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Asadora , colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Take ...

series, following

Okaeri Mone is a Japanese television drama series and the 104th Asadora series, following Ochoyan. It premiered on May 17, 2021 and concluded on October 29, 2021. Plot Born in September 1995, Momone Nagaura lived with her parents, grandfather, and si ...

. It premiered on November 1, 2021 and concluded on April 8, 2022. The story is about 100 years-old family, three generations, Yasuko (grandmother), Rui (mother), and Hinata (daughter) who worked with a radio English course during the Shōwa,

Heisei The is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Emeritus Akihito from 8 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. The Heisei era started on 8 January 1989, the day after the death of the Emperor Hirohito, ...

, and

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eras. The drama is set in

Okayama is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1889. , the city has an estimated population of 720,841 and a population density of 910 persons per km2. The total area is . The city is ...

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and

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Plot

The story is about a three-generation family, Yasuko (grandmother), Rui (mother) and Hinata (daughter) who worked with a radio English course during the Shōwa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras. While facing the challenges of the Shōwa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras, the three find their own way of life in love, work, and marriage. The story unfolds in a heroine relay system. Yasuko Tachibana was born in

Okayama City is the prefectural capital, capital Cities of Japan, city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1889. , the city has an estimated population of 720,841 and a population density of 910 persons per ...

in 1925, the year when Japan began radio broadcasts. Yasuko grew up in a warm family who owns a Japanese sweets shop in the shopping district of Okayama city. Her family wished her to inherit the shop but war changed her fate. Her story is Japanese sweets and baseball-themed. Yasuko's daughter, Rui's story begins in

in 1955 with jazz as its theme. Rui separates from her mother for some reason and opens the way to live under her own will and power, even though she is hurt and lost. Rui hates her mother and English. Meanwhile the story of Hinata, Rui's daughter and Yasuko's granddaughter, sets off in

in 1965 as a historical drama. Unlike her grandmother, Hinata was born in a peaceful time, and is a sweetheart. Hinata is a little useless but she plays an important role in this three-generation family story.

Cast

Heroines

Mone Kamishiraishi is a Japanese actress and singer. She is the older sister of actress and singer Moka Kamishiraishi. Biography Born in Kagoshima, Her family lived in Mexico for three years due to her father's work. She can speak English and a little bit of Spa ...

as Yasuko Tachibana / Yasuko Kijima **Ibuki Amimoto as young Yasuko **

Ryoko Moriyama (born January 18, 1948) is a Japanese folk singer and actress. Her father is Hisashi Moriyama, a pioneer of Japanese jazz. Her son Naotarō Moriyama is a singer. Her first cousin Hiroshi Kamayatsu is also a musician. She is known as the ''Ja ...

as old Yasuko, also known as Annie Hirakawa *

Eri Fukatsu is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Haru'' and the best actress award at the 2010 Montreal World Film Festival for her performance in ''Villain''. She also received acclaim for her r ...

as Rui Kijima, Yasuko's daughter **Misaki Nakano as young Rui (from age three to five) **Rin Furukawa as young Rui (age seven) *

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as Hinata Otsuki, Rui's daughter and Yasuko's granddaughter **Chise Niitsu as young Hinata

Tachibana Family

* Masahiro Kōmoto as Kinta Tachibana, Yasuko's father *

Naomi Nishida is an actress. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2001 Yokohama Film Festival and at the 25th Hochi Film Award for her performance in ''Nabbie's Love''. Personal life She married a Japanese shoe designer in 2005, and gave birth to ...

as Koshizu Tachibana, Yasuko's mother *

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as Santa Tachibana, Yasuko's older brother *

Shinya Owada is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is represented with Horipro Booking Agency. He rusticated from Waseda University First Literature Department. Biography Owada is the youngest son of three children. (he has an older brother an ...

as Kinetarō Tachibana, Yasuko's grandfather *

Machiko Washio is a Japanese actress who works in both live action as well as voice over work for anime. She is known as the voice of Sakura in ''Urusei Yatsura''. Filmography Live action films *''The Red Spectacles'' (1987) (Midori Washio) *'' The Black H ...

as Hisa Tachibana, Yasuko's grandmother

Kijima Family

* Yasunori Danta as Senkichi Kijima *

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as Midori Kijima, Senkichi's wife * Hokuto Matsumura as Minoru Kijima, Senkichi's elder son / Yasuko's husband * Nijiro Murakami as Isamu Kijima, Senkichi's younger son / Yasuko's friend ** Yūki Meguro as old Isamu Kijima * Yui Okada as Yukie, Kijima family's helper **

Yumi Takigawa is a Japanese actress and singer. She has appeared in more than 50 films since 1974. Selected filmography Film Television Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Takigawa, Yumi 1951 births Living people Singers from Tok ...

as old Yukie * Kanoko Nishikawa as Tami Murano, Kijima family's helper

People from Shopping Street

* Karin Ono as Kinu Mizuta, Yasuko's friend * Goe Asagoe as Uhei Mizuta, the owner of ''Mizutaya'' tofu shop * Megumi Komaki as Hanako Mizuta, Uhei's wife * Keisuke Horibe as Kichibee Akanishi, the owner of ''Akanishi'' hardware shop, and adult Kichiemon. * Mai Miyajima as Kiyoko Akanishi, Kichibee's wife **

Chieko Matsubara is a Japanese actress from Nagoya, Spotted at a beauty contest sponsored by the Nikkatsu studio, Matsubara made her debut in 1961 at age 16 in ''Yoru no chōsensha''. Matsubara won popularity and became one of the representative actresses of th ...

as old Kiyoko * Seiichiro Nakagawa as Kichiemon Akanishi, Kichibee's son * Yūki Tokunaga as Kichinojō Akanishi, Kichibee's grandson *

Masanori Sera Masanori Sera ( ja, 世良公則) is a Japanese singer and actor from Fukuyama Hiroshima. He graduated from Osaka University of Arts. As a singer Sera's rock band, Sera Masanori&TWIST appeared in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen twice (1978 and 1979). He ...

as Teiichi Yanagisawa, the owner of ''Dippermouth Blues'' cafe * Tomoya Maeno as Kenichi Yanagisawa, Teiichi's son * Oideyasu Oda as Shinpei Morioka

Others from Okayama

Masashi Sada is a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and a film producer. Sada formed the folk duo Grape with Masami Yoshida in 1972, and they made their debut as recording artists a year afterward. The pair rose to fame owing to the hi ...

as Tadaichi Hirakawa, an English radio lecturer * Tatsumasa Murasame as Robert Rosewood, an Expeditionary Army Officer / American man who loves Yasuko * Mahiru Konno as Sumiko Ogawa, a housewife * Yuu Tokui as Kowamote no Tanaka, a debt collector * Midori Wakai as Ogura Kuma, a Minoru's Boarding House landlord *

Sō Takei is a Japanese ''tarento'' and former track and field athlete. He was an established athlete with multiple championships for athletics and decathlon. Takei is currently active as a ''tarento'', frequently appearing on television. He calls himself ...

as Kanda Takeshi, an imperial soldier

People in Osaka

Joe Odagiri , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor and musician. Personal life Joe Odagiri was born in Tsuyama, Okayama prefecture. Though he was accepted by Kochi University, he turned it down for an opportunity to study in the United States ...

as Joichiro "Joe" Otsuki, Rui's husband *

Mikako Ichikawa is a Japanese actress and model from Tokyo, Japan. Her older sister is the actress and model Miwako Ichikawa. Biography Due to her older sister being in the modeling business, Ichikawa made several appearances in the fashion magazine ''Olive'' ...

as Ichiko "Berry" Noda, a female customer at Jazz cafe *

Tōko Miura is a Japanese actress and singer. She is best known internationally for her role in the 2021 film '' Drive My Car'' as well as her work on the soundtrack of the 2019 animated film ''Weathering with You is a 2019 Japanese animated romanti ...

as Ichie Noda, Ichiko's daughter *

Taichi Saotome , also known as , is a Japanese actor and singer. He played young men and onnagata roles of women. Biography His father is the head of the theatre troupe ''Gekidan Sujaku''. Saotome performed in '' taishū engeki''. A "female impersonator", he ...

as Kitazawa ”Tommy” Tomio, a musician * Takehiro Murata as Heisuke Takemura, the owner of ''Takemura Cleaning Shop'' *

Mari Hamada is a Japanese heavy metal and pop rock singer. Since her debut in 1983, Hamada has been known as the "Heavy Metal Queen" of Japan. Throughout her career, she has released 25 singles and 23 studio albums. Biography Early history Mari Hama ...

as Kazuko Takemura, Heisuke's wife *

Yoshimasa Kondo , born on August 13, 1961 in Nagoya, Japan, is a Japanese theatre and film actor. Biography He debuted as an extra in the series ''Chu-gaku-sei Nikki'', and was later written into the script. He later gained notability while working with the ...

as Yosuke Kogure, a bartender and owner of Jazz cafe * Shohei Shofukutei as Futoshi Nishiyama

Others

* Onoe Kikunosuke V as Kennosuke Momoyama I, a movie star, and Kennosuke Momoyama II *

Kanata Hongō is a Japanese actor, voice actor and Model (person), model. He is part of Stardust Promotion and has appeared several times in music videos, movies, TV series, and magazines. His major breakthrough role was as Ryoma Echizen in the The Prince of ...

as Bunshirō Igarashi *

Yua Shinkawa is a Japanese actress and model. Life and career Shinkawa made her screen debut in the television drama ''Chōnan no Kekkon'' in 2008, and made her film debut in the 2010 film ''Matataki'' in which Keiko Kitagawa played the lead role. In 2010, ...

as Sayoko Fujii, Hinata's friend

Production

This is the first time in the history of a serial television novel that three actresses play the three main characters as different heroines. The heroine baton will be passed down to the next generation in a relay system. The title ''Come Come Everybody'' is the title of the opening song of the NHK Radio English course, commonly known as "''kamu kamu eigo''" by Tadaichi Hirakawa, that once dominated Japan immediately after the end of the war. When the lyrics "''Come come everybody''" and the melody of the Japanese children's song "''Shojoji no Tanukibayashi''" started, children and elderly people all over Japan were hooked and encouraged by the cheerful voice. It conveyed Hirakawa's desire to "brighten" the dark postwar Japan. The title was made with the wish that the slogan "Come Come Everybody" would be a power word to open up the future to live in the present. Mone Kamishiraishi and Rina Kawaei were selected as heroines through an audition which received 3061 applicants. Eri Fukatsu was chosen by NHK. This is Mone Kamishiraishi and Eri Fukatsu's first appearance in an asadora. Rina Kawaei already appeared in the asadora

Toto Neechan is a Japanese television drama series and the 94th asadora on NHK. It premiered on April 4, 2016, and ended on October 1, 2016. The theme song is " Hanataba o Kimi ni" by Hikaru Utada. Plot Tsuneko is the eldest of three daughters of Takezō and ...

(2016). On July 21, 2021, it was announced that the broadcast would start on November 1, 2021. On September 27, it was announced that the theme song for ''Come Come Everybody'' would be "

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", a song recorded by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai that was released on November 1, 2021. The song, written Naotarō Moriyama features arrangements by

Neko Saito , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese violinist, conductor, composer and music arranger. Saito is the leader of the Saito Neko Quartet, and is known for his many collaborations with musician Ringo Sheena. Biography Saito began playi ...

and was produced by Ai and Saito. The song originally was about environmental issues and was titled "Daphnia Pulex". "Aldebaran" was not intended to be the theme song for ''Come Come Everybody'' until Moriyama allowed Ai to record the song with reworked lyrics. "Aldebaran" was later included on ''

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'', Ai's twelfth studio album. On October 7, 2021, the main poster of the drama was released. The poster photo was taken by photographer Takehide Niitsubo. The theme of the three heroines is "Family Tree", and it is expressed through an image of a family photo that transcends three generations of parents and children.

TV schedule

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official website
(in Japanese) {{Asadora 2021 Japanese television series debuts Asadora