Omusubi (TV series)

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Omusubi
Genre	Dorama
Written by	Nonji Nemoto
Directed by	Yūsuke Noda and others;
Starring	Kanna Hashimoto; Riisa Naka; Hayato Sano; Maika Yamamoto; Yuna Taira; Shinya Kote; Kumiko Aso; Yoshiko Miyazaki; Naoto Ogata; Yukiya Kitamura; Ken Matsudaira;
Narrated by	Lily Franky
Opening theme	"Illumination" by B'z
Composer	Hiroaki Tsutsumi
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
Production
Producer	Hiroshi Sugahara
Running time	15 minutes
Production company	NHK Osaka
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	September 30, 2024

Omusubi (Japanese: おむすび)^[1] is a Japanese television drama series and the 111th Asadora series, following The Tiger and Her Wings.

Plot

Born in the first year of Heisei (1989), Yui Yoneda was influenced by the somewhat outdated Gyaru culture during her high school years. Despite her aspiration to become a nutritionist, she never forgets her Gyaru spirit and navigates through the Heisei era with determination.^[2]

Cast

Yoneda family

Kanna Hashimoto as Yui Yoneda. She experienced the Great Hanshin earthquake during her childhood and later moved to Fukuoka.
- Ameri Isomura as young Yui
Riisa Naka as Ayumi "Ayu" Yoneda, Yui's sister
- Saki Takamatsu as young Ayumi
Yukiya Kitamura as Masato Yoneda, Yui's father
Kumiko Aso as Aiko Yoneda, Yui's mother
Yoshiko Miyazaki as Kayo Yoneda, Yui's grandmother
Ken Matsudaira as Eikichi Yoneda, Yui's grandfather. He is a big fan of the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks.

Yui's high school friends

Hayato Sano as Shoya Yotsugi
Araki Sugō as Yota Koga
Leo Matsumoto as Ryosuke Kazami
Shuri Nakamura as Emi Miyazaki

Hakata Gyaru union

Mirichamu as Ruri "Lurie" Mashima
Misaki Tanifuji as Tamako "Tamatchi" Sato
Natsumi Okamoto as Suzune "Suzurin" Tanaka
Meimi Tamura as Risa "Risapon" Yuzuki

People of Kobe

Naoto Ogata as Takao Watanabe
Miyu Oshima as Maki Watanabe
Midoriko Kimura as Misae Sakuma
Shin'ya Niiro as Takeo Wakabayashi
Katsunori Uchiba as Yoshizo Takahashi
Takashi Utsumi (Milk Boy) as Akira Ōsaki
Hideaki Okajima as Yasuhiko Fukuda
Rena Matsui as Mika "Chanmika" Aihara
Shima Tabata as Natsumi Sakuma

Kobe Nutrition College

Maika Yamamoto as Sachi Yabuki
Yuna Taira as Kasumi Yugami
Shinya Kote as Manabu Morikawa
Saki Aibu as Machiko Sakuraba
Long Mizuma as Jōji Ishiwatarari

People of Itoshima

Shinnosuke Ikehata as Himiko
Wataru Ichinose as Yuma Sasaki
Shinobu Hasegawa (Sissonne) as Tamotsu Matsubara
Yumi Wakatsuki as Ikumi Igarashi
Haruka Kodama as Sayaka Kawai
Akimasa Haraguchi as Seiya Kusano
Goriken as Takeshi Koga
Yu Saito (Parachute Butai) as Shinsuke Ōmura
Kunihiro Suda as Kōhei Ide
Butch as Kyōsuke izukaI
Kenji Tanaka as a master of ceremonies
Rio Teramoto as Asuka Ōkōchi
Wakana Sakai as Sachiko Yotsugi, Shoya's mother

Hoshikawa Electric Baseball Club

Mandy Sekiguchi as Ryuji Sawada
Yasuhito Shimao as Shigeharu Nakamura, the team manager
Hiroki Miyake as Shusaku Tatekawa, a nutritionist
Riku Hagiwara as Naoya Haraguchi, a nutritionist
Narumi as Ikuyo Okubo
Ema Maeno as Akane Tanaka

Others

Wataru Ichinose as Yuma Sasaki
Kenshiro Kawanishi as Matsumoto, a sportswriter

Production

NHK offered the role of Yui, the heroine, to Kanna Hashimoto. However, as her schedule was already full with the London performances of the stage play Spirited Away and filming for the sequel of the Kingdom movie series, her agency initially planned to decline the offer. Nevertheless, NHK promised to make every effort to accommodate her existing commitments, and they eventually reached an agreement.^[3]

The supporting cast includes many actors and comedians with connections to Fukuoka.^[4]

TV schedule

Week	Episodes	Title	Directed by	Original airdate	Rating
1	1–5	"Omusubi to Gyaru" (おむすびとギャル)	Yūsuke Noda	September 30–October 4, 2024	16.1%
2	6–10	"Gyaru tte Nan nan?" (ギャルって何なん?)	Kensuke Matsuki	October 7–11, 2024	14.7%
3	11–15	"Yume tte Nan nan?" (夢って何なん?)	Yūsuke Noda	October 14–18, 2024	13.5%
4	16–20	"Uchi to Oneechan" (うちとお姉ちゃん)	Michi Ono	October 21–25, 2024	12.9%
5	21–25	"Ano Hi no Koto" (あの日のこと)	Kensuke Matsuki	October 28–November 1, 2024	14.2%
6	26–30	"Uchi, Gyaru, Yameruken" (うち、ギャル、やめるけん)	Michi Ono	November 4–8, 2024	13.6%
7	31–35	"Omusubi, Koi o Suru" (おむすび、恋をする)	Yūsuke Noda	November 11–15, 2024	13.9%
8	36–40	"Sayonara Itoshima Tadaima Kobe" (さよなら糸島ただいま神戸)	Makoto Bonkobara	November 18–22, 2024	14.1%
9	41–45	"Sasaeru tte Nan nan?" (支えるって何なん?)	Yōhei Ōno	November 25–29, 2024	13.3%
10	46–50	"Hito Sorezore de Yoka" (人それぞれでよか)	Michi Ono	December 2–6, 2024
11	51–55	"Shūshoku tte Nan nan?" (就職って何なん?)		December 9–13, 2024

References

^ "Omusubi". NHK Enterprises. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
^ "おむすび:【登場人物紹介】橋本環奈主演の朝ドラ平成元年生まれの主人公・米田結やがて栄養士の道へ". Mantan-web. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
^ "橋本環奈朝ドラ中に異例の映画撮影へ…ヒロインなのに約50日不在でも"NHKが許すワケ"". Josei Jishin. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
^ "連続テレビ小説『おむすび』福岡・糸島編追加キャスト発表!". NHK. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

External links

Official website
Omusubi at IMDb

Preceded by The Tiger and Her Wings	Asadora September 30, 2024 –	Succeeded by Anpan

[1] "Omusubi". NHK Enterprises. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

[2] "おむすび:【登場人物紹介】橋本環奈主演の朝ドラ平成元年生まれの主人公・米田結やがて栄養士の道へ". Mantan-web. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

[3] "橋本環奈朝ドラ中に異例の映画撮影へ…ヒロインなのに約50日不在でも"NHKが許すワケ"". Josei Jishin. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

[4] "連続テレビ小説『おむすび』福岡・糸島編追加キャスト発表!". NHK. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

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