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[[File:UmiHajimari.jpg|thumb|360px|Umi no Hajimari]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' 海のはじまり
*'''Title (romaji):''' Umi no Hajimari
*'''Format:''' Renzoku
*'''Genre:''' Drama, Family, Romance
*'''Episodes:''' 12 + 1 SP
*'''Viewership ratings:''' Avg: 7.6%, high: 9.5% (Kanto)
*'''Broadcast network:''' Fuji TV
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2024-Jul-01 to 2024-Sep-23
*'''Air time:''' [[Getsuku (Fuji TV)|Monday 21:00]]
*'''Theme song:''' ''Atarashii Koibito-tachi ni'' by [[Wikipedia:Back Number|back number]]

==Synopsis==
Tsukioka Natsu grows up having complicated relationship with his family and lives a life avoiding troubles and headaches. He was in a relationship with a woman called Nagumo Mizuki during his college days. The relationship was going well until one day Mizuki decided to break up. Since then, Natsu graduated from college, started working, and moved on with his new life. 7 years later, Natsu learns from his friends that Mizuki has passed away. At her funeral, Natsu finds out that Mizuki has a daughter and that he is the father. Natsu then struggles to become a father while thinking about the time the mother and daughter had spent together.

==User/Viewer Ratings==
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==Cast==
[[File:UmiHajimari-chart.jpg|thumb|130px|Correlation chart]]
;Main Cast
*[[Meguro Ren]] as Tsukioka Natsu
*[[Arimura Kasumi]] as Momose Yayoi (Natsu's girlfriend)
*[[Izutani Rana]] as Nagumo Umi (age 6, Natsu and Mizuki's daughter)
**[[Izutani Runa]] as Umi (age 3)

;Tsukioka Family
*[[Kido Taisei]] as Tsukioka Yamato (Natsu's half-brother)
*[[Hayashi Yasufumi]] as Tsukioka Kazuya (Natsu's step-father)
*[[Nishida Naomi]] as Tsukioka Yukiko (Natsu's mother)

;Nagumo Family
*[[Furukawa Kotone]] as Nagumo Mizuki (Natsu's ex-girlfriend)
*[[Otake Shinobu]] as Nagumo Akane (Mizuki's mother)
*[[Riju Go]] as Nagumo Shohei (Akane's husband)

;Odawara Chuo Library
*[[Ikematsu Sosuke]] as Tsuno Haruaki (Mizuki's co-worker)
*[[Yamada Maho]] as Mishima Meiko (Mizuki's co-worker)
*[[Kawasaki Koki]] as Maeda Toshimi (Mizuki's co-worker)

;Others
*[[Kyoka]] as Mitani Ayako (Yayoi's co-worker)
*[[Okuda Erika]] as Koide Shiori (Yayoi's co-worker)
*[[Yamaya Kasumi]] as Nogi Natsumi (Umi's homeroom teacher)
*[[Nakajima Ayumu]] as Fujii Hiroto (Natsu's co-worker)
*[[Matsumoto Risa]] (松本理沙) as Yamato's birth mother (ep3)

==Production Credits==
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Ubukata Miku]]
*'''Producer:''' [[Murase Ken]]
*'''Director:''' [[Kazama Hiroki]], [[Takano Mai]], [[Jung Eun Hee]] (정은희)
*'''Music:''' [[Tokuda Masahiro]]

==Episode Information==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!|Episode
!|Date
!|Ratings

|- 
|1
|2024-Jul-01
|8.0%

|- 
|2
|2024-Jul-08
|8.1%

|- 
|3
|2024-Jul-15
|7.1%

|- 
|4
|2024-Jul-22
|7.7%

|- 
|5
|2024-Jul-29
|7.2%

|- 
|6
|2024-Aug-05
|6.1%

|- 
|7
|2024-Aug-12
|6.8%

|- 
|8
|2024-Aug-19
|7.4%

|- 
|Special
|2024-Aug-26
|6.7%

|- 
|9
|2024-Sep-02
|7.6%

|- 
|10
|2024-Sep-09
|8.1%

|- 
|11
|2024-Sep-16
|7.8%

|- 
|12 END
|2024-Sep-23
|9.5%

|}

Source: [https://www.videor.co.jp/ Video Research Ltd.]

==Recognitions==
*'''121st [[Television Drama Academy Awards]] (Summer 2024):''' Best Actor - [[Meguro Ren]]

==External Links==
*[https://www.fujitv.co.jp/uminohajimari/ Official site]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:海のはじまり|Japanese Wikipedia]]

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