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Ochoyan is a Japanese television drama series and the 103rd Asadora series, following Yell. It premiered on November 30, 2020 and concluded on May 15, 2021. It is based on the life of Chieko Naniwa. Plot Chiyo Takei (Hana Sugisaki) was born to a p ...

. 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 sister in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture. After failing her college entrance exams, she went to live with her grandfather's acquaintance who is a forest guide in Tome City. Momone's life changed when she met a popular weather forecaster from Tokyo who taught her how weather forecasts can predict the future. She decides to study hard and be a weather forecaster.

Cast

Nagaura's family

Kaya Kiyohara is a Japanese actress, model and singer. She was named the Best Supporting Actress at the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the film ''In The Wake''. Biography Kiyohara was born on January 30, 2002, in Osaka. Kiyohara signed as a ...

as Momone Nagaura (her nickname was Monet) *

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as Kōji Nagaura, Momone's father *

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as Ayako Nagaura, Momone's mother *

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as Michi Nagaura, Momone's younger sister *

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as Tatsumi Nagaura, Momone's grandfather *

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as Masayo Nagaura, Momone's grandmother (also as narrator)

Momone's classmate and families

* Ren Nagase (

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) as Ryō Oikawa, Momone's classmate * Yuri Tsunematsu as Asumi Nomura, Momone's childhood friend * Kōki Maeda as Mitsuo Gotō, Momone's classmate * Hyuga Takada as Yūto Hayasaka, Momone's classmate *

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as Shinji Oikawa, Ryō's father *

Maki Sakai (born 17 May 1970 in Taito, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress. The fourth rehouse girl of Mitsui, she has starred in a number of TV drama series such as '' Daburu kitchin'' (1993) and '' Watashi no unmei'' (1994). She is a graduate of Jumonji Jun ...

as Minami Oikawa, Ryō's mother *

Reiko Kusamura is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Shall We Dance?'' Filmography Film * '' Shall We Dance?'' (1996) * ''The Twilight Samurai'' (2002) * '' Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × ...

as Fumie, Ryō's grandmother

Tome and Kesennuma people

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as Sayaka Nitta, a wealthy woman *

Kentaro Sakaguchi is a Japanese actor and model. He debuted as a model in Men's Non-no magazine in 2010, and as an actor under Tristone Entertainment in 2014. He has since starred in television series ''Tokyo Tarareba Musume'' (2017) and ''Signal'' (2018), as w ...

as Kōtarō Suganami, an young doctor in an clinic *

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as Shōyō Sasaki, the chief of a forestry union *

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as Hiroshi Kawakubo, an old staff at forestry union *

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as Kazuhisa Tanaka, an master at jazz cafe * Yusuke Hirayama as Nobuhiro Nakayama, an doctor in a clinic *

Kōichi Yamadera is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and singer from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. He graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University's economics school and is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment. Before that, he was affiliated with th ...

as Katsutoshi Endō *

Sayaka Yamaguchi is a Japanese actress. Appearances Films * '' Rebirth of Mothra'' (1996), Lora * ''Tokimeki Memorial'' (1997), Mishio Yokoyama * '' Rebirth of Mothra II'' (1997), Lora * '' Rebirth of Mothra III'' (1998), narration only * '' Tomie: Replay'' (20 ...

as Mikako Takahashi * Mizuki Kayashima as Ichika Mizuno * Aoi Itō as Akari Ishii * Norihiko Tsukuda as Shigeki Koyama * Daikichi Sugawara as Jirō Ōta

Tokyo people

People at weather forecast company

* Hidetoshi Nishijima as Satoru Asaoka, a weather anchor *

Mio Imada is a Japanese actress and model from Fukuoka. Imada began her acting and modelling career in 2015 after being labelled “Prettiest Girl in Fukuoka” by a local advertising agency. Her acting big break was in 2018 when she was cast as Airi Maya ...

as Riko Marianna Jinno, a news anchor * Hiroya Shimizu as Mamoru Uchida, an employee * Misato Morita a Midori Nosaka, an employee *

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as Kazumasa Anzai, the company's president

Others

* Reo Tamaoki as Kōhei Sawatari, a reporter in charge at

Japan Meteorological Agency The , abbreviated JMA, is an agency of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. It is charged with gathering and providing results for the public in Japan that are obtained from data based on daily scientific observation an ...

Saki Takaoka is a Japanese actress. Her uncle is the jazz pianist Yōsuke Yamashita. She won the award for best actress at the 19th Hochi Film Award for ''Crest of Betrayal''. Filmography Film * ''cf girl'' (''cfガール'', 1989) * ''Swimming Upstream' ...

as Satoko Takamura, a meteorological desk at television station *

Maiko A is an apprentice geisha in Kyoto and Their jobs consist of performing songs, dances, and playing the or other traditional Japanese instruments for visitors during banquets and parties, known as . are usually aged between 17 to 20 years ...

as Natsu Inoue, a Tokyo boardinghouse landlady * Koharu Sugawara as Yūki Samejima, an wheelchair marathon athlete

Production

NHK announced the program would premiere on May 17, 2021 after Ochoyan ended.

References

External links

Official website
(in Japanese) {{Asadora 2021 Japanese television series debuts 2021 Japanese television series endings Asadora Drama television series about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami Television shows set in Miyagi Prefecture Television shows set in Tokyo