is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Yuriko Yoshitaka as

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. The series is the 63rd

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''taiga'' drama.

Cast

Starring role

* Yuriko Yoshitaka as

. In the series, she is called Mahiro. **Miyuko Ochii as young Mahiro

Her family

*Gorō Kishitani as Fujiwara no Tametoki, Mahiro's father * Ryōko Kuninaka as Chiyaha, Mahiro's mother * Mahiro Takasugi as Fujiwara no Nobunori, Mahiro's brother **Kōki Yuda as Tarō (young Nobunori) * Kuranosuke Sasaki as Fujiwara no Nobutaka, Mahiro's husband * Sara Minami as Fujiwara no Katako (Daini no Sanmi), Mahiro's daughter *Tarō Yabe as Otomaru *Seijun Nobukawa as Ito

Michinaga's family

* Tasuku Emoto as

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**Kousei Kimura as young Michinaga *Yasunori Danta as Fujiwara no Kaneie, Michinaga's father *

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as Tokihime, Michinaga's mother * Arata Iura as Fujiwara no Michitaka, Michinaga's brother * Yuka Itaya as Takashina no Takako, Michitaka's wife * Yusuke Kamiji as Fujiwara no Michitsuna, Michinaga's half brother * Naomi Zaizen as Fujiwara no Yasuko, Michitsuna's mother *Reo Tamaoki as Fujiwara no Michikane, Michitsuna's brother * Yō Yoshida as Fujiwara no Akiko (Senshi), Michinaga's sister. * Mitsuki Takahata as Fujiwara no Sadako, Michitaka's daughter **Tampopo Nakamura as young Sadako (around 12 years old) **Himari Kimura as young Sadako (around 8 years old) *Keisuke Watanabe as Fujiwara no Yorimichi, Michinaga's eldest son *

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as Fujiwara no Korechika, Michitaka's eldest son * Ruka Matsuda as Minamoto no Ikuko, Korechika's wife *Yume Takeuchi as Fujiwara no Mitsuko * Ryo Ryusei as Fujiwara no Takaie, Michitaka's second son *Kumi Takiuchi as Minamoto no Akiko, Michinaga's another wife *Chikara Honda as Mozuhiko *

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as Fujiwara no Yoshichika, Michinaga's cousin *Ichirōta Miyagawa as Fujiwara no Akimitsu, Michinaga's cousin *Takayuki Sakoi as Taira no Korenaka *Anna Kurasawa as Fujiwara no Kiyoko *Kaisei Kamimura as Fujiwara no Yorimune *Masaki Himekomatsu as Fujiwara no Norimichi *Saku Momose as Fujiwara no Akinobu *Yūtarō Furutachi as Fujiwara no Michitō * Ryutarou Akimoto as Fujiwara no Yoshinobu *Nanami Taki as Fujiwara no Yoshiko *Yūdai Toyoda as Fujiwara no Nagaie

Uda Genji

* Haru Kuroki as Minamoto no Tomoko, Michinaga's legal wife *Tōru Masuoka as Minamoto no Masanobu, Tomoko's father * Mako Ishino as Fujiwara no Mutsuko, Tomoko's 's mother

Michinaga's colleagues

* Ryūji Akiyama as Fujiwara no Sanesuke *

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*Satoshi Kanada as Fujiwara no Tadanobu *Daichi Watanabe as

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*Daisuke Honda as Minamoto no Toshikata * Jun Hashizume as Fujiwara no Yoritada *Masanobu Sakata as Fujiwara no Tamemitsu *Ryujin Suzuki as Minamoto no Shigenobu *Yoshihiro Kurita as Fujiwara no Fuminori

Emperors and their families

* Bandō Minosuke II as Emperor En'yū, the 64th emperor * Kanata Hongō as Emperor Kazan, the 65th emperor **Shunta Itō as Prince Morosada (young Kazan) * Akihisa Shiono as Emperor Ichijō, the 66th emperor ** Hinata Hiiragi as young Emperor Ichijō (around 12 years old) **Haru Takagi as Prince Yasuhito (young Ichijō, around 10 years old) *Kataoka Sennosuke as Prince Atsuyasu **Kai Watanabe as young Atsuyasu *Tatsunari Kimura as Emperor Sanjō, the 67th emperor *Sakura Inoue as Fujiwara no Yoshiko * Shizuka Nakamura as Fujiwara no Nobuko *Seia Yasuda as Fujiwara no Motoko * Aki Asakura as Fujiwara no Sukeko *Tatsumi Asa as Prince Atsuakira *Hinako Tanaka as Queen Takahime *Yukino Kaizu as Princess Nagako *Hinata Takano as Emperor Go-Ichijō, the 68th emperor **Ise Hashimoto as Prince Atsuhira (young Go-Ichijō, around 12 years old) **Ren Ishizuka as Prince Atsuhira (young Go-Ichijō, around 8 years old) **Aoi Hamada as Prince Atsuhira (young Go-Ichijō, around 5 years old)

Empress Akiko and the women who serve her

* Ai Mikami as Empress Akiko (Shōshi), Michinaga's daughter and Emperor Ichijō's wife * Rika Izumi as

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*Kinako Kobayashi as Miya no Senji *Rena Mashita as Dainagon no Kimi *Kaori Seto as Saishō no Kimi *Natsu Fukui as Koshōshō no Kimi * Rio Kanno as Saemon no Naishi *Ui as Uma-no-Chūjō no Kimi

Song dynasty

*Haogo (Koji Yano) as Zhu Rencong *Kouhei Matsushita as Zhou Ming

Others

*First Summer Uika as

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. In the series, she is called Kikyō. *Hiroshi Ōmori as Kiyohara no Motosuke, Kikyō's father *Kaname Ouki as Akazome Emon * Yūsuke Santamaria as Abe no Haruakira, a.k.a. Abe no Seimei *Daiki as Sumaru *Katsuya Maiguma as Naohide *Masumi Nomura as Sawa *San'yūtei Koyūza as Eshi, a painter * Kayo Noro as Nui *Kanro Morita as Minamoto no Kunimori * Atsumi Tanezaki as cockatoo voice *Takamasa Tamaki as Minamoto no Mitsumasa * Yu Tokui as Ōno Kunikatsu *Junpei Yasui as Mikuni no Wakamaro *Takenori Kaneko as Hayanari *Kento Ogura as Tsunekata *

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as Sōjumaru * Miyu Yagyu as Toshiko, Kintō's wife *Shoichiro Akaboshi as Jōchō *Ryuhei Watabe as Kyōri *Ozuno Nakamura as Taira no Muneyori *Masashi Taniguchi as Ōe no Masahira *

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as a Myōbu * Nao Kosaka as Saiin no Chūjō *Yū Kamio as Taira no Tamekata *Sakura Kiryu as Sugawara no Takasue's daughter *Aina Yamada as Fujiwara no Nobuko * Masayuki Deai as Fujiwara no Tomochika *

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as Fujiwara no Suketaka *Shinji Asakura as Ōkura no Taneki *Kenta Uchino as Taira no Muneyuki *Kunihiro Suda as Takarabe no Hironobu *Norihito Kaneko as Ōga no Morimiya *Biyori Moriya as Fun'ya no Tadamitsu *Tyson Ohya as Jōkaku *Shohei Ueki as Minamoto no Michikata

TV schedule

Omnibus

Notes

References

External links

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