Namae o Nakushita Megami

Details

Title: 名前をなくした女神
Title (romaji): Namae o Nakushita Megami
Tagline: ようこそ、ママ友地獄へ。 / Yokoso, mama tomo jigoku e.
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Society
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 11.7% (Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2011-Apr-12 to 2011-Jun-21
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Theme song: Hajimari no Ballad by Angela Aki
- Opening song: moving on by Alice

Synopsis

The story focuses on a group of mothers who all have children around the same age. These women form a bond through sharing their anxieties about raising their children, each coming from a different background. However, the friendship between the five women also turns to jealousy and betrayal, due to the fact that their children are all taking similar entrance exams for elementary school.

Anne plays the protagonist Yuko, whose set of values as a woman, wife, and mother have been overturned, and she struggles to climb back from her fallen state.

Meanwhile, her four fellow mothers are hiding serious problems at home, despite their appearances. Ono Machiko plays a woman receiving verbal abuse from her husband on a daily basis, Kurashina Kana plays a “yankee mama” who got pregnant as a teenager by a truck driver, Ryo plays a capable woman running her own online shop, and Kimura Yoshino plays a popular reader model for a women's magazine. --Tokyograph

Cast

Correlation chart

Akiyama Family

Anne as Akiyama Yuko
- Mashima Yu (真嶋優) as young Yuko (ep2,10)
Tsuruno Takeshi (つるの剛士) as Akiyama Takumi
Fujimoto Kanata as Akiyama Kenta

Anno Family

Ono Machiko as Anno Chihiro
- Ito Ayaka as young Chihiro (ep2,10)
Takahashi Issei as Anno Hidetaka
Nagashima Terumi as Anno Sou

Shindo Family

Kurashina Kana as Shindo Mao
Igarashi Shunji as Shindo Riku
Tani Kanon as Shindo Rara

Sawada Family

Ryo as Sawada Rikako
KEIJI as Sawada Kei
Uchida Junki as Sawada Kaito
Imai Yuki as Sawada Kuto (ep1-2,4,6-11)

Motomiya Family

Kimura Yoshino as Motomiya Reina
Hirayama Hiroyuki as Motomiya Koji
Kobayashi Seiran as Motomiya Ayaka
Yamamoto Michiko (山本道子) as Motomiya Natsue (ep3-7)

Sunflower Children Kindergarten

Educators

Hagiwara Masato as Yuki Hiromi (ep1-5,7-9)
Yonezawa Shiori (米澤史織) as Kyoka (ep1-10)

Momo Group Child / Parent

Kasuga Kanon as Kijima Nanoha (ep1-4,6,8-9)
Kasagi Izumi (笠木泉) as Kijima Yayoi (ep1-3,5,8-9)
Sasahara Naoki as Kishimoto Ryo (ep1-4,6,8-9)
Haruki Misayo as Kishimoto Yukari (ep1-3,5,8-9)
Nameki Sena (行木瀬声) as Aoki Ena (ep1-4,8-9)
Akimoto Yuki as Yazaki Satoko (ep9-10)
Nakayama Rinka (中山凛香) as Yazaki Mari (ep10)

Togo Child School

Natsuki Mari as Togo Yuriko (ep1-2,5-6,9-11)
Mizuhashi Kenji as Aihara (ep3-5,8-9)

Others

Nakajima Hiroko as Kato Yumie (ep4-8)

Guests

Adachi Yumi as Fukazawa Masami (ep1-2,10)
Mizoguchi Reigo as Fukuzawa Kakeru (ep1-2)
Nakawaki Mikito as head of Yazawa Home (ep1)
Kuboyama Tomohiro (久保山知洋) as Yazawa Home employee Takada (ep1)
Takemoto Satoko (竹本聡子) as Yazawa Home employee (ep1)
Saito Kana (齋藤香菜) as Yazawa Home employee (ep1)
Yokota Emi (横田恵美) as the clothing shop staff (ep1)
Cho Tamiyasu as Fukazawa Naoki (ep2)
Aoi as Yuki (ep2,4,7)
Shimizu Sae (清水沙映) as shoe shop staff (ep2)
Okada Manami (岡田愛美) as a high school student (ep2,11)
Iwata Runaka (岩田月花) as Kakeru's swim school classmate (ep2)
Tsutsumi Masataka as Koga (ep3-5)
Takashima Hiroshi (高嶋寛) as Higashino (ep3-4)
Sorita Takayuki (反田孝幸) as Yamazaki (ep3,5,10)
Takasaki Kayo (高崎佳代) as a cleaning staff (ep3-4)
Nakajima Taeko (中島妙子) as a waitress (ep3)
Umezaki Kazunori (梅崎和宗) as Ono (ep3)
Takemoto Mariko (武本真梨子) as Nao (ep3)
Koizumi Aya as Kato Miya (ep3-7)
Oka Masashi (岡雅史) as a cameraman (ep4)
Sakata Teppei (坂田鉄平) as the waiter of the italian restaurant (ep4)
Minami Arisa (南波有沙) as a gossiping housewife (ep6)
Kuge Megumi (久下恵美) as a gossiping housewife (ep6)
Fujii Saori (藤井沙央理) as a hostess (ep7-8)
Takahashi Keiko (高橋慶子) as a hostess (ep7-8)
Sakurai Hijiri (桜井聖) as Meiho Gakuin staff (ep8)
Chiaki (千秋) as Momo Group parent (ep9)
Nishimura Izumi (西村いづみ) as Momo Group parent (ep9)
Nishida Natsumi as Higashino Rumi (ep11)
Mashita Yuki (真下有紀) as Meiho Gakuin interviewer (ep11)
Fujii Aki as Meiho Gakuin interviewer (ep11)
Nakano Junichiro (中野順一朗) as Meiho Gakuin interviewer (ep11)

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Watanabe Chiho
Producer: Asano Sumi
Director: Mizuta Naruhide, Nishiura Masaki
Music: Izutsu Akio

Episode Information

Episode	Subtitle	Ratings (Kanto)
01	The start of the war between the women! Welcome to the mother-friends hell…	09.5
02	Chilling reunion	11.2
03	Now, the family bond is tested	10.8
04	A punishiment for the cat burglar	10.5
05	Red tears of the entrance exam crazy moms	10.8
06	Then it came upon us, the ultimate crisis	10.8
07	After hitting rock-bottom, the escape begins	12.0
08	The kindergarten's biggest scandal	13.1
09	Your true enemy is right beside you now	12.4
10	The smile behind the lie and betrayal	12.2
11	The five women, their final answer	15.7
Average		11.7

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

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