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==Details==
*'''Title:''' 私が私であるために
*'''Title (romaji):''' Watashi ga Watashi de Aru Tame ni
*'''Also known as:''' Because I Am Me
*'''Format:''' Tanpatsu
*'''Genre:''' Drama
*'''Viewership ratings:''' 7.8%
*'''Broadcast network:''' NTV
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2006-Oct-10
*'''Air time:''' 22:00~23:53
*'''Theme songs:'''
**'''Opening theme:''' ''Tomodachi no Uta'' by [[Wikipedia:Ataru Nakamura|Nakamura Ataru]]
**'''Ending theme:''' ''Kimi wo Hanasanai'' by [[Wikipedia:Kome Kome Club|Kome Kome Club]]
*'''Related show:''' [[Drama Complex]] (NTV)

==Synopsis==
Asahina Hikaru was born a male, but never felt comfortable in her own skin. After being diagnosed with gender identity disorder, Hikaru begins hormone therapy and lives life as a woman. One day Hikaru decides to tell her family about her decision to get sexual reassignment surgery.  However, with Hikaru being the family's only son and heir to its landscaping business, her father finds it difficult to cope with this decision.

==User/Viewer Ratings==
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==Cast==
*[[Aizawa Sakira]] (相沢咲姫楽) as Asahina Hikaru
*[[Hashizume Isao]] as Asahina Seiichi
*[[Takeshita Keiko]] as Asahina Noriko
*[[Asami Reina]] as Asahina Ibuki
*[[Nakamura Shunsuke]] as Morimura Tomo
*[[Toba Jun]] as Takei Ryota
*[[Hinagata Akiko]] as Shinohara Ayumi
*[[Nakamura Ataru]] (中村中) as Asumi Rin
*[[Hara Hideko]] as Doctor Tamura
*[[Nadaka Tatsuo]] as Doctor Watanabe
*[[Aoyama Sota]] as Tonomura Kazuki
*[[Masuoka Toru]] as Hirose
*[[Takeuchi Ami]] (竹内亜美) as Ami
*[[Isono Kiriko]] as Nurse
*[[Muroi Hibiki]]

==Production Credits==
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Kawashima Sumino]], [[Kamikawa Nobuhiro]] (上川伸廣)
*'''Producer:''' [[Maeda Shinichiro]] (前田伸一郎), [[Kurosawa Jun]], [[Sato Atsushi]]
*'''Director:''' [[Kamikawa Nobuhiro]] (上川伸廣)

==Notes==
*The opening theme ''Tomodachi no Uta'', sung by Nakamura Ataru (who is herself transgendered, and also makes an appearance in the drama) reached #9 on Japan's Oricon chart.

==External Links==
*[http://www.ntv.co.jp/d-complex/contents/20061010_m.html Official site]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:私が私であるために|Japanese Wikipedia]]

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