mizutani and Yasufumi Terawaki. This will be the first time the two have appeared together with Mizutani in 35 years. Following the murder of the son at the mansion of storyteller Seiryu Takizawa (Kataoka), a former disciple who had been excommunicated was arrested, indicted, and sentenced to death. However, suspicions emerge that the crime may have been a false accusation. The Special Investigation Unit secretly reinvestigates the case. Ukyo (Mizutani) conceals his identity and becomes an apprentice to Seiryu, who has just been designated a Living National Treasure. Prosecutor General Garyu Oka Utako (Yo) gets a hold of the Special Investigation Unit's movements... and so on. The episode premieres on October 15th.
