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Awaiting Kirin is a 2020 Japanese historical drama television series starring
Hiroki Hasegawa , nicknamed , (born March 7, 1977, in Tokyo) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. Trained as a stage actor at the Bungaku-za after graduating from Chuo University, he first began to appear on Japanese TV in small roles in 2008, and t ...
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Akechi Mitsuhide , first called Jūbei from his clan and later from his title, was a Japanese ''samurai'' general of the Sengoku period. Mitsuhide was originally a bodyguard of the last Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga ''shōgun'' Ashikaga Yoshiaki and later, one of ...
, a samurai and general during the
Sengoku period The was the period in History of Japan, Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Kyōtoku incident (1454), Ōnin War (1467), or (1493) are generally chosen as th ...
. The series is the 59th
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 ...
, premiering on January 19, 2020. It is the first regular taiga drama to be fully shot in
4K resolution 4K resolution refers to a horizontal display resolution of approximately 4,000 pixels. Digital television and digital cinematography commonly use several different 4K resolutions. In television and consumer media, 38402160 (4K UHD) with a 16:9 asp ...
, as well as the first taiga drama to be composed by a non-Japanese ( John R. Graham).


Plot

The story is based on the life of
Akechi Mitsuhide , first called Jūbei from his clan and later from his title, was a Japanese ''samurai'' general of the Sengoku period. Mitsuhide was originally a bodyguard of the last Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga ''shōgun'' Ashikaga Yoshiaki and later, one of ...
, a general under
Oda Nobunaga was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period, Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the and regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. He is sometimes referred as the "Demon Daimyō" and "Demo ...
.


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Akechi clan The is a branch of the Toki clan, which is descended from the Seiwa Genji. The Akechi clan thrived around the later part of the Sengoku period of the 16th century. The Akechi became the head (soryo) of the Toki clan after the Toki fell to the S ...

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Hiroki Hasegawa , nicknamed , (born March 7, 1977, in Tokyo) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. Trained as a stage actor at the Bungaku-za after graduating from Chuo University, he first began to appear on Japanese TV in small roles in 2008, and t ...
as Akechi "Jūbei" Mitsuhide **Hinata Igarashi as young Mitsuhide *
Fumino Kimura is a Japanese actress. Filmography Film * ''Kaze no Dadu'' (2006), Ayumi Asano * ''Adan'' (2006), Adan * ''Paradise Kiss'' (2011) * ''Run60'' (2011), Maki * ''Gokudō Meshi, Sukiyaki'' (2011), Shiori Mizushima * ''Ramo Trip'' (2012), Mari Ijic ...
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Hiroko is a common feminine Japanese given name. Name meanings Hiroko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *裕子, "Kind child" *弘子, "Beautiful child" *寛子, "Kind, tolerant child" *浩子, "Large child" *博子, "Wise c ...
, Mitsuhide's wife *
Mana Ashida is a Japanese actress, '' talent'' and singer. Her first appearance was in Asahi Broadcasting Corporation's ''ABC Short Movie 2'', though she rose to prominence after acting in the television drama ''Mother''. She became the youngest lead star i ...
as Tama, Mitsuhide's third daughter **Saki Takenoya as young Tama (about 10 years old) **Kokone Shimizu as young Tama (about 5 years old) *Nazuki Amano as Kishi, Mitsuhide's eldest daughter **Nanaka Hirao as young Kishi *
Sayuri Ishikawa is a Japanese enka singer who made her professional debut in 1973. With a career nearing five decades, she is one of the most-recognized and successful enka singers in history. Ishikawa is a popular contestant on the annual NHK ''Kōhaku Uta Ga ...
as Maki, Mitsuhide's mother *
Masahiko Nishimura is a Japanese theatre and film actor. He is best known for his comedic portrayals. Biography Nishimura was born on December 12, 1960, in Toyama, Toyama, Japan. While he attended Toyo University to study photography, he met Kōki Mitani, a scrip ...
as Akechi Mitsuyasu, Mitsuhide's uncle *Satoshi Tokushige as Fujita Dengo *
Shotaro Mamiya is a Japanese actor. He is represented by Tristone Entertainment. Personal life On July 8, 2024, Mamiya announced his marriage to his non-celebrity partner, whom he has been dating for quite some time. Mamiya announced through his agency that ...
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Akechi Hidemitsu was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. A senior retainer of Oda Nobunaga's vassal Akechi Mitsuhide, he served Mitsuhide until the latter's death in 1582 at the hands of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He is also known as Akechi Mitsuharu. Early li ...
*Shinji Ozeki as
Akechi Mitsutsuna was a senior retainer under the Toki clan from Akechi clan throughout the latter Sengoku period of feudal Japan. He was the father of Akechi Mitsuhide and brother of "Omi-no-kata" (Saitō Dōsan , also known as Saitō Toshimasa (斎藤 利 ...
, Mitsuhide's father *
Takamasa Suga is a Japanese actor who had several lead roles, most prominently as the protagonist Shinji Kido in ''Kamen Rider Ryuki''. Filmography Films * '' Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final'' (2002) as Shinji Kido/Kamen Rider Ryuki; Mirror Shinji/Kamen Ri ...
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Saitō Toshimitsu was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period and commander of Kuroi Castle. He was a retainer of Inaba Ittetsu, but later joined Akechi Mitsuhide. Oda Nobunaga was not pleased that Toshimitsu chose to work under Mitsuhide, and if not for Mits ...


Oda clan The is a Japanese samurai family who were daimyo and an important political force in the unification of Japan in the mid-16th century. Though they reached the peak of their power under Oda Nobunaga and fell soon after, several branches of the ...

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Shōta Sometani is a Japanese actor from Koto, Tokyo. He is known for his protagonist roles in ''Himizu'' and ''Parasyte''. Career Sometani was a child actor. He has worked in both film and television, gaining his first leading role in ''Pandora's Box'', ...
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Oda Nobunaga was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period, Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the and regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. He is sometimes referred as the "Demon Daimyō" and "Demo ...
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Katsunori Takahashi is a Japanese singer and actor who is represented by the talent agency, K-Dash. Filmography Films TV series Video games Awards and nominations References External links * Official profile Japanese male actors Japanese male si ...
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Oda Nobuhide was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and magistrate of the Sengoku period known as "Tiger of Owari" and also the father of Oda Nobunaga, the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. Nobuhide was a deputy ''shugo'' (Shugodai) of lower Owari Province and head of t ...
, Nobunaga's father *
Rei Dan , known professionally as , is a Japanese actress. She began her career as a member of the Takarazuka Revue. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize for '' Kabei: Our Mother''. Filmography Television Fil ...
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Dota Gozen , also known as Tsuchida Gozen, was a Japanese noblewoman and the mother of Oda Nobunaga, a major ''daimyō'' and politician of the Sengoku period regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. Biography Dota Gozen's origins are unknown, inclu ...
, Nobunaga's mother *
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 ...
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Kichō A is a portable multi-paneled silk partition supported by a T-pole. It came into use in aristocratic households during and following the Heian period (794–1185) in Japan when it became a standard piece of furniture. are similar in appear ...
, Saitō Dōsan's daughter, and the legal wife of Nobunaga *
Ryo Kimura is a Japanese actor who debuted in 2002. His first movie was '' Moonlight Jellyfish'', in which he co-starred with Tatsuya Fujiwara. He played the role of Michio, a mentally challenged 15-year-old boy diagnosed with an incurable skin disease call ...
as Oda Nobuyuki (Nobukatsu), Nobunaga's younger brother *Yasuomi Sano as
Oda Nobuhiro was the eldest son of Oda Nobuhide. As an illegitimate son of Oda Nobuhide, Nobuhiro's power would slowly fade and always be looked down upon by his younger brother Nobunaga and even by many of his own retainers. Afterwards, Nobuhiro was force ...
, Nobunaga's half-brother *
Houka Kinoshita is a Japanese actor who was formerly represented by the talent agency, Cast Power. He graduated from Osaka Prefectural Nozaki High School and Osaka University of Arts. Biography In 1980, Kinoshita auditioned for the film, ''Gaki Teikoku'', whic ...
as Oda Nobumitsu, Nobunaga's uncle *Yoshiaki Umegaki as Oda "Hikogorō" Nobutomo *Mizuki Inoue (HiHi Jets) as
Oda Nobutada was a samurai and the eldest son of Oda Nobunaga, who fought in many battles during the Sengoku period of Japan. He commanded armies under his father in battles against Matsunaga Hisahide and against the Takeda clan. Biography Oda Nobutada w ...
**Fūga Shibasaki as teen Nobutada (then known as Kimyōmaru) **Yahiro Katō as baby Nobutada (then known as Kimyōmaru) *Ayaka Imoto as
Oichi was a female historical figure in the late Sengoku period. She is known primarily as the mother of three daughters who became prominent figures in their own right – Yodo-dono, Ohatsu
, Nobunaga's younger sister ;The vassals *
Kuranosuke Sasaki is a Japanese actor, known primarily for his roles in Japanese television drama. Biography He was born into a family of a sake brewery in Kyoto, Japan. After graduating from Kobe University and resigning from an advertising agency, he played a ...
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Hashiba Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innov ...
* Kōtarō Yoshida as
Matsunaga Hisahide Matsunaga Danjō Hisahide (松永 弾正 久秀 1508 – November 19, 1577) was a ''daimyō'' and head of the Yamato Matsunaga clan in Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. He has historical reputation as one of , a nickna ...
*Shōzō Uesugi as
Hirate Masahide was a Japanese samurai who served the Oda clan for two generations. His original name was . Life Masahide first served Oda Nobuhide and then become one of the Four karōs that helped Oda Nobunga in his early life. He was a talented samurai as ...
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Masanobu Ando is a Japanese actor. Ando has appeared in films such as Takeshi Kitano's '' Kids Return'' (1996), Kinji Fukasaku's ''Battle Royale'' (2000), Takashi Miike's ''Sukiyaki Western Django'' (2007), and Chen Kaige's ''Forever Enthralled'' (2008). He ...
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Shibata Katsuie or was a Japanese samurai and military commander during the Sengoku period. He was retainer of Oda Nobuhide. He served Oda Nobunaga as one of his trusted generals, was severely wounded in the 1571 first siege of Nagashima, but then fought ...
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Jingi Irie is a Japanese actor. He is represented with Ken-On. He graduated from Horikoshi High School. He is a member of Men On Style. Biography In December 2007, when he was a second grade junior high school student, inspired by actors in the entertainm ...
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Maeda Toshiie was one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period of the 16th century extending to the Azuchi–Momoyama period. His preferred weapon was a yari and he was known as "Yari no Mataza" (槍の又左), Matazaemon (又左 ...
*Yūsuke Suga as
Sassa Narimasa was a Japanese samurai lord of the Sengoku through Azuchi–Momoyama periods. He entered Oda Nobunaga's service at the age of 14 and remained in his service throughout Nobunaga's rise to power. He was a member of the so-called Echizen Sannin ...
*Kazuhiro Muroyama as
Sakuma Morishige was a Japanese samurai from Sakuma clan who served Oda Nobunaga. He is believed to be the first "general' killed by gunfire in Japan. In 1556, Morishige fought at the Battle of Ino, Before the battle, where Nobunaga clashed with his brother, No ...
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Nobuaki Kaneko is a Japanese drummer and actor. He is nicknamed and N.K. He is a member of the rock band Rize. He is represented with Itoh Company and his label is Illchill. He graduated from Horikoshi High School. Kaneko's father was Johnny Yoshinaga who wa ...
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Sakuma Nobumori was a Samurai retainer of Oda Nobuhide. He was treated as Oda Nobunaga's most important retainer and would come to fight in every important battle under Nobunaga's command such as the 1567 Siege of Inabayama Castle, the 1571 and 1573 Siege o ...
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Tsubasa Imai is a Japanese singer, actor and dancer formerly in the Japanese agency Johnny & Associates. He joined Johnny & Associates in 1995 and officially debuted in 2002 in the duo Tackey & Tsubasa with Hideaki Takizawa. They are signed to the record labe ...
as Mōri Shinsuke *Tsutomu Ikeda as Hattori Koheita *Kenshi Uchida as Yanada Masatsuna *Yoshihiro Nozoe as Chūjō Ietada *Takashi Hirota as Murai Sadakatsu *
Kenji Matsuda is a Japanese actor. Matsuda began acting in high school when a girl he had a crush on convinced him to join the theatre club. He later joined the sho-gekijo theatrical troupe Haiyu-Za. Nowadays known for roles such as Kagero in the low-budget f ...
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Niwa Nagahide , also known as (), his other legal alias was (), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through Azuchi-Momoyama periods of the 16th century. He served as senior retainer to the Oda clan, and was eventually a daimyō in his own right. Going o ...
*Yōhei Matsukado as
Araki Murashige was a retainer of Ikeda Katsumasa, head of the powerful "Setssu-Ikeda clan" of Settsu Province. Under Katsumasa, Murashige sided with Oda Nobunaga following Nobunaga's successful campaign to establish power in Kyoto. Military life Murashige b ...
, Kishi's father-in-law *
Mizuki Itagaki was a Japanese actor and singer. From 2014 to 2020, he was a member of the boy band , a part of Stardust Promotion's male musical collective Ebidan. Life and career Itagaki was born in Tokyo, Japan on 25 October 2000. At the age of 10, Itagak ...
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Mori Ranmaru , also known as Mori Naritoshi (森 成利), was a samurai retainer to the Oda clan. He was son of Mori Yoshinari, and had 5 brothers in total, from the province of Mino Province, Mino. He was a member of the Mori clan (Genji), Mori Clan, descen ...
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Gaku Hamada is a Japanese film and television actor. He was a regular cast member of Fuji TV's '' Operation Love'', appearing in all 11 episodes broadcast in 2007 and the 2008 special, and receiving an award for his role. He has made numerous other TV appea ...
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Kuroda Kanbei , also known as , was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the late Sengoku through the early Edo period. Renowned as a man of great ambition, he succeeded Takenaka Hanbei as a chief strategist and adviser to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Kuroda became a Christia ...


Saitō clan Saitō, Saito, Saitou or Saitoh (written: or ) are the 10th and 11th most common Japanese surnames respectively. Less common variants are , , and . Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname *, Japanese footballer * ...

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Masahiro Motoki Masahiro Motoki (本木 雅弘 ''Motoki Masahiro'', born December 21, 1965) is a Japanese actor. He portrayed protagonist Daigo Kobayashi in '' Departures'', which won the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. His performance earne ...
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Saitō Dōsan , also known as Saitō Toshimasa (斎藤 利政), was a Japanese samurai lord and daimyo during the Sengoku period.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Saitō Dōsan"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 809. He was also known as the f ...
, the "Viper of
Mino Mino may refer to: Places in Japan * Mino, Gifu, a city in Gifu Prefecture * Mino, Kagawa, a former town in Kagawa Prefecture * Mino, Tokushima, a town in Tokushima Prefecture * Mino, an alternate spelling of Minoh, a city in Osaka Prefecture * Mi ...
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Hideaki Itō is a Japanese actor. Biography Ito is best known for starring in the hit franchise ''Umizaru'' film series, which consistently topped the Japanese box office of the year. He has also head-lined many other major Japanese films such as Takashi ...
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Saitō Yoshitatsu or Toki Yoshitatsu was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' during the Sengoku period. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)">DF 54 of 80">"Saitō," ''Nobiliare du Ja ...
*Jun Hasegawa as Saitō Magoshirō *Naoki Inukai as Saitō Kiheiji *
Kaho Minami is a Japanese actress active in film, television and commercials. Life and career Kaho Minami was born on January 20, 1964, in Amagasaki in Hyogo, Japan, and is of third-generation Korean descent. She graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Dra ...
as Miyoshino, Dōsan's concubine *Kyōko Kataoka as Omi no kata, Dōsan's legal wife *Takehiro Murata as
Inaba Yoshimichi , also known as Inaba Ittetsu (稲葉 一鉄), was a Japanese samurai warrior during the Sengoku period. He served the Saitō clan of Mino province. Later, he became a retainer of Oda Nobunaga. His childhood name was Hikoshiro () later Hikoroku ...
(Inaba Ittetsu) *Kōki Yamamoto as
Hineno Hironari was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through Azuchi–Momoyama period, who served the Oda clan The is a Japanese samurai family who were daimyo and an important political force in the unification of Japan in the mid-16th century. ...


Hosokawa clan The is a Japanese samurai kin group or Japanese clan, clan. The clan descends from the Seiwa Genji, a branch of the Minamoto clan, and ultimately from Emperor Seiwa, through the Ashikaga clan. It produced many prominent officials in the Ashikaga ...

*Hidekazu Mashima as
Hosokawa Fujitaka , also known as , was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and prominent samurai lord of the Sengoku period. A former senior retainer of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the fifteenth and final Ashikaga shōgun, Fujitaka later aligned with Oda Nobunaga. As a reward fo ...
, Mitsuhide's best friend *
Shōsuke Tanihara is a Japanese actor probably best known outside Japan for his portrayal of Riki Fudoh in '' Fudoh: The New Generation'' and Hajime Kudo in '' Godzilla vs. Megaguirus''. Tanihara hosts ''Tokyo Twenty-Four Living Supported by FLET'S Hikari'', a po ...
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Ayumu Mochizuki is a Japanese actor. In 2015, he made his acting debut in ''Solomon's Perjury'', based on Miyuki Miyabe's novel of the same name. He has since appeared in ''Yell'', the 102nd asadora , colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per ep ...
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Hosokawa Tadaoki was a Japanese samurai lord and daimyo of the late Sengoku period and early Edo period. He was the son of Hosokawa Fujitaka and Numata Jakō, and the husband of the famous Christian convert Hosokawa Gracia. For most of his life, he went b ...
, Tama's husband


Imagawa clan was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Seiwa Genji by way of the Kawachi Genji. It was a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Ashikaga clan. Origins Ashikaga Kuniuji, grandson of Ashikaga Yoshiuji, established himself in ...

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Kataoka Ainosuke VI is a Japanese actor, kabuki actor and TV host. His ''yagō'' is ''matsushimaya''. His ''mon'' is the ''Oikake Go-mai Ichō''. His current stage name is Ainosuke Kataoka. He is a renowned ''tachiyaku'', specializing in both the ''aragoto , or ...
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Imagawa Yoshimoto was a Japanese ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the Sengoku period. Based in Suruga Province, he was known as ; he was one of the three ''daimyō'' that dominated the Tōkaidō region. He died in 1560 while marching to Kyoto to become Shogun. He ...
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Goro Ibuki is a Japanese actor. He is known for his parts in jidaigeki television dramas, especially Kakusan in the Mito Kōmon series. He appeared in ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger'' as Hikoma Kusakabe. Filmography Film *'' Bohachi Bushido: Code of the For ...
as Taigen Sessai *Chikau Satō as
Udono Nagateru was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, from Udono clan, who served the Imagawa clan. He was Lord of Kaminogō Castle in Mikawa Province and Imagawa Yoshimoto's nephew. In 1560 he fought at the Battle of Okehazama against Oda Nobunaga an ...
*Makiya Yamaguchi as Asahina Chikanori


Tokugawa (Matsudaira) clan

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Shunsuke Kazama is a Japanese actor and television personality. Career In 1997, when Kazama was in his second year of junior high school, he entered Johnny & Associates and started activities as a trainee. He made his debut on stage that same year in a Shon ...
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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 ...
**Yūto Ikeda as Matsudaira Motonobu (Teen Ieyasu) **Ryusei Iwata as Takechiyo (Child Ieyasu) * Yosuke Asari as
Matsudaira Hirotada was the lord of Okazaki Castle in Mikawa province, Japan during the Sengoku Period of the 16th century. He is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Biography Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira ...
, Ieyasu's father *
Wakana Matsumoto is a Japanese actress from Tottori Prefecture. She portrayed Airi Nogami in the ''tokusatsu'' drama ''Kamen Rider Den-O''. Career On March 9, 2006, at the age of 22, she moved from Tottori Prefecture to Tokyo. She successfully passed her firs ...
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Odai no Kata Odai no Kata (於大の方, 1528–1602), also known as Dai, Daishi, and Denzûin, was a Japanese noble lady from the Sengoku period. She was the mother of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. She was the daughter of Mizuno Tadama ...
, Ieyasu's mother *Eiji Yokota as
Mizuno Nobumoto was a Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period. He was Tokugawa Ieyasu's uncle through Matsudaira Hirotada's marriage to his sister, Odai no Kata. Biography He was a son of Mizuno Tadamasa, and brother of Mizuno Tadashige. In 1542, Nobumoto ...
, Ieyasu's uncle *Kyōko Maya as Gen'ōni, a.k.a. Keyōin, Ieyasu's grandmother * Yuriko Ono as
Lady Tsukiyama Lady Tsukiyama or was a Japanese noble lady and aristocrat from the Sengoku period. She was the chief consort of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the ''daimyō'' who would become the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate. She was the mother ...
, Ieyasu's wife * Takashi Okamura as Kikumaru, a ninja


Toki clan The is a Japanese kin group.Edmond Papinot, Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Toki," ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 61 retrieved 2013-5-9. History The Toki claim desce ...

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Toshinori Omi is a Japanese actor. Career Born in Tokyo, Omi joined the children's theater troupe Himawari Theatre Group when he was still in kindergarten. He made his film debut at age 13 in Kon Ichikawa's ''Hi no Tori'' (1978) and got his first starring ro ...
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Toki Yorinari , also known as Toki Yoriaki,
retrieved 2013-5-10. was a Japanese
*Masato Yano as Toki Yorizumi


Asakura clan The is a Japanese samurai kin group.Edmond Papinot, Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Asakura", ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 3 DF 7 of 80/nowiki> retrieved 2013-5-4. ...

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Yūsuke Santamaria , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor and singer. Biography Santamaria appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2003 film '' Doppelganger''. He starred in Katsuyuki Motohiro is a Japanese film director A film director or filmma ...
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Asakura Yoshikage was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period (1467–1603) who ruled a part of Echizen Province in present-day Fukui Prefecture. He was a regent of Ashikaga Shogunate. Yoshikage's conflicts with Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) resulted in his de ...
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Takaaki Enoki is a Japanese actor and artist from Isa District, Kagoshima. He is known for his role as private detective Mitsuhiko Asami in the ''Asami Mitsuhiko Series''. He attended Musashino Art University but left before graduating and joined the Shiki Th ...
as Yamazaki Yoshiie *Tōru Tezuka as Asakura Kageaki *Yurito Mori as Kumagimimaru


Azai clan The , also rendered as Asai, was a Japanese clan during the Sengoku period. History The Azai clan was a line of ''daimyōs'' (feudal military lords) seated at Odani Castle in northeastern Ōmi Province, located within present day Nagahama, S ...

*Hiroto Kanai as
Azai Nagamasa was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period known as the brother-in-law and enemy of Oda Nobunaga. Nagamasa was head of the Azai clan seated at Odani Castle in northern Ōmi Province and married Nobunaga's sister Oichi in 1564, fathering ...


Ashikaga shogunate

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Kenichi Takitō is a Japanese actor. Career Takitō belonged to Tatsuya Nakadai's acting academy and theater troupe Mumeijuku from 1998 to 2007. Filmography Films *'' Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.'' (2003) *'' Climber's High'' (2009) – Shusaku Kanzawa *'' Fish St ...
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Ashikaga Yoshiaki "Ashikaga Yoshiaki" in '' The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 625. was the 15th and final ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan who reigned from 1568 to 1573 when he ...
, the 15th and final shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate. *
Osamu Mukai is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Meiji University. Early life He was born in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture and went to Hama Junior high school (浜中学校) and Hitorizawa High school ...
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Ashikaga Yoshiteru , also known as Yoshifushi or Yoshifuji, was the 13th ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1546 to 1565 during the late Muromachi period of Japan. He was the eldest son of the 12th ''shōgun'', Ashikaga Yoshiharu, and his moth ...
, the 13th shōgun *Hayate Ichinose as
Ashikaga Yoshihide was the 14th ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate who held nominal power for a few months in 1568 during the Muromachi period of Japan. When he became ''shōgun'', he changed his name to Yoshinaga, but he is more conventionally recognized tod ...
, the 14th shōgun *Tomiyuki Kunihiro as
Hosokawa Harumoto was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Muromachi and Sengoku periods, and the head of the Hosokawa clan. Harumoto's childhood name was Sōmei-maru (聡明丸). He was born to Hosokawa Sumimoto, another renowned samurai of the Muromachi era. Early ...
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*Mutsumi Sasaki as Nikkai


Production

Production Credits *Music – John R. Graham *Titling – Suitō Nakatsuka *Historical research –
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*Costume designer – Kazuko Kurosawa On April 19, 2018,
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announced ''Awaiting Kirin'' as its 59th
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, starring
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Akechi Mitsuhide , first called Jūbei from his clan and later from his title, was a Japanese ''samurai'' general of the Sengoku period. Mitsuhide was originally a bodyguard of the last Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga ''shōgun'' Ashikaga Yoshiaki and later, one of ...
, a samurai and general during the
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, with Shunsaku Ikehata as writer. Ikehata previously wrote the 29th taiga drama, ''
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'' (1991). The drama aims to shed light on the first half of Akechi's life, of which little is known about due to lacking historical records. On March 8, 2019, NHK announced that John R. Graham will be ''Awaiting Kirin''s composer, having previously been a composer for '' Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV''; he is the first American hired to compose the score and the main theme of a taiga drama. Meanwhile,
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acts as conductor of the
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. Historical researcher Tetsuo Owada, a professor
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at
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who specializes in the Sengoku period of Japanese history, previously advised taiga dramas such as ''
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'' (1996), ''
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'' (2014).


Casting

After Hasegawa, the rest of the main cast was announced on March 8, 2019, which included
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, Takashi Okamura,
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,
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,
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, and
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among others. The second cast announcement on June 17, 2019, included
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as Hiroko, as well as
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, Takehiro Murata, Satoshi Tokushige,
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, and
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. The third cast announcement on August 7, 2019, included
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,
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,
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, and
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. Ono previously had the main roles in ''Ashio Kara Kita Onna'' (2014) and ''Natsume Soseki no Tsuma'' (2016), two NHK drama series written by Shunsaku Ikehata. The fourth cast announcement on February 19, 2020, included
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,
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, Kyōko Maya, and Bengal.


Filming

The usual taiga drama production would first have one-third of the expected number of scripts finished before shooting begins. Afterwards, audience reception is taken into account as the rest of the series is written. Shooting for the series began on June 3, 2019. ''Awaiting Kirin'' is the first regular taiga drama to be fully shot in
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. Chief producer Masaru Ochiai stated that the colorful costumes to be worn are made with adherence to
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. On November 16, 2019,
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, playing
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's wife
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, was arrested over
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possession. She was replaced by
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five days after being taken into custody. The series' start date was delayed by a fortnight as all of Sawajiri's scenes in the first 10 episodes – along with advertising and promotional footage – had to be reshot. On April 1, 2020, NHK announced that filming schedules for both ''Awaiting Kirin'' and ''
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'' were cancelled until April 12 to consider the safety of performers and staff during the
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. By April 7, NHK extended the cancellation of shooting for both series after Prime Minister
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proclaimed a one-month
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for Tokyo and other prefectures. The series resumed on August 30, 2020.


Reception

According to Kaori Shoji of ''
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'', observers during the reshoots of the first 10 episodes criticized
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's performance as being "too flimsy". Ryusei Iwata's performance as Takechiyo, the child
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 ...
, has received praise from viewers online.


TV schedule


Omnibus


Soundtrack

*''Kirin ga Kuru NHK Taiga Drama Original Soundtrack Vol. 1'' (January 29, 2020) *''Kirin ga Kuru NHK Taiga Drama Original Soundtrack Vol. 2'' *''Kirin ga Kuru NHK Taiga Drama Original Soundtrack Vol. 3'' (December 23, 2020)


Accolades


See also

*
Sengoku period The was the period in History of Japan, Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Kyōtoku incident (1454), Ōnin War (1467), or (1493) are generally chosen as th ...


Notes


References


External links


Official Site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Awaiting Kirin Taiga drama 2020 Japanese television series debuts 2021 Japanese television series endings Cultural depictions of Akechi Mitsuhide Cultural depictions of Oda Nobunaga Cultural depictions of Takeda Shingen Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Ieyasu Cultural depictions of Toyotomi Hideyoshi Television productions suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic Television series set in the 16th century