The first episode of the NHK Asadora drama series "Kaze,Kaoru " (NHK General, Monday-Saturday 8:00 AM, etc.), starring Ai Mikami and Juri Kosaka , aired on March 30th, and it has been revealed that the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region) was 14.9% for households and 8.3% for individuals. This is lower than the first episode of the previous Asadora, "Bakebake" (second half of 2025), which had ratings of 16.0% (household) and 8.7% (individual).
"Kaze,Kaoru" is the 114th morning Asadora. Based on the story of two trained nurses, Chika Ozeki and Masa Suzuki, who graduated from the same nursing school, the drama depicts how the two grow through their struggles and clashes with each other in how to interact with patients and doctors, and eventually become the "ultimate buddy" team. Mikami plays the main character, Rin Ichinose, and Uesaka plays the other main character, Naomi Oya.
The script is written by Tomoko Yoshizawa, who has worked on a wide range of genres, from comedies and family dramas to medical dramas and period dramas. The theme song is "Kaze to Machi" by the three-member band "Mrs. Green Apple".
In the first episode, set in 1882 (Meiji 15), Rin Ichinose (played by Mikami) was living a modest but happy life with her mother Mitsu (played by Mizuno Miki), her younger sister Yasu (played by Hayasaka Miharu), and her father Shin'emon (played by Kazuki Kitamura), a former chief retainer, in a village in the Nasu region of Tochigi Prefecture. One day, she receives unexpected news from her childhood friend Kotaro (played by Kobayashi Toranosuke).
Meanwhile, in Tokyo, the story unfolds with Naomi Oya (played by Uesaka), who has no family, somehow managing to make ends meet by working in a match factory...
◇Viewership ratings for the first episode of Asadora from the first half of 2020 onwards
Bakebake(Second half of fiscal year 2025) = 16.0% for households, 8.7% for individuals
Anpan(sweet bean paste bun) (first half of fiscal year 2025) = 15.4% for households, 8.6% for individuals
Omusubi(second half of fiscal year 2024) = 16.8% for households, 9.4% for individuals
The Tiger and Her Wings(first half of fiscal year 2024) = 16.4% for households, 9.3% for individuals
Boogie Woogie (Second half of fiscal year 2023) = 16.5% for households, 9.4% for individuals
Ranman (first half of fiscal year 2023) = 16.1% for households, 8.8% for individuals
Soar high! (Second half of fiscal year 2022) = 16.3% for households, 9.0% for individuals
Chimudondon (first half of fiscal year 2022) = 16.7% for households, 9.3% for individuals
Come Come Everybody (Second Half of Fiscal Year 2021) = 16.4% for households, 9.0% for individuals
Okaeri Mone(First half of fiscal year 2021) = 19.2% for households, 10.6% for individuals
Ochoyan (Second half of fiscal year 2020) = 18.8% for households, 10.4% for individuals
Yell (First half of fiscal year 2020) = 21.2% for households, 11.4% for individuals
