Tsubasa

Tsubasa

Details

• Title: つばさ
• Title (romaji): Tsubasa
• Title (English): The Voice of Hope
• Format: Asadora
• Genre: Family drama
• Episodes: 156 (15 mins. each)
• Viewership ratings: 1st=17.7, high=17.7, avg=14.8
• Broadcast network: NHK
• Broadcast period: 2009-Mar-30 to 2009-Sep-26
• Air time: Monday through Saturday at 8:15
• Theme song: Ai no Kisetsu by Angela Aki

Series Synopsis

The 80th NHK Asadora is Tsubasa a story about a 20-year-old girl, Tsubasa, who dedicates her life to helping her family and their traditional confectionery store. But her peaceful life is turned upside down when her missing mother returns home. She starts to work at a small radio station to repay her mother's debt but in a strange twist of fate, she becomes a DJ. --NHK

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Cast

Tamaki Family

• Tabe Mikako as Tamaki Tsubasa
• Takahata Atsuko as Tamaki Kanoko (Mother)
• Nakamura Baijaku as Tamaki Takeo (Father)
• Yoshiyuki Kazuko as Tamaki Chiyo (Grandmother)
• Tomiura Satoshi as Tamaki Tomoaki (Brother)
• Komatsu Masao as Tamaki Umekichi (Grandfather)

Radio Potato

• Takuma Takayuki as Manase Masahiko
• Matsumoto Akiko as Maruyama Nobuko
• ROLLY as Namioka Shotaro
• Waki Tomohiro as Ronau Jiro

Kawagoe Residents

• Inoue Waka as Shinoda Asako
• Miura Akifumi (三浦アキフミ) as Suzumoto Shunsuke
• Satoi Kenta as Suzumoto Hiroo
• Yoshida Keiko as Utsugi Mari
• Kaneda Akio as Utsugi Yuko
• Hirooka Yuriko as Utsugi Yasunori

Others

• Kawashima Akira as Beckham Ichiro
• Yamamoto Mirai as Yokoya Michiru
• Saijo Hideki (西城秀樹) as Saito Hironori
• Koyanagi Yu as Otani Shota
• Tezuka Satomi as Otani Sachie
• Issey Ogata (イッセー尾形) as Radio Man

Wagashi Craftsmen

• Iwata Gan (岩田丸)
• Dan Tomoyuki (檀臣幸)
• Uchida Akira (内田明)
• Sakurai Maki (櫻井麻樹)

Guests

• Shirasaki Nana (白坂奈々) as Tsubasa (age 10) (ep3)
• Yuyama Atsuki (湯山敦紀) as Shota (age 10) (ep3)
• Saito Seiroku (斉藤清六) as Tanaka (ep4)

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Todayama Masashi
• Director: Nishitani Shinichi (西谷真一) (wk1-3,6), Ohashi Mamoru (大橋守) (wk4-5,7)
• Music: Sumitomo Norihito

Episode Information

Episode	Air Date	Subtitle	Kanto	Kansai	Nationwide
Week 01	2009-Mar-30 - Apr-04	20-year old Momma and the Wondering Mother	17.7	?	?
Week 02	2009-Apr-06 - Apr-11	Amatama-do, Forever	15.9	?	?
Week 03	2009-Apr-13 - Apr-18		16.0	?	?
Week 04	2009-Apr-20 - Apr-25		16.1	?	?
Week 05	2009-Apr-27 - May-02		15.6	?	?
Week 06	2009-May-04 - May-09		16.6	?	?
Week 07	2009-May-11 - May-16		13.9	?	?
Week 08	2009-May-18 - May-23		14.6	?	?
Week 09	2009-May-25 - May-30		15.3	?	?
Week 10	2009-Jun-01 - Jun-06		15.1	?	?
Week 11	2009-Jun-08 - Jun-13		14.8	?	?
Week 12	2009-Jun-15 - Jun-20		15.2	?	?
Week 13	2009-Jun-22 - Jun-27		14.0	?	?
Week 14	2009-Jun-29 - Jul-04		14.4	?	?
Week 15	2009-Jul-06 - Jul-11		13.8	?	?
Week 16	2009-Jul-13 - Jul-18		14.2	?	?
Week 17	2009-Jul-20 - Jul-25		14.4	?	?
Week 18	2009-Jul-27 - Aug-01		13.2	?	?
Week 19	2009-Aug-03 - Aug-08		13.4	?	?
Week 20	2009-Aug-10 - Aug-15		15.1	?	?
Week 21	2009-Aug-17 - Aug-22		13.5	?	?
Week 22	2009-Aug-24 - Aug-29		14.0	?	?
Week 23	2009-Aug-31 - Sep-05		14.1	?	?
Week 24	2009-Sep-07 - Sep-12		14.3	?	?
Week 25	2009-Sep-14 - Sep-19		14.3	?	?
Week 26	2009-Sep-21 - Sep-26		17.0	?	?
Average	---	---	14.8	?	?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Awards

• 2010 Élan d'Or Award: Newcomer of the Year - Tabe Mikako

External Links

• Official NHK Asadora Page
• Official English NHK Website
• Japanese Wikipedia

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