Hotspot

Hotspot

Details

• Title: ホットスポット
• Title (English): Hotspot
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Comedy, Science fiction, Supernatural
• Episodes: 10
• Viewership ratings: 5.8%
• Broadcast network: NTV
• Broadcast period: 2025-Jan-12 to 2025-Mar-16
• Air time: Sunday 22:30

Synopsis

Endo Kiyomi is a 41 year old single mother who works at a business hotel located in a town at the foot of Mount Fuji. One day, her life changes when she realizes that aliens exist in the world she is living in.

User/Viewer Ratings

4.80

(5 votes)

Cast

Business Hotel "Asa no Muzumi" Ichikawa Mikako as Endo Kiyomi / Ki-chan (41) Serizawa Rin as middle school Kiyomi Mitani Yumi (三谷侑未) as 70 year old Kiyomi Kakuta Akihiro as Takahashi Kosuke (Front desk receptionist) Kinoshita Eita (木下瑛太) as elementary school Kosuke Koda Satoshi (幸田知士) as upper elementary school Kosuke Terashima Hiroki (寺島弘樹) as young Kosuke Kaho as Isomura Yumi (Front desk receptionist) Sakai Maki as Sawada Eri (Front desk receptionist) Shiraishi Shunya as Onodera Mitsuru (Front desk receptionist) Kyoka as Amamiya Shiori (Front desk receptionist) Noro Kayo as Nakamoto Kozue (Cleaning staff) Tanaka Naoki as Okuda Takahiro (Manager) Kohinata Fumiyo as Murakami Fumio (Long term guest) Kiyomi's friends Suzuki Anne as Nakamura Hazuki / Hacchi (Elementary school teacher) Otsuki Mirika (大月美里果) as middle school Hazuki Takahashi Hiroko (高橋ひろ子) as 70 year old Hazuki Hiraiwa Kami as Hibino Minami / Minapu (Nurse) Kakehi Rei (筧礼) as middle school Minami Shiki Izumi (紫城いずみ) as 70 year old Minami Kinami Haruka as Okada Ayano / Aya-nyan (Housewife) MEGUMI as Inamoto Noriko / Non-chan (Snack bar "Non" owner)

Others Sumida Moeno as Endo Wakaba (Kiyomi's daughter) Ohkura Koji as Tanaka Shinpei (Kiyomi's ex-husband) Shida Mirai as Manabe Mizuki (Snack bar "Non" hostess / Yumi's friend) Ikematsu Sosuke as Kishimoto Yuma (TV program director) Maeda Oshiro as Matsuzaki Shogo (TV program assistant director) Tamura Kentaro as Okada Shinichi (Ayano's husband / City hall employee) Hara Haruna (原春奈) as Okada Ritsu (5 / Ayano's daughter) Kikuchi Rinko as Umemoto Masako (45 / New mayor)

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Bakarythm (バカリズム)
• Chief Producer: Dosaka Tadahisa
• Producer: Oda Rena, Odai Yusuke (小田井雄介), Sakurai Yuichi, Noda Kenta
• Director: Mizuno Kaku, Yamada Nobuyoshi (山田信義), Matsuda Kento (松田健斗)
• Music: fox capture plan

Recognitions

• 123rd Television Drama Academy Awards (Winter 2025): Best Actress - Ichikawa Mikako
• 123rd Television Drama Academy Awards (Winter 2025): Supporting Actor - Kakuta Akihiro
• 123rd Television Drama Academy Awards (Winter 2025): Best Screenwriter - Bakarythm

Notes

• Hotspot reunites the production team of 2023 drama, Brush Up Life.

External Links

• Official site
• Japanese Wikipedia

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