Details
Title: 私が私であるために
Title (romaji): Watashi ga Watashi de Aru Tame ni
Also known as: Because I Am Me
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Drama
Viewership ratings: 7.8%
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2006-Oct-10
Air time: 22:00~23:53
Theme songs:
Opening theme: Tomodachi no Uta by Nakamura Ataru
Ending theme: Kimi wo Hanasanai by Kome Kome Club
Related show: Drama Complex (NTV)
Synopsis
Asahina Hikaru was born a male, but never felt comfortable in her own skin. After being diagnosed with gender identity disorder, Hikaru begins hormone therapy and lives life as a woman. One day Hikaru decides to tell her family about her decision to get sexual reassignment surgery. However, with Hikaru being the family's only son and heir to its landscaping business, her father finds it difficult to cope with this decision.
Cast
Aizawa Sakira (相沢咲姫楽) as Asahina Hikaru
Hashizume Isao as Asahina Seiichi
Takeshita Keiko as Asahina Noriko
Asami Reina as Asahina Ibuki
Nakamura Shunsuke as Morimura Tomo
Toba Jun as Takei Ryota
Hinagata Akiko as Shinohara Ayumi
Nakamura Ataru (中村中) as Asumi Rin
Hara Hideko as Doctor Tamura
Nadaka Tatsuo as Doctor Watanabe
Aoyama Sota (青山草太) as Tonomura Kazuki
Masuoka Toru as Hirose
Takeuchi Ami (竹内亜美) as Ami
Isono Kiriko as Nurse
Production Credits
Screenwriters: Kawashima Sumino (川嶋澄乃), Kamikawa Nobuhiro (上川伸廣)
Producers: Maeda Shinichiro (前田伸一郎), Kurosawa Atsushi (黒沢淳), Sato Atsushi
Director: Kamikawa Nobuhiro (上川伸廣)
Notes
The opening theme Tomodachi no Uta, sung by Nakamura Ataru (who is herself transgendered, and also makes an appearance in the drama) reached #9 on Japan's Oricon chart.
