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==Details==
*'''Title:''' 八重の桜
*'''Title (romaji):''' Yae no Sakura
*'''Format:''' Renzoku
*'''Genre:''' Jidaigeki
*'''Episodes:''' 50
*'''Broadcast network:''' NHK
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2013-Jan-06 to
*'''Air time:''' Sunday 20:00

==Synopsis==
“Yae no Sakura” will tell the story of Niijima Yae, also known as Yamamoto Yaeko, who was born into the Aizu Domain during the late Edo period. Skilled in gunnery, she helped defend Aizu during the Boshin War, earning her the nickname of the “Bakumatsu Joan of Arc.” After the war, she married educator Joseph Hardy Neesima (Niijima Jo) and became a Christian, and she helped Neesima found Doshisha University. --''[http://www.tokyograph.com/news/nhk-announces-2013-taiga-drama-starring-ayase-haruka Tokyograph]''

==Cast==
[[File:Yae Chart.jpg|thumb|320px|Character Relationship Chart]]
*[[Ayase Haruka]] as Niijima Yae

'''Yamamoto Clan'''
*[[Matsushige Yutaka]] as Yamamoto Gonpachi
*[[Nishijima Hidetoshi]] as Yamamoto Kakuma
*[[Fubuki Jun]] as Yamamoto Saku
*[[Hasegawa Kyoko]] as Yamamoto Ura
*[[Kudo Asuka]] (工藤明須加) as Yamamoto Saburou
*[[Toda Masahiro]] as Tokuzou
*[[Yamano Umi]] as O-kichi

'''Matsudaira Clan'''
*[[Ayano Go]] as Matsudaira Katamori
*[[Nakanishi Miho]] (中西美帆) as Toshihime
*[[Inamori Izumi]] as Teruhime

'''Yamagawa Clan'''
*[[Yamamoto Kei]] as Yamagawa Hyoue
*[[Akiyoshi Kumiko]]　as Yamagawa En
*[[Tamayama Tetsuji]] as Yamagawa Ookura
*[[Ichikawa Mikako]]　as Yamagawa Futaba
*[[Katsuji Ryo]] as Yamagawa Kenjiro
*[[Shirahane Yuri]] as Yamagawa Tose
*[[Mizuhara Kiko]]　(水原希子) as Yamagawa Sakiko / Ooyama Sutematsu

'''Aizu women'''
*[[Miyazaki Yoshiko]] as Saigou Chie
*[[Kuroki Meisa]] as Takano Takeko
*[[Ashina Sei]] as Jinbo Yukiko
*[[Gouriki Ayame]] as Hinata Yukiko
*[[Kanjiya Shihori]] as Takagi Tokio

'''Aizu men'''
*[[Nakamura Shido]] as Sagawa Kanbe-e
*[[Nishida Toshiyuki]] as Saigou Tanomo
*[[Sato B-saku]] as Tanaka Tosa
*[[Kazama Morio]] as Hayashi Konsuke
*[[Tsukayama Masane]] as Jinbo Kuranosuke
*[[Saito Takumi]] as Jinbo Shuri
*[[Kitamura Yukiya]] as Akizuki Teijiro
*[[Okada Yoshinori]] as Hirosawa Tomijiro
*[[Ikeuchi Hiroyuki]] as Kajiwara Heima
*[[Yanagisawa Shingo]] as Kayano Konbe-e
*[[Kunihiro Tomiyuki]] as Yokoyama Chikara
*[[Yamano Fubito]] (山野史人) as Yanase Sanza-e mon
*[[Musaka Naomasa]] as Kurokouchi Dengoro

'''Edo Shogunate'''
*[[Koizumi Kotaro]] as Tokugawa Yoshinobu
*[[Ibuki Goro]] (伊吹吾郎) as Tokugawa Nariaki / Mito Nariaki
*[[Murakami Hiroaki]] as Matsudaira Shungaku
*[[Namase Katsuhisa]] as Katsu Kaishu
*[[Enoki Takaaki]] as Ii Naosuke

'''Others'''
*[[Oguri Shun]] as Yoshida Shouin
*[[Tanimura Mitsuki]] as Oda Tokie
*[[Koichi Mantaro]] as Furukawa Shunei
*[[Matsukata Hiroki]] as Oogakiya Seihachi
*[[Okuda Eiji]] as Sakuma Jouzan
*[[Hasegawa Hiroki]] as Kawasaki Shounosuke
*[[Odagiri Joe]] as Niijima Jo

==Production Credits==
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Yamamoto Mutsumi]]
*'''Executive Producer:''' [[Naito Shinsuke]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.nhk.or.jp/dramatopics-blog/2000/86512.html Official site]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:八重の桜|Japanese Wikipedia]]


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