"Drama Week" summarizes the main drama news of the week. This week (March 28th to April 3rd), the highlights included Hinatazaka46's Manami Ono's drama debut and Tabata Mikako's appearance as Oyama Sutematsu in the NHK Asadora drama "Kaze,Kaoru." This will be covered in Mikako Tabe.
On March 31st, Hinatazaka46's Manami Ono appeared in the second episode of the NHK night drama "Radio Star" (NHK General, Monday-Thursday 10:45 PM), which aired that same day. This marked her drama debut approximately one year after joining the group last spring. Ohno played Ono Mana, a second-year junior high school student living in Noto. She is the only daughter of Ono Sakura (Takako Tokiwa), who participates in the opening of a radio station in an effort to restore community bonds in the town, and Sakura's husband, chef Ono Masahiro (Shunsuke Kazama). On social media, comments such as "Manamin's drama debut" and "Isn't it too natural considering this is her first acting and first lines?" poured in.
On April 1st, Shunsuke Nakamura appeared at a press conference in Tokyo for the Fuji TV drama series "Tonight, in the Secret Kitchen" (Thursdays at 10 PM), which will begin airing on April Getsuku. Nakamura, who plays the emotionally abusive husband Wataru Tsubokura, honestly shared his feelings, saying, "There are a lot of scenes where I really have to yell at my wife, and even after filming is over, the staff members tell me, 'That's awful!' 'That's scary!' The actress playing my daughter also tells me, 'That's awful,' so it's exhausting both mentally and physically. It's more tiring than my usual roles. It's tough." He continued, "I think being told 'That's awful' is a huge success for the drama, so I want to use that as motivation to do my best," and apologized to Kinami, who plays his wife, saying, "Sorry! This is just acting!"
On the 2nd, Fuku Suzuki attended a press conference in Tokyo for the upcoming drama series "Aku no Hana" (TV Tokyo, Thursdays at midnight), which will begin airing on April Getsuku , along with his co-star Ano. Regarding the filming, Suzuki recalled, "There were a lot of climactic scenes. Just when I thought I had cleared one, more and more would come... I myself had to do all sorts of things, like being shirtless, completely naked, and in just my underwear, so it was quite a challenge (laughs)." There is also a scene in the drama where Ano hits Suzuki, and Ano revealed, "I put a lot of emotion into hitting him. (Suzuki) is good at taking punches. It was very satisfying to hit him."
On the 3rd, the fifth episode of the NHK Asadora drama "Kaze,Kaoru " (NHK General, Monday-Saturday 8am, etc.), starring Ai Mikami and Juri Kosaka , aired, and the first appearance of Sutematsu Oyama, played by Mikako Tabe, became a hot topic among viewers. Sutematsu is a noblewoman known as the "Flower of the Rokumeikan," who lived in America for 10 years during her childhood and is more fluent in English and French than Japanese. One day, Sutematsu and her husband, Iwao Oyama (Masahiro Takashima), visited Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture by carriage. Rin (Mikami), who was walking down the street, nearly got hit by the carriage and fell. Sutematsu got out of the carriage and asked, "Are you hurt?" and treated Rin's injuries. On social media, comments such as "Lady Sutematsu is too beautiful," "This looks like it's going to be a fateful encounter," and "She talks like Professor Heaven" were posted.
Also, in the fifth episode of "Kaze,Kaoru," Ken Naoko, who also serves as the narrator, made her first appearance as Maji, a mysterious and elusive fortune teller. As Naomi (Uesaka) walks down the street, Maji, with his flashy appearance and long blonde hair, calls out to her, "Excuse me, young lady. You're dressed strangely, clumsy with your hands, and a bad cook... an orphaned young lady." When Naomi asks, "Do you know me?", Maji introduces himself as a "fortune teller"... On social media, comments included "His visuals are too striking," "He's too impactful," "He has an incredible presence," "A Meiji-era Amabie," "His character creation with a great sense of reincarnation is impressive," and "As always, he's too good at playing suspicious characters."
