Fight
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Details
- Title: ファイト / FAITO
- Also known as: FIGHT
- Genre: Asadora drama, family drama
- Episodes: 160 15-minute episodes
- Broadcasted by: NHK
- Broadcast period: March 28 to October 1, 2005
- Opening theme song: FIGHT Opening Theme
- Original soundtrack (OST): FIGHT - TV Original Soundtrack, BVCF-31123
Series Synopsis
The 72nd NHK asadora Fight is a story about fifteen year old Yuu, whose family becomes separated after an incident involving her father's spring factory. With her undying spirit to "fight" off every obstacle arising in life, Yuu maintains her positive attitude and moves forward in hopes of the day when her family will reunite again.
Yuu's day beings with a secret ritual of visiting a racing horse stable. There, she kindles a unique and precious friendship with a throughbred horse named Jonko, who becomes Yuu's sole confidant in times of hardship.
In the midst of teenage years, Yuu undergoes a series of challenges in her daily life; from striving to make it into her school's prestigious softball team to forging friendships among her classmates. Yet, her life becomes further complicated when her father is forced to close down his spring factory after revealing a scandal involving Yuu's best friend Rika's father. To make ends meet for the family, her mother then makes the hard choice of moving away from home to work as a live-in maid at a Komanokan Inn in Shima Onsen. Despite the tremendous pressure and hardships Yuu faces throughout her life, she continues to battle and conquer every situation with the courage she draws from her kindred spirit, Jonko.
--- written by groink
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Weekly Ratings
- When rating the NHK Asadora dramas, the researching firm samples one or two episodes per week. If there are two episodes sampled in a given week, the rating is the average of the two episodes. Rating information is provided by Video Research Ltd. of Japan. Episode numbering is provided by groink.
- Week 1 (2005/3/28 M ep001) - 16.9
- Week 2 (2005/4/4 M ep007) - 15.8
- Week 3 (2005/4/11 M ep013) - 16.6
- Week 4 (2005/4/19 Tu ep020) - 16.0
- Week 5 (2005/4/26 Tu ep026) - 16.2
- Week 6 (2005/5/6 F ep035) - 16.5
- Week 7 (2005/5/14 S ep042) - 16.0
- Week 8 (2005/5/20 F ep047) - 16.6
- Week 9 (2005/5/24 Tu ep052) - 16.5
- Week 10 (2005/6/3 F ep059) - 18.1
- Week 11 (2005/6/9 Th ep064) - 16.7
- Week 12 (2005/6/15 W ep069) - 17.7
- Week 13 (2005/6/23 Th ep076) - 17.8
- Week 14 (2005/6/28 Tu ep080) - 18.1
- Week 15 (2005/7/8 F ep089) - 17.7
- Week 16 (2005/7/14 Th ep094) - 19.0
- Week 17 (2005/7/21 Th ep100) - 17.5
- Week 18 (2005/7/26 Tu ep104) - 18.7
- Week 19 (2005/8/5 F ep113) - 17.8
- Week 20 (2005/8/10 W ep117) - 18.7
- Week 21 (2005/8/16 Tu ep124) - 18.7
- Week 22 (2005/8/26 F ep131) - 21.9
- Week 23 (2005/9/1 Th ep136) - 19.0
- Week 24 (2005/9/6 Tu ep140 and 9/8 Th ep142) - 17.6
- Week 25 (2005/9/12 M ep144) - 18.4
Cast
Main characters
- Motokariya Yuika as Kido Yuu (heroine, age 15)
- Ogata Naoto as Kido Keita
- Sakai Noriko as Kido Asako
- Tanaka Saeki as Kido Dan
- Mitsubayashi Kyoko as Takakura Kayo
Takasaki
- Watanabe Toru as Kuroki Shuuji
- Kawahara Ayako as Komada Kotoko
- Kakiuchi Ayami as Kuroki Rika
- Miura Haruma as Okabe Kiyoshi
Shima Hot Springs
- Yuki Saori as Komada Kinuko
- Kodama Kiyoshi as Komada Takayuki
- Okayama Hajime as Komada Hajime
- Mihara Jyunko as Komada Toshimi
- Yamaguchi Makiya as Dr. Kawasaki Hiromichi
- Nekoda Jika as Yamada Matsuba (maid)
- Shishido Miwako as Kasai Takeko (maid)
- Tanabe Hikari as Ito Koume (maid)
Murakami Stables
- Tamura Takahiro as Murakami Yoshitaka
- Segawa Ryo as Shinagawa Taro
- Fujimura Shunji as Saigo Goichi
- Kusamura Reiko as Saigo Tamako
- Ogawa Ryuichi as Kazuya Kanai (veterinarian)
Kido Spring Factory
- Numata Baku as Kamei Tetsuo (senior employee)
- Yamazaki Hajime as Nakamura Yosuke
- Masuno Hidetomo
- Ishii Tomoya as Yoshimoto Ken
- Matsumoto Kanako as Yoshimoto (Kumagaya)
- Kobayashi Takashika as Takenaka Masahiko
- ?林高鹿 as Arai Hiromoto (newspaper writer)
Yuu's schools
- Kikuchi Kinya as Hayashi Michihiko (Takasaki Daisen Chugakko softball coach)
- Oikawa Izo as Shinjo Atsushi (Kazabana Joshi Koto Gakkou softball coach)
- Sato Hitomi as Kataoka Mari (homeroom teacher at Kazabana)
- Tajima Honami as Tono Shiori (classmate at Kazabana)
- Shida Nanako as Miramida Moe (classmate at Kazabana)
- Konno Narumi as Kitakaze Kaede (classmate at Kazabana)
Others
- Kozu Hazuki as Yasui Yoko (taught Asako flower arranging)
- Yamaguchi Ai as Yuu when she was very young
Production Credits
- Written by: Hashibe Atsuko
- Music by: Sakakibara Dai
- Narrator: Shibata Yukiko
- Artwork: Nishihara Rieko
Review
Ogata Naoto plays Keita, the father of the series' heroine, Yuu. Keita, who runs a factory that manufactures springs, is unable to relate to his adolesent daughter.
"I'm not really sure if I look like the father of a 15-year old daughter, Ogata said. "Since this is my first asadora, I might cause some inconvenience until I hit my stride, but I will be trying my best."
When Keita's craftsman's pride leads to problems that force him to close his factory, he and his family are forced to split up. "I play my part always thinking of how much I want our family of four to get back together again," Ogata said, very serious about his role.
Series heroine Motokariya Yuika and Ogata also appeared together in Sekai no chuushin, ai wo sakebu (Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World).
Sakai Noriko plays Asako, a mother of two. "This is a challenge for me. I want to play a cheerful mother," she said with a smile.
Asako had always been a housewife, but goes to work as a live-in maid at a hot spring ryokan in order to support her family. "I've always admired strong wives, so I am using this role as a learning experience. I think playing a warm-hearted mother who isn't too unfriendly would be about right," she said.
Once one of the top idols of her day, Sakai today is completely at home as an actress. "I want to cheerfully help the heroine along in whatever small way I can," she said, reassuringly.
--- translated by groink