It was Ai Mikami on April 20th that the average weekly viewership rating (calculated from Asadora , Juri Kosaka applies below) for the third week of the NHK morning drama series " Kaze,Kaoru" (NHK General, Monday-Saturday 8:00 AM, etc.), titled "Signs of the First Spring Breeze" (April 13-17), was 13.8% for households and 7.5% for individuals. The average household viewership rating of 13.8% is a slight increase from the 13.6% of the previous week (Week 2).
The third week started on April 13th. The viewership ratings for each episode were as follows: Episode 11: 13.7% household, 7.5% individual; Episode 12: 14.2% household, 7.9% individual; Episode 13: 13.6% household, 7.4% individual; Episode 14: 13.3% household, 7.1% individual; and Episode 15: 14.4% household, 7.8% 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.
In the third week, Rin (Mikami) gets a job at Usaburo's (Bando Yajuro) shop, "Mizuho-ya," and her new life in Tokyo begins.
One day, when Rin is having trouble dealing with a foreign customer, regular customer Kenjiro Shimada (Masaya Sano) comes to her rescue. Rin also starts studying English in order to serve customers. Around the same time, Mitsu (Miki Mizuno) and Yasu (Miharu Hayasaka) also come to Tokyo to rely on Rin, and the four of them begin living together as a family.
Meanwhile, Naomi (played by Uesaka) had approached Sutematsu (Mikako Tabe) under a false identity and started working at the Rokumeikan. Her goal was to find a husband. Eventually, Naomi meets Lieutenant Kohinata (played by Fujiwara Kisetsu) of the Navy. The two begin meeting outside the Rokumeikan, and the story unfolds from there.
