Kaze no Haruka

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Murakawa Eri as Mizuno Haruka

Correlation Chart
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Young childhood friends
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Details

Title (kanji): 風のハルカ
Title (romaji): Kaze no Haruka
Episodes: 151 (15 mins. each, 26 weeks)
Genre: Asadora drama, family drama
Viewership ratings: ep1=18.3, high=21.3, avg=17.5
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2005-Oct-03 to 2006-Apr-01
Air time: Monday thru Saturday at 8:15am
Original sountrack (OST): Kaze no Haruka - TV Original Soundtrack
Theme Song: Kazahana by Moriyama Naotaro

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Series Synopsis

The 73rd NHK Asadora Drama is Kaze no Haruka, written by Omori Mika. The story is on Mizuno Haruka from Yufuin, Oita Prefecture, which is known as a hot spring resort. At the age of nine, Haruka moves from Osaka to Yufuin with her father Yosuke and her younger sister Asuka because Yosuke hopes to open a restaurant in the town. Her mother Yuko, however, chooses to stay in Osaka and the parents soon get a divorce. Yosuke starts running a restaurant but ends up closing it down soon after. Ten years later, Haruka supports her family by working part time while going to a junior college. Worrying about Haruka, Yuko invites her to come to Osaka and offers her a job. Although she has not forgiven her mother, Haruka decides to earn money in Osaka to help Yosuke reopen the restaurant. Through various experiences in Osaka, Haruka gradually understands her mother and grows as a tour planner with her talent for pleasing people. The drama depicts Haruka’s struggle to regain family ties and to realize her dream. --- written by groink

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Synopsis by Week

73rd NHK Asadora - Kaze no Haruka
Episode Synopsis By Week

Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5

Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10

Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15

Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Week 20

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Weekly Ratings

When rating the NHK Asadora dramas, the researching firm samples one or two episodes per week. If there are two episodes sampled in a given week, the rating is the average of the two episodes. Rating information is provided by Video Research Ltd. of Japan. Episode numbering is provided by groink.

Week 1: "I've Come to a Soothing Town" (2005/10/6 M ep004) - 18.7
Week 2: "Goodbye, Mom" (2005/10/11 T ep008) - 17.9
Week 3: "The Family's New Start" (2005/10/19 W ep015) - 18.2
Week 4: "Let's Try to Get Along" (2005/10/27 Th ep022) - 18.1
Week 5: "Could It Be... Love?" (2005/10/31 M ep025) - 17.3
Week 6: "Dad Came" (2005/11/12 S ep036) - 17.0
Week 7: "One-sided Love Hurts" (2005/11/17 Th ep040) - 17.7
Week 8: "Let's Dance!" (2005/11/25 F ep047) - 17.4
Week 9: "Being With Mom When You're Sick" (2005/12/01 Th ep052) - 17.9
Week 10: "Haruka's Spring Vacation" (2005/12/05 M ep055) - 17.6
Week 11: "Spring Vacation Continues" (2005/12/12 M ep061) - 18.0
Week 12: "Love or Career?" (2005/12/22 Th ep070) - 18.8
Week 13: "If You Lose Your Way, Follow the Wind" (2005/12/27 T ep074) - 18.3

Week 14: "Shining Memories" (2005-Dec-27 T ep077) - 18.3
Week 15: "Goodbye, Restless Town" (2006-Jan-13 F ep084) - 17.6
Week 16: "Welcome to the Music Festival" (2006-Jan-20 F ep090) - 18.2
Week 17: "The Raging Storm of Love" (2006-Jan-23 M ep092) - 18.2
Week 18: "You're Pregnant?" (2006-Jan-31 T, Feb-01 W, Feb-02 Th ep099-101) - 18.1
Week 19: "Let's Get Married" (2006-Feb-11 S ep109) - 19.2
Week 20: "Run Toward the Future" (2006-Feb-16 M ep110) - 20.3
Week 21: "Wobbling Balancing Toy" (2006-Feb-22 W ep118) - 20.9
Week 22: "Let's Eat!" (2006-Mar-03 F ep126) - 20.2
Week 23: "We Christen Thee!" (2006-Mar-06 M thru Mar-09 Th ep128-131) - 19.1
Week 24: "Take It Very, Very Slowly" (2006-Mar-17 F ep138) - 20.9
Week 25: "Love" (2006-Mar-23 Th ep143) - 20.4
FINAL Week: "Wrapped in the Winds of Happiness" (2006-Mar-30 F ep150) - 21.3

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Cast

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Mizuno Family

Murakawa Eri as Mizuno Haruka (heroine, age 19)
- Murasaki Maya (村崎真彩) as young Haruka (heroine age 9)
Watanabe Ikkei as Mizuno Yosuke (father of Haruka)
Maya Miki as Kanzaki Yuko (mother of Haruka)
Kurokawa Mei as Mizuno Asuka (younger sister of Haruka)
- Masuoka Mei (桝岡明) as young Asuka

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Kanzaki Family

Asaoka Yukiji as Kanzaki Chii
Miyazaki Yoshiko as Kanzaki Mitsuyo
Masu Takeshi as Kanzaki Hifumi
Nakamura Tomoya as Kanzaki Yukio
Suzuki Sotaro as young Yukio

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Kurata Family

Kimura Yoshino as Kurata Momoe
Fuji Tatsuya as Kurata Sokichi
Kikawada Masaya as Kurata Masami
- Tomashino Kazuma (笘篠和馬) as young Masami

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Childhood Friends

Mizukawa Asami as Kiuchi Nanae
- Kanno Rio as young Nanae
Kinami Haruka as Hanada Mariko
- Nakamura Ai (中村愛) as young Mariko
Ideguchi Tetsuya (出口哲也) as Yamanaka Satoshi
- Matsuda Yawara (松田和) as young Satoshi
Morita Naoyuki (森田直幸) as Kiuchi Tomoya

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Kanko Tourist Assn. Office

Hotaru Yukijiro as Fujisawa Yoshizo
Miura Rieko as Murasaki Shizuko

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Soyokaze Travel Agency

Bessho Tetsuya as Aoki Kenji
Higashimura Masao (東村雅夫) as Ukon Tsuneo
Katsura Bunchin (桂文珍) as Yomoyama Kazuyuki
Nakamichi Yuko (中道裕子) as Fuchigami Chiyuki
Chisun (ちすん) as Fukada Tsuko
Yamamoto Yoshiaki (山本禎顕) as Satou Makoto

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Others

Kondo Kouen as Hamaguchi Yusuke
Matsuoka Mitsuru as Sarumaru Keitaro
Megumi as Higashiyama Aya
Hana Yuri (華ゆり) as Inukai Ranko
Izumi Keiko (泉敬子) as Kitamuki Junko
Sendo Akiho as Okunuki Hiromi (guest, ep32)
Masuoka Toru as Mihama Katsonori (guest, ep74)

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Production Credits

Screenwriter: Oomori Mika
Producer: Kataoka Keiji
Music: Honda Toshiyuki
Narrator: Nakamura Meiko as Mount Yufudake. Strange enough, the narrator is actually the tallest mountain in Yufuin.

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Review

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Notes

Kaze no Haruka Special (「風のハルカ」スベシャル) aired on 10/10 from 8:35am to 9:30am JST, and again on 10/16 from 5:00pm to 5:54pm JST. The SP features an interview with heroine Murakawa Eri and highlights of future episodes. If you do get the opportunity to watch this SP, make sure you watch it AFTER watching episode 6, BUT before watching episode 7.
What are the food items displayed at the end of each episode? They are photos of different dishes representing the Kyushu cuisine. The town of Yufuin sits in the middle of Kyushu Island.
The icon for this asadora is a stuffed bunny critter named Kirimon-chan. Brand-new, it's pink. But when you submerge it in hot water (or a hot spring) for 30 seconds, it turns blue. Kurata-san uses Kirimon-chan as a symbol of Yufuin, and sells it at Kurata Inn.

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