Waru (2022)

Waru

Details

Title: 悪女（わる）
Title (romaji): Waru
Tagline: 働くのがカッコ悪いなんて誰が言った? / Hataraku no ga Kakkowarui Nante Dare ga Itta?
Title (English): Bad Woman: Who said it's uncool to work?
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Workplace
Episodes: 10
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2022-Apr-13 to 2022-Jun-15
Viewership rating: 7.5%
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Theme song: Rokutosei by J-JUN with XIA
Related TV show: Waru (YTV, 1992)

Synopsis

Tanaka Maririn is a new employee who graduated from a third-tier college and was lucky to get a job at a major IT company. However, Maririn was assigned to the Equipment Management Department, which is known to be a super meaningless department. Maririn meets a mysterious and cool senior, Minegishi Yuki who asks her if she wants to get promoted. Using Yuki's advice, the enthusiastic Maririn decides to overcome the various difficulties face by women at the workplace and advance from the bottom of the company.

User/Viewer Ratings

4.00

(4 votes)

Cast

Correlation chart

Oumi Co., Ltd.

Main Employees

Imada Mio as Tanaka Maririn
Eguchi Noriko as Minegishi Yuki (Equipment Management Dept)
Suzuki Nobuyuki as Ono Tadashi (Project Planning & Development Dept)
Takahashi Fumiya as Yamase Shu (Cleaning Dept)
Mukai Osamu as T.O / Tamura Osamu (Overseas Division)

Sales Department

Shida Mirai as Oi Mika (ep1)
Aramaki Yoshihiko (荒牧慶彦) as Shirota Tetsushi (ep1)
Takagi Tomoyuki (高木トモユキ) as Takagi Mamoru (ep1)
Oguma Tatsuki as Akayama (ep1)
Omura Wataru as Midorikawa (ep1)
Hasegawa Tity (長谷川ティティ) as Oshitate Shinya (ep4)
Hamada Kazuma as Wakamatsu Masaki (ep4)
Yamaguchi Tomomitsu as Mishima Masanori (ep5-6)
Terakawa Rina as Manda Shizuka (ep5-6)
Minakami Kyoka as Momota Ayano (ep5-6)
Sakamoto (サカモト) as Chino Koji (ep5-6)
Matsuda Ryo as Nanao Akira (ep5-6,8)

HR Department

Ishikawa Ren as Haruta Sumire (ep1-2)
Hasegawa Nagi as Saeki Kotomi (ep1-2)
Onogawa Aki (小野川晶) as Kobayashi Sakura (ep1-2)
Ishida Hikari as Natsume Satoko (ep1-2,5,10)
Suzuki Tamayo (鈴木たまよ) as Akiyama Aoi (ep1-2,9-10)
Hayashi Yasufumi as Egami Tatsuhiko (ep2,7)
Wada Masanari as Morioka Takumi (ep2,9)

Marketing Department

Ishibashi Shizuka as Nashida Tomoko (ep1,3-4,10)
Takahashi Kensuke (高橋健介) as Onda Kazuhisa (ep3)
Oura Chika (大浦千佳) as Inagaki Kaori (ep3)
Okayama Hajime as Shimizu Atsushi (ep3-5,9-10)
Sudo Kanoko (須藤叶希) as Hayami Wakaba (ep3,10)

Engineering Department

Kondo Haruna as Kawabata Hikari (ep1,4,6,9-10)

Project Planning & Development Department

Anan Kenji as Hatanaka Kensuke
Ishii Anna as Itakura Yuko (ep6)
Ohara Azusa as Miyanishi Kana (ep1-2,4,9-10)
Akazawa Ryotaro (赤澤遼太郎) as Kosei Makoto (ep3-4,6,8-10)
Mikata Ryosuke as Kisaragi Hayato (ep7)
Sonim as Sasanuma Emiri (ep8-10)
Sakurai Yuki as Mamiya Mamiko (ep8-10)
Takahashi Tsutomu as Tsukishima Ryoichi (ep9-10)
Asa Tatsumi (阿佐辰美) as Hoshida Kanade (ep9-10)

General Affairs / Equipment Department

Satoi Kenta as Takeuchi Issei
Fujita Hideyo (藤田秀世) as Machiyama Hiromichi
Yamazaki Gakudai as Motoyama Yusuke
Ono Ryo as Majima (ep8)
Imai Takafumi as Hijikata Suo (ep8,10)

Cleaning Department

Yamashita Hiroko as Endo
Shinohe Keiko as Yoshida

Management Office

Ogi Shigemitsu as Shimada Reiji (Managing Director)
Yamada Meikyo as Kamiyama Den (President) (ep1,7)
Nomaguchi Toru as Kamiyama Denya (President's son) (ep5-7)
Okouchi Hiroshi as Ato Riku (Representative Director) (ep7)
Nanba Keiichi (難波圭一) as Baba Heizo (Representative Director) (ep7)

Customer Service Department

Watanabe Eriko (渡辺江里子) as Sanpei Hanako (ep2)
Tsubaki Yurina (椿弓里奈) as Miyagawa Momoka (ep2)
Otada Naoki (小多田直樹) as Ishikawa Keita (ep2)
Hayashi Kanako (林加奈子) as Chiba Anna (ep2)

Accounting Department

Shida Masayuki as Takigawa Motoki (ep2)
Meguri Hiroo (廻飛呂男) as Yoshitake (ep8)

Merchandise Department

Usui Eiji (碓井英司) as Oikawa Takashi (ep2,6,9)

Business Administration Department

Sudo Risa as Nitani Kyoko (ep5)

Overseas Division

Robin Barde as Michael Keith (ep6)

Receptionists

Ikegami Sarii (池上紗理依) as Hirota Moe (ep6)
Ito Rei (伊藤麗) as Asahi Norika (ep6)

Public Relations Department

Kitano Kii as Nezu Midori (ep7)

Rental Clothes Department

Abe Shohei as Muroi Mamoru (ep7)

Office for Promotions (Women Management Positions)

Kawamo Chiaki (川面千晶) as Mori Asami (ep9-10)
Sasaki Shiho (佐々木史帆) as Ichijo Nana (ep9-10)

Others

Akase Akari (あかせあかり) as Muramatsu Kanna
Kin-chan (金ちゃん) as Izakaya customer (ep1)
Sakai Ryota (坂井良多) as Izakaya customer (ep1)
Hiraizumi Sei as Tokuda Nagasaku (ep1)
Ichiyama Kisho (市山貴章) as Hasegawa Daigoro (ep1)
Ahn Mika (アンミカ) as herself (ep3)
J-JUN as "Kurumaya" employee (ep3)
Kameoka Takahiro as Kamei (ep3)
Tominaga Ai as Game designer "Onimaru" (ep4)
Komiya Hironobu (小宮浩信) as man (ep4)
Watanabe Tetsu as Maru (ep5)
Toyama Toshiya as Akagi (ep5)
yukino as Chiho (ep5)
Masu Takeshi as Kuniyasu Jun (ep6)
Goshu (剛州) as Kobayashi (ep7)
Kimura Midori (木村翠) as Kobayashi's mother (ep7)
Takamatsu Jun (高松潤) as Suzuki Taro (ep7)
Morozumi Shu (両角周) as Sayama Tatsuya (ep7)
Marsh Aya as reporter (ep7)
Kato Takako as Takeuchi Eriko (ep8)
Ema (英茉) as Maririn's delusional daughter (ep8)
由地珠苺 as Kimiko's daughter (ep8-9)
Morita Minato (森田湊斗) as Kimiko's son (ep8-10)
Akiyama Yuzuki (秋山ゆずき) as Tanimura (ep9)
Imazato Makoto as Beppu Ryuta (ep9)
Kato Mitsuru as Hyuga (ep9)
Miki Mikako as female manager training lecturer (ep9)
Ueki Shohei as Mamiya Tsukasa (ep10)
Kasugai Seina as Yoga instructor (ep10)
Narimatsu Osamu (成松修) as Nana's former superior (ep10)

Production Credits

Original work: Manga by Fukami Jun
Screenwriter: Goto Noriko, Matsushima Ruriko (松島瑠璃子)
Chief Producer: Kato Masatoshi
Producer: Morota Keiko (諸田景子), Oda Rena, Otsuka Eiji, Hirai Towako (平井十和子)
Director: Nagumo Seiichi, Uchida Hidemi (内田秀実), Yamada Nobuyoshi (山田信義)
Music: Matsumoto Akihiko

Recognitions

112nd Television Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2022): Best Actress - Imada Mio

External Links

Winter 2022	NTV	Summer 2022
Muchaburi!	Wednesday 22:00	Kateikyoushi no Torako