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is a 2000 Japanese historical drama television series and the 39th
NHK , also known by its Romanization of Japanese, romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcasting, public broadcaster. It is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television licence, television license fee. NHK ope ...
taiga drama is the name NHK gives to the annual year-long historical drama television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white ''Hana no Shōgai'', starring kabuki actor Onoe Shoroku II and Awashima Chikage, the network regul ...
. The series respectively stars
Masahiko Tsugawa , born Masahiko Katō (加藤 雅彦 ''Katō Masahiko''; January 2, 1940 – August 4, 2018) was a Japanese actor and director. Career Tsugawa was born January 2, 1940, in Kyoto, Japan. After acting as a child, he made his major debut at 16 in t ...
, Toshiyuki Nishida, and Onoe Tatsunosuke II as the first three Tokugawa shōguns. It aired from January 9 to December 17, 2000, and ran for a total of 49 episodes. ''Aoi'' is the first taiga drama to be fully filmed in high definition.


Plot

The story begins with the
battle of Sekigahara The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: ; Kyūjitai: , Hepburn romanization: ''Sekigahara no Tatakai'') was an important battle in Japan which occurred on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu Prefecture, ...
.


Cast


Tokugawa Shoguns

*
Masahiko Tsugawa , born Masahiko Katō (加藤 雅彦 ''Katō Masahiko''; January 2, 1940 – August 4, 2018) was a Japanese actor and director. Career Tsugawa was born January 2, 1940, in Kyoto, Japan. After acting as a child, he made his major debut at 16 in t ...
as
Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...
- the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate * Toshiyuki Nishida as Tokugawa Hidetada - the second shogun *Onoe Tatsunosuke II as
Tokugawa Iemitsu was the third ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa dynasty. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada with Oeyo, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Lady Kasuga was his wet nurse, who acted as his political adviser and was at the ...
- the third shogun ** Takayuki Yamada as young Iemitsu


Tokugawa clan

* Shima Iwashita as Ogō - wife of Hidetada * Isuzu Yamada as Odai no Kata - mother of Ieyasu * Kyōko Mitsubayashi as Acha no Tsubone *Minako Osanai as Oman no Kata * Michiko Godai as Lady Chaa * Kirin Kiki as Lady Kasuga * Miki Sakai as Tokugawa Masako * Yoko Moriguchi as Okaji no Kata * Nanako Ōkōchi as Senhime **
Marika Matsumoto is a Japanese actress. From 2001 and 2003, she was known as "Mini Stop-chan", acting as the mascot for the Ministop convenience store chain commercials in Japan. She is the owner of a unique voice and has held a recital with upcoming star Satos ...
as young Senhime * Fujita Okamoto as Yūki Hideyasu *Hiroyuki Sakamoto as Matsudaira Tadateru *Lie Katō as Irohahime * Hayato Ōshiba as Tokugawa Yorifusa * Manabu Hamada as Hoshina Masayuki * Asumi Nakada as Haruhime * Yukie Nakama as Oraku *Gen Hongō as Tokugawa Yorinobu *Yūtarō Yamamoto as Nagatomimaru *Hideyuki Akabane as Tokugawa Yoshinao ** Ryūnosuke Kamiki as Gorōtamaru (young Yoshinao) * Tomoyo Kurosawa as Ichihime


Fudai daimyo

* Shigeru Kōyama as Honda Masanobu * Ikkei Watanabe as Honda Masazumi - the eldest son of Masanobu * Joe Shishido as Honda Tadakatsu - one of the Shitennō * Hiroshi Katsuno as Ii Naomasa - one of the Shitennō * Kōji Shimizu as Sakakibara Yasumasa - one of the Shitennō * Taro Ishida as Ōkubo Tadachika * Takashi Sasano as Torii Mototada * Ryūzō Hayashi as Doi Toshikatsu * Mizuho Suzuki as Itakura Katsushige *
Masaki Terasoma is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is affiliated with Mausu Promotion. Biography After graduating from Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, Terasoma joined Haiyuza Theatre Company. In 1984, he made his film debut in '' W's Tragedy''. ...
as Itakura Shigemasa * Hiroshi Iwasaki as Sakai Tadayo * Katsumi Chō as Naitō Kiyonari * Saburo Ishikura as Aoyama Tadatoshi


Toyotomi

* Onoe Kikunosuke V as Toyotomi Hideyori * Mayumi Ogawa as
Yodo-dono or (1569 – June 4, 1615), also known as Lady Chacha (茶々), was a Japanese historical figure in the late Sengoku period. She was the concubine and the second wife of Japanese ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi. As the mother of his son and successor ...
- the second wife of Hideyoshi ** Mei Kurokawa as Cha-cha (young Yodo, flashback) * Mitsuko Kusabue as Kōdai-in - the first wife of Hideyoshi * Mayuko Fukuda as Yuihime - the daughter of Hideyori * Nenji Kobayashi as Katagiri Katsumoto * Naoki Hosaka as Ōno Harunaga *Shingo Hiramatsu as Oda Uraku * Teruhiko Saigō as Sanada Yukimura *Hiroshi Hatanaka as Kimura Shigenari *
Takayuki Sugō is a Japanese actor and voice actor. Filmography Anime series *'' Yu Yu Hakusho'' (1994) – Raizen *'' Lupin the 3rd: The Secret of Twilight Gemini'' (1996) – Jean Piere *'' Master Keaton'' (1998) – Leon Papas *'' Case Closed'' (????) � ...
as Konishi Yukinaga * Yoshisada Sakaguchi as Nakamura Kazu'uji


Council of Five Elders

* Kazuo Kitamura as Maeda Toshiie * Ken Utsui as Mōri Terumoto * Teruyuki Kagawa as
Ukita Hideie was the ''daimyō'' of Bizen and Mimasaka Provinces (modern Okayama Prefecture), and one of the council of Five Elders appointed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Son of Ukita Naoie, he married Gōhime, a daughter of Maeda Toshiie. Having fought a ...
* Tsunehiko Kamijō as Uesugi Kagekatsu


Go-Bugyō

* Tōru Emori as
Ishida Mitsunari was a Japanese samurai and military commander of the late Sengoku period of Japan. He is probably best remembered as the commander of the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara following the Azuchi–Momoyama period of the 16th century. He ...
*Shinichiro Mikami as Asano Nagamasa * Kei Satō as Mashita Nagamori * Toshio Kurosawa as Natsuka Masaie *Hiroshi Kamiyama as Maeda Gen'i


Ishida family

* Masane Tsukayama as Ishida Masazumi * Taketoshi Naito as
Ishida Masatsugu was a Japanese samurai of the late Sengoku period who served the Azai clan and held Ishida castle in Omi province. He was the son of Ishida Seishin. He was the father of Ishida Mitsunari. After the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, he and his other ...
* Keiko Takahashi as Orin - wife of Mitsunari * Isao Natsuyagi as Shima Sakon


Eastern Army

* Ryō Tamura as Tōdō Takatora * Shinji Yamashita as Kuroda Nagamasa * Shunsuke Kariya as
Katō Kiyomasa was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Azuchi–Momoyama period, Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods. His court title was . His name as a child was ''Yashamaru'', and first name was ''Toranosuke''. He was one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Hideyoshi's Seven ...
* Keizō Kanie as Fukushima Masanori *Satoru Saitō as Yamauchi Kazutoyo * Kei Suma as
Date Masamune was a Japanese ''daimyō'' during the Azuchi–Momoyama period through the early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful feudal lords in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. An outstanding tactician, he w ...
* Hatsunori Hasegawa as Maeda Toshinaga * Tsutomu Isobe as Ikeda Terumasa * Hideaki Tezuka as Tsuda Shigemoto * Hiroyuki Watanabe as Asano Yoshinaga * Shirō Saitō as Tanaka Yoshimasa *Taishi Horikoshi as
Sanada Nobuyuki was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. He was the son of ''daimyō'' Sanada Masayuki and the older brother of Sanada Yukimura. Early life He was the first son of Sanada Masayuki and his wife, Kansho-in. His younger brother was Sanada Yu ...
*Naoki Takemura as
Miyamoto Musashi , was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 duels. Miyamoto is considered a ''Kensei (honorary title), kensei'' (swo ...


Western Army

* Toshiyuki Hosokawa as Ōtani Yoshitsugu * Akaji Maro as Shimazu Yoshihiro * Yūichirō Yamaguchi as Shimazu Toyohisa * Kazuma Suzuki as Kobayakawa Hideaki * Ichirō Zaitsu as Ankokuji Ekei * Osami Nabe as Kikkawa Hiroie * Shinya Ōwada as Tachibana Muneshige


Kyōgoku

* Akira Onodera as
Kyōgoku Takatsugu was a ''daimyō'' (military feudal lord) of Ōmi Province and Wakasa Province during the late Sengoku period of History of Japan, Japan's history.Edmond Papinot, Papinot, Edmond. (2003)''Nobiliare du Japon'', pp. 27–28./ref> Biography His chi ...
* Kuriko Namino as Jōkō-in


Hosokawa

* Isao Sasaki as Hosokawa Tadaoki * Kyōka Suzuki as Hosokawa Gracia * Shun Oguri as Hosokawa Tadatoshi


Imperial House

* Hiroyuki Kinoshita as Emperor Go-Yōzei *Yasumasa Ōba as Emperor Go-Mizunoo * Minori Terada as Nijō Akizane * Junpei Morita as Sanjōnishi Sane'eda * Noriko Ogawa as Sadako ** Aki Maeda as young Sadako * Norihiro Inoue as Kajūji Mitsutoyo * Kazutoyo Yoshimi as Karasumaru Mitsuhiro


Others

* Nakamura Baijaku II as Tokugawa Mitsukuni, a.k.a. Mito Kōmon *Kazuyo Asari as Sassa Sukesaburō, a.k.a. Suke-san * Machiko Washio as Asaka Tanpaku, a.k.a. Kaku-san *Terence O'Brien as William Adams, a.k.a. Miura Anjin *Tim Knowles as Richard Cocks * Yatsuko Tan'ami as Kenshō-in,
Takeda Shingen was daimyō, daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan. Known as "the Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyo of the late Sengoku period, and credited with exceptional military prestige. Shingen was based in a p ...
's daughter *Natsuko Migiwa as Maeda Matsu *Mikio Shimizu as Oda Nobukatsu *Noriko Shōji as a reporter (herself) * San'yūtei Rakutarō *Ryunosuke Kaneda as Tenkai *Hiroshi Ōkōchi as Konchiin Sūden


Staff

*Music : Taro Iwashiro *Historical research : Shinzaburō Ōishi *Architectural research : Kiyoshi Hirai *Clothing research : Kiyoko Koizumi *Sword fight arranger : Kunishirō Hayashi


TV schedule


References


External links


NHK website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aoi Taiga drama 2000 Japanese television series debuts 2000 Japanese television series endings Cultural depictions of Date Masamune Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Ieyasu Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Iemitsu Television shows written by James Miki Television series set in the 16th century Television series set in the 17th century