Top Caster
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Details
- Title: トップキャスター
- Title (English): Top Caster / Top Anchor
- Episodes: 11
- Genre: Family
- Viewership ratings: 18.25%
- Air time: Monday 21:00
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast period: 2006-Apr-17 to 2006-Jun-26
- Theme song: Dear Friend by Sowelu
Synopsis
Haruka Tsubaki hops on a plane from New York to Tokyo. She will be filling in the newscaster position on a news program that will begin airing on CNB Television. Haruka used to work as an anchor and was called "the legendary anchor" until she was involved in an incident that forced her to lose her position there. She flew to America alone to pursue her career as a journalist. It is Katsutoshi Shibata, the Senior Executive Director of the News Department that brushed aside strong oppositions and invited Haruna back. He tells her, "Do whatever you like. I'll take the responsibility."
At the headquarters of CNB, producer Shokichi Ichiba, director Kensuke Kanihara, announcer Mei Nohara, and the other crew are standing by for a meeting with Haruka. With great fear, they await the arrival of the legendary anchor. But when the door opens, only Katsutoshi is standing. He says Haruka headed to check out the news studio as soon as she arrived at CNB. The crew try to extend their greetings to her, but she pays no attention. Instead, she dismisses the programming strategy she was given, and insists, "Go for scoops."
What's more surprising is that Haruka appoints Nozomi Asuka — who was scheduled to deliver weather forecasts — as her assistant. She tells Asuka that it's the assistant's job to work alongside her for 24 hours and wake her up every morning. "Why do I have to spend my private time with her...?" Full of doubts, Nozomi heads to Haruka's apartment with her luggage. What awaits her? --Fuji TV
Cast
- Amami Yuki as Tsubaki Haruki
- Yada Akiko as Asuka Nozomi
- Tamaki Hiroshi as Kanihara Kensuke
- Tanihara Shosuke as Yuuki Masato
- Matsushita Nao as Nohara Mei
- Matsuda Shota as Iga Shunpei
- Tamaru Maki as Kanihara Tamako
- Sudo Risa as Konno Reiko
- Yajima Kenichi as Kakutaka Takao
- Toji Takao (ト字たかお) as Kanihara Saburo
- Namase Katsuhisa as Ishiba Shokichi
- Kodama Kiyoshi as Shibata Katsutoshi
Guests
- Hirayama Hiroyuki (ep01)
- Oji Megumi (ep01)
- Tonesaku Toshihide (ep01)
- Nukumizu Youichi (ep02)
- Sunaga Kei (須永慶) (ep02)
- Shio Kenji (塩顕治) (ep02)
- Sasaki Mao (ep02)
- Kuroda Fukumi (ep03)
- Nakamura Eiko (中村栄子) (ep03)
- Nakazono Yuno (中園友乃) (ep03)
- Katsurayama Shingo (ep04)
- Kasahara Hiroo (笠原浩夫) (ep05)
- Kishida Maya (岸田真弥) (ep05)
- Fukumoto Shinichi (ep05)
- Ryo (ep05)
- Fukasawa Arashi (ep05)
- Takubo Issei (ep05)
- Azuma Mikihisa (ep06)
- Ohbayashi Takeshi (大林丈史) (ep06)
- Yuge Tomohisa (ep06)
- Ichihara Kiyohiko (市原清彦) (ep07)
- Kyou Nobuo (ep07)
- Shimamura Mami (島村まみ) (ep07)
- Nemoto Shintaro (根本慎太郎) (ep07)
- Nakagoshi Noriko (ep08)
- Saito Yoshiki (斉藤嘉) (ep08)
- Chiyo Shota (ep08)
- Arakawa Yuu (ep08)
- Fuwa Mansaku (ep08)
- Hasegawa Hatsunori (ep08)
- Baba Toru (馬場徹) (ep08)
- Watanabe Tetsu (ep09)
- Ito Ayumi (ep09)
- Ibu Masato (ep10-11)
Production Credits
- Producer: Genouzono Yoshimasa
- Director: 平野眞, 葉山浩樹, 七高剛
- Screenwriter: Sakamoto Yuji
- Music: 佐藤直紀
Episode Ratings
- Ep 01: 23.1%
- Ep 02: 19.6%
- Ep 03: 18.7%
- Ep 04: 15.6%
- Ep 05: 18.5%
- Ep 06: 16.8%
- Ep 07: 17.3%
- Ep 08: 17.5%
- Ep 09: 17.1%
- Ep 10: 18.1%
- Ep 11: 18.5%
Awards
- 49th Television Drama Academy Awards : Best Leading Actrees: Amami Yuki
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