Tsubasa

Details

Title: つばさ
Title (romaji): Tsubasa
Title (English): The Voice of Hope
Format: Asadora
Genre: Family drama
Episodes: 156 (15 mins. each)
Viewership ratings: 1st=17.7, high=17.7, avg=14.8
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2009-Mar-30 to 2009-Sep-26
Air time: Monday through Saturday at 8:15
Theme song: Ai no Kisetsu by Angela Aki

Synopsis

The 80th NHK Asadora is Tsubasa a story about a 20-year-old girl, Tsubasa, who dedicates her life to helping her family and their traditional confectionery store. But her peaceful life is turned upside down when her missing mother returns home. She starts to work at a small radio station to repay her mother's debt but in a strange twist of fate, she becomes a DJ. --NHK

Weekly Synopses

User/Viewer Ratings

5.00

(one vote)

Cast

Tamaki Family

Tabe Mikako as Tamaki Tsubasa
Takahata Atsuko as Tamaki Kanoko (Mother)
Nakamura Baijaku as Tamaki Takeo (Father)
Yoshiyuki Kazuko as Tamaki Chiyo (Grandmother)
Tomiura Satoshi as Tamaki Tomoaki (Brother)
Komatsu Masao as Tamaki Umekichi (Grandfather)

Radio Potato

Takuma Takayuki as Manase Masahiko
Matsumoto Akiko as Maruyama Nobuko
ROLLY as Namioka Shotaro
Waki Tomohiro as Ronau Jiro

Kawagoe Residents

Inoue Waka as Shinoda Asako
Miura Akifumi (三浦アキフミ) as Suzumoto Shunsuke
Satoi Kenta as Suzumoto Hiroo
Yoshida Keiko as Utsugi Mari
Kaneda Akio as Utsugi Yasunori
Hirooka Yuriko as Utsugi Yuko

Others

Kawashima Akira as Beckham Ichiro
Yamamoto Mirai as Yokoya Michiru
Saijo Hideki (西城秀樹) as Saito Hironori
Koyanagi Yu as Otani Shota
Tezuka Satomi as Otani Sachie
Issey Ogata as Radio Man

Wagashi Craftsmen

Iwata Gan
Dan Tomoyuki (檀臣幸)
Uchida Akira (内田明)
Sakurai Maki (櫻井麻樹)

Guests

Shirasaki Nana (白坂奈々) as Tsubasa (age 10) (ep3)
Yuyama Atsuki (湯山敦紀) as Shota (age 10) (ep3)
Saito Seiroku (斉藤清六) as Tanaka (ep4)

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Todayama Masashi
Director: Nishitani Shinichi (wk1-3,6), Ohashi Mamoru (大橋守) (wk4-5,7)
Music: Sumitomo Norihito

Episode Information

Episode	Air Date	Subtitle	Kanto	Kansai	Nationwide
Week 01	2009-Mar-30 - Apr-04	20-year old Momma and the Wondering Mother	17.7	?	?
Week 02	2009-Apr-06 - Apr-11	Amatama-do, Forever	15.9	?	?
Week 03	2009-Apr-13 - Apr-18		16.0	?	?
Week 04	2009-Apr-20 - Apr-25		16.1	?	?
Week 05	2009-Apr-27 - May-02		15.6	?	?
Week 06	2009-May-04 - May-09		16.6	?	?
Week 07	2009-May-11 - May-16		13.9	?	?
Week 08	2009-May-18 - May-23		14.6	?	?
Week 09	2009-May-25 - May-30		15.3	?	?
Week 10	2009-Jun-01 - Jun-06		15.1	?	?
Week 11	2009-Jun-08 - Jun-13		14.8	?	?
Week 12	2009-Jun-15 - Jun-20		15.2	?	?
Week 13	2009-Jun-22 - Jun-27		14.0	?	?
Week 14	2009-Jun-29 - Jul-04		14.4	?	?
Week 15	2009-Jul-06 - Jul-11		13.8	?	?
Week 16	2009-Jul-13 - Jul-18		14.2	?	?
Week 17	2009-Jul-20 - Jul-25		14.4	?	?
Week 18	2009-Jul-27 - Aug-01		13.2	?	?
Week 19	2009-Aug-03 - Aug-08		13.4	?	?
Week 20	2009-Aug-10 - Aug-15		15.1	?	?
Week 21	2009-Aug-17 - Aug-22		13.5	?	?
Week 22	2009-Aug-24 - Aug-29		14.0	?	?
Week 23	2009-Aug-31 - Sep-05		14.1	?	?
Week 24	2009-Sep-07 - Sep-12		14.3	?	?
Week 25	2009-Sep-14 - Sep-19		14.3	?	?
Week 26	2009-Sep-21 - Sep-26		17.0	?	?
Average	---	---	14.8	?	?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Awards

2010 Élan d'Or Award: Newcomer of the Year - Tabe Mikako

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