Heaven's Coin

{{Short description|1995 Japanese television drama series}}

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{{Nihongo|Heaven's Coin{{cite web |title=Heaven's Coin' |url=https://www.ntv.co.jp/english/pc/2012/03/heavens-coin.html |publisher=Nippon TV |access-date=8 September 2022}}|星の金貨 ―Die Sterntaler―|Hoshi no Kinka|{{lit}} "Stars' Coins"}} is a 1995 Japanese television drama series. The series revolves around {{nihongo|Aya Kuramoto|倉本 彩|Kuramoto Aya}}, a deaf and mute girl from Hokkaido who is in love with a doctor named {{nihongo|Shūichi Nagai|永井 秀一|Nagai Shūichi}}. After Shūichi leaves for Tokyo, he has an accident and loses his memory. Aya travels to Tokyo and encounters {{nihongo|Takumi Nagai|永井 拓巳|Nagai Takumi}}, Shūichi's brother.

The sequel series, {{nihongo|Heaven's Coin: Part 2|続・星の金貨|Zoku Hoshi no Kinka}}, aired in 1996,{{cite book|author1=Jonathan Clements|author2=Motoko Tamamuro|title=The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LzeSd4SvU7cC&pg=PA238|date=1 November 2003|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|isbn=978-1-880656-81-5|pages=113–114}} continues where the previous series left off.

The third series, {{nihongo|Heaven's Coin: Part 3{{cite web |title=Heaven's Coin Part 3 |url=https://www.ntv.co.jp/english/pc/2011/03/heavens-coinpart-3.html |publisher=Nippon TV |access-date=6 June 2022}}|新・星の金貨|Shin Hoshi no Kinka}}, which ran for 11 episodes in 2001, uses a new set of characters, starring Mari Hoshino as the deaf heroine.

The opening theme for the original season is "Aoi Usagi" by Noriko Sakai. The opening theme for Heaven's Coin: Part 2 is "Kagami no Dress", also by Sakai.