Watashi ga Watashi de Aru Tame ni
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- Title: 私が私であるために
- Title (romaji): Watashi ga Watashi de Aru Tame ni
- Also known as: Because I Am Me
- Format: Tanpatsu
- Genre: Drama
- Viewership ratings: 7.8%
- Broadcast network: NTV
- Broadcast period: 2006-Oct-10
- Air time: 22:00~23:53
- Theme songs:
- Opening theme: Tomodachi no Uta by Nakamura Ataru
- Ending theme: Kimi wo Hanasanai by Kome Kome Club
- Related show: Drama Complex (NTV)
Synopsis
Asahina Hikaru was born a male, but never felt comfortable in her own skin. After being diagnosed with gender identity disorder, Hikaru begins hormone therapy and lives life as a woman. One day Hikaru decides to tell her family about her decision to get sexual reassignment surgery. However, with Hikaru being the family's only son and heir to its landscaping business, her father finds it difficult to cope with this decision.
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Cast
- Aizawa Sakira (相沢咲姫楽) as Asahina Hikaru
- Hashizume Isao as Asahina Seiichi
- Takeshita Keiko as Asahina Noriko
- Asami Reina as Asahina Ibuki
- Nakamura Shunsuke as Morimura Tomo
- Toba Jun as Takei Ryota
- Hinagata Akiko as Shinohara Ayumi
- Nakamura Ataru (中村中) as Asumi Rin
- Hara Hideko as Doctor Tamura
- Nadaka Tatsuo as Doctor Watanabe
- Aoyama Sota as Tonomura Kazuki
- Masuoka Toru as Hirose
- Takeuchi Ami (竹内亜美) as Ami
- Isono Kiriko as Nurse
- Muroi Hibiki
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Kawashima Sumino, Kamikawa Nobuhiro (上川伸廣)
- Producer: Maeda Shinichiro (前田伸一郎), Kurosawa Jun, Sato Atsushi
- Director: Kamikawa Nobuhiro (上川伸廣)
Notes
- The opening theme Tomodachi no Uta, sung by Nakamura Ataru (who is herself transgendered, and also makes an appearance in the drama) reached #9 on Japan's Oricon chart.