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Japanese television drama , also called or J-drama, are television programs that are a staple of Television in Japan, Japanese television and are broadcast daily. Format All major Television networks, TV networks in Japan produce a variety of Drama (genre), drama serie ...

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Asadora , colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Ta ...

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Come Come Everybody is a Japanese television drama series and the 105th NHK Asadora series, following Okaeri Mone. It premiered on November 1, 2021, and concluded on April 8, 2022. The story is about 100 years-old family, three generations, Yasuko (grandmother), R ...

''. It premiered on April 11, 2022, and concluded on September 30, 2022.

Plot

Cast

Higa's family

Yuina Kuroshima is a Japanese actress, model and TV personality. Personal life On January 16, 2024, Kuroshima and actor Hio Miyazawa jointly announced through their official websites that they were expecting their first child together. They also revealed th ...

as Nobuko Higa ** Kurumi Inagaki as young Nobuko *

Yukie Nakama is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. Biography She was born in Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan, into a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings. At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer (her debut single "Moonli ...

as Yūko Higa, Nobuko's mother * Nao Omori as Kenzō Higa, Nobuko's father *

Ryo Ryusei is a Japanese actor. He is signed with Ken-On. Career Ryusei was scouted on his way to a hair salon on Takeshita Street in Harajuku in the summer of 2009, and officially joined Ken-On in January 2010. In April 2010 he made his acting debut as ...

as Kenshū Higa, Nobuko's brother ** Daiji Asakawa as young Kenshū *

Haruna Kawaguchi is a Japanese actress and model under Ken-On. She is best known for playing lead roles in ''Ouran High School Host Club'' (2012), '' POV: Norowareta Film'' (2012), '' Zekkyō Gakkyū'' (2013), '' Say "I Love You"'' (2014), and ''One Week Friends ...

as Ryōko Higa, Nobuko's eldest sister ** Kino Tsuchiya as young Ryōko * Moka Kamishirashi as Utako Higa, Nobuko's younger sister ** Aio Fuse as young Utako

Okinawa people

Hio Miyazawa is an American-born Japanese actor and model. He was born in San Francisco, United States. He is the son of musician Kazufumi Miyazawa and TV personality Dionne Mitsuoka. Biography His father, musician Kazufumi Miyazawa is Japanese and his ...

as Kazuhiko Aoyagi, Nobuko's childhood friend and newspaper reporter ** Kanau Tanaka as young Kazuhiko * Yuki Yamada as Hiroo Ishikawa, Ryōko's friend *

Gōki Maeda is a Japanese actor. He is represented with Horipro. Biography In 1997, Maeda joined as a first generation member of the Horipro, Horipro Improvement Academy. In 2003, he became a Terebi Senshi in the NHK Educational TV series ''Tensai terebi-k ...

as Satoru Sunagawa, tofu shop owner's son *

Kazuhiro Yamaji is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with the Seinenza Theater Company. He has been married to Romi Park since 2020. Filmography Live-action films * 2000: '' Whiteout'' (Takayoshi Yoshikane) * 2001: ''Inugami'' (Takanao) * 2004: '' Ka ...

as Zenichi Maeda, village only shop's owner * Kaho Takada as Sanae Maeda, Zenichi's daughter * Hairi Katagiri as Kyōko Shimoji, Nobuko's high school music teacher * Kenjiro Ishimaru as Kenichi Higa, Nobuko's relative * Daichi Watanabe as Kingo Kina * Hitomi-kyan as Aunt Aragaki * Michiko Ameku as Aunt Amuro *

Shigeyuki Totsugi is a Japanese actor, TV personality, voice actor, screenwriter, theatre director, and singer. His real name and former stage name is . He was born in Teine-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido. He is a member of the TEAM NACS. He graduated from Hokkaido Sappo ...

as Fumihiko Aoyagi, Kazuhiko's father

Tokyo people

* Kai Inowaki as Nobuko's senior working at Italian restaurant *

Marie Iitoyo is a Japanese actress and fashion model. Personal life Iitoyo was born in Chiba. She met Tina Tamashiro while in high school. Their goal was to star in a film together after graduating. They later co-starred in the drama ''.'' She is also goo ...

as Ai Ōno, Kazuhiko's colleague and lover * Aimi Satsukawa as Kiyoe Ino * Takashi Yamanaka as Jinnai Tarashima, Kazuhiko's boss * Takeo Nakahara as Tomohiro Ino, Kiyoe's father *

Mieko Harada is a Japanese actress. She has played various roles in many films and Japanese television drama series since 1974. Career Harada most notably portrayed Lady Kaede in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 film '' Ran'', and further collaborated with him in h ...

as Fusako Ōshiro, Italian restaurant owner *

Masanobu Takashima is a Japanese film and television actor. Career Takashima appeared as Daisuke Matoba in the 2008 film '' L: Change the World'' (also known as ''Death Note: L Change the World'') (2008). Staff writer (undated"News Headline"(in Japanese language ...

as Kōji Futatsubashi, Italian restaurant head chef and Nobuko's boss

Tsurumi people

* Tsurutaro Kataoka as Saburō Taira, president of Okinawa Kenjinkai * Satomi Nagano as Tae Taira, Saburō's wife * Hayato Fujiki as Junji Kaneshiro, boarding house landlord

References

External links

Official website
(in Japanese) {{Asadora 2022 Japanese television series debuts 2022 Japanese television series endings Asadora