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Yae no Sakura

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. --Tokyograph

Cast

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

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