Details
Title: つばさ
Title (romaji): Tsubasa
Genre: Family drama
Episodes: 156 (15 mins. each)
Viewership ratings: 1st=17.7, high=17.7, avg=14.8
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2009-Mar-30 to 2009-Sep-26
Air time: Monday through Saturday at 8:15
Theme song: Ai no Kisetsu by Angela Aki
Series Synopsis
The 80th NHK Asadora is Tsubasa a story about a 20-year-old girl, Tsubasa, who dedicates her life to helping her family and their traditional confectionery store. But her peaceful life is turned upside down when her missing mother returns home. She starts to work at a small radio station to repay her mother's debt but in a strange twist of fate, she becomes a DJ. --NHK
Cast
Tamaki Family
Tabe Mikako as Tamaki Tsubasa
Takahata Atsuko as Tamaki Kanoko (Mother)
Nakamura Baijaku as Tamaki Takeo (Father)
Yoshiyuki Kazuko as Tamaki Chiyo (Grandmother)
Tomiura Satoshi as Tamaki Tomoaki (Brother)
Komatsu Masao as Tamaki Umekichi (Grandfather)
Radio Potato
Takuma Takayuki as Manase Masahiko
Matsumoto Akiko as Maruyama Nobuko
ROLLY as Namioka Shotaro
Waki Tomohiro as Ronau Jiro
Kawagoe Residents
Inoue Waka as Shinoda Asako
Miura Akifumi (三浦アキフミ) as Suzumoto Shunsuke
Satoi Kenta as Suzumoto Hiroo
Yoshida Keiko as Utsugi Mari
Kaneda Akio as Utsugi Yuko
Hirooka Yuriko as Utsugi Yasunori
Others
Kawashima Akira (川島明) as Beckham Ichiro
Yamamoto Mirai as Yokoya Michiru
Saijo Hideki (西城秀樹) as Saito Hironori
Koyanagi Yu as Otani Shota
Tezuka Satomi as Otani Sachie
Issey Ogata (イッセー尾形) as Radio Man
Wagashi Craftsmen
Iwata Gan (岩田丸)
Dan Tomoyuki (檀臣幸)
Uchida Akira (内田明)
Sakurai Maki (櫻井麻樹)
Guests
Shirasaki Nana (白坂奈々) as Tsubasa (age 10) (ep3)
Yuyama Atsuki (湯山敦紀) as Shota (age 10) (ep3)
Saito Seiroku (斉藤清六) as Tanaka (ep4)
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Todayama Masashi
Director: Nishitani Shinichi (西谷真一) (wk1-3,6), Ohashi Mamoru (大橋守) (wk4-5,7)
Music: Sumitomo Norihito
