Maiagare!

Details

Title: 舞いあがれ!
Title (romaji): Maiagare!
Also known as: Soar High!
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 126
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2022-Oct-03 to 2023-Mar-31
Air time: Mon-Fri 8:00
Theme song: I Love You by back number

Synopsis

Iwakura Mai grows up with her father, mother, elder brother, and the family runs a small screw factory in Higashi-Osaka. One day, Mai visits her grandmother, Shoko at the Goto Islands, located in Nagasaki Prefecture. The Goto Islands are surrounded with nature and Mai sees a kite flying strongly in the wide sky. After seeing that scene, Mai decides to become a pilot and fly high in the sky.

User/Viewer Ratings

2.00

(3 votes)

Cast

Iwakura Family

Fukuhara Haruka as Iwakura Mai (Heroine)
- Asada Halo as young Mai
Takahashi Katsunori as Iwakura Kouta (Mai's father)
Nagasaku Hiromi as Iwakura Megumi (Mai's mother)
Yokoyama Yu as Iwakura Haruto (Mai's elder brother)
- Ebizuka Saion (海老塚幸穏) as young Haruto
Takahata Atsuko as Saitsu Shoko (Mai's grandmother)

Iwakura Screw Manufacturing

Furutachi Kanji as Kasamaki Hisayuki
Aoi Yo as Yuki Akira
Oura Chika (大浦千佳) as Yamada Sae
Yoshii Motonori (吉井基師) as Komori Tomio
Nakamura Rintaro (中村凛太郎) as Bito Gaku
Nakamura Yasuhi as Furukawa Terumi
Kiuchi Yoshikazu as Miyasaka Toshikatsu
Hirada Osamu (平田理) as Sagara Yasumitsu
Ueda Hiroshi (うえだひろし) as Kakiuchi Kenjiro
Enokida Takato (榎田貴斗) as Fujisawa Tetsu
Ninomoya Akari (二宮星) as Uchiya Keiko
Yokooka Yuta (横岡祐太) as Inamoto Daisaku
Mura Satoshi (ムラサトシ) as Sunakawa Mitsuru

Umezu Family / Okonomiyaki Shop "Umezu"

Akaso Eiji as Umezu Takashi (Mai's childhood friend)
- Saito Kento as young Takashi
Yamaguchi Tomomitsu as Umezu Masaru (Takashi's father)
Kuwabata Rie (くわばたりえ) as Umezu Yukino (Takashi's mother)

Mochizuki Family

Yamashita Mizuki as Mochizuki Kurumi (Mai's childhood friend)
- Ono Saki (大野さき) as young Kurumi
Matsuo Satoru as Mochizuki Yoshiharu (Kurumi's father)
Komaki Megumi (小牧芽美) as Matsushita Hisako (Kurumi's mother)

Second-hand Bookstore "Déraciné"

Matayoshi Naoki (又吉直樹) as Yagi Iwao (Owner)
Kawashima Junya as Ryu Hojo (Takashi's editor)
Yagi Rikako as Akizuki Fumiko
Nakasu Toma as Hirota Daiki
Tokuami Mayu (徳網まゆ) as Negishi Hina

People at Higashi-Osaka

Toro Shu as Sone Takeo ("Umezu" customer)
Nakagawa Kozo (中川浩三) as Neya Chuzo ("Umezu" customer)
Yano Eiji (や乃えいじ) as Nagai Seiji ("Umezu" customer)
Yuasa Takashi (湯浅崇) as Furuta Shigeru ("Umezu" customer)
Bonchi Osamu as Mai's doctor
Masui Yukiko (増井友紀子) as Mikami (Mai's elementary school teacher)
Okamoto Miku as Tachibana Shiori (Mai's classmate)
Nakagawa Daisuke as Yagami Rentaro (Doctor)
Hano Aki as Yagami Keiko (Rentaro's mother)
Yamaguchi Sayaka as Misono Jun (News Reporter)
Tsurumi Shingo as Aragane Masato ("Hishizaki Heavy Industries"'s executive)
Suruga Taro as Yasukawa Ryuhei (Naniwa Birdman's alumni)
Kubota Maki as Wagatsuma Hanae (Sheet metal factory owner)

Ura Family

Suzuki Kosuke as Ura Shingo / Shin-chan (Megumi's former classmate)
Wakabayashi Genta (若林元太) as Ura Itta (Shingo's son / Mai's elementary school friend)
- Nohara Ichita (野原壱太) as young Itta
Ohashi Azusa (大橋梓) as Ura Riko (Shingo's wife)

Morishige Family

Matano Akihito (又野暁仁) as Morishige Asahi
Tsujimoto Mizuki ( 辻本みず希) as Morishige Michiru (Asahi's mother)

Other People on Goto Islands

Aikawa Sho as Kido Gou (Ship carpenter)
Nagahama Neru as Yamanaka Sakura (Jam seller)
Maekawa Kiyoshi (前川清) as Tani Hisaya (Doctor)
Nagai Kyo (永井響) as Yamaguchi Kunihiko (Mai's elementary school teacher)
Sakasegawa Mayo (酒瀬川真世) as Otsubo Reiko (Mai's elementary school teacher)

Naniwa University (Osaka)

Takasugi Mahiro as Kariya Hirofumi
Yoshitani Ayako as Yura Fumiko
Adachi Suguru (足立英) as Tsuruta Aoi
Trauden Toni (トラウデン都仁) as Saeki Hitoshi
Hosokawa Gaku (細川岳) as Tamamoto Atsushi
Niina Motohiro (新名基浩) as Sorayama Itsuki
Naganuma Ikuya as Nishiura Kazushige
Matsuo Koitaro (松尾鯉太郎) as Atsumi Shiro
Yamagata Takumi (山形匠) as Fujitani Tsubasa
Morita Tsuzumi (森田大鼓) as Kusakabe Yuki

Aviation Academy

Meguro Ren as Kashiwagi Hiroaki
Yamazaki Hirona as Yano Rinko
Hama Shogo as Nakazawa Shinichi
Daigo Kotaro as Yoshida Taisei
Sano Hiroki (佐野弘樹) as Mizushima Yuki
Anan Kenji as Tsuzuki Eiji (Instructor)
Kikkawa Koji as Okouchi Mamoru (Instructor)
Itakura Chihiro (板倉チヒロ) as Yamashita (Instructor)

Production Credits

Narrator: Sada Masashi (さだまさし)
Screenwriter: Kuwahara Ryoko (桑原亮子), Shimada Ureha, Kurida Ryota (佃良太)
Chief Producer: Kumano Noritoki (熊野律時), Sugawara Hiroshi
Producer: Uesugi Tadashi, Miki Kazuki (三鬼一希), Yuki Takafumi (結城崇史)
Director: Tanaka Tadashi, Noda Yusuke, Kotani Takayoshi (小谷高義), Oshima Keisuke (大嶋慧介), Matsuki Kensuke (松木健祐)
Music: Fuuki Harumi

Recognitions

115th Television Drama Academy Awards (Winter 2023): Best Theme song - I Love You by back number

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