Omusubi (TV series)

{{Infobox television

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| genre = {{transliteration|ja|Dorama}}

| creator =

| writer = Nonji Nemoto

| director = {{Plainlist|

Yūsuke Noda and others

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| narrated = Lily Franky

| open_theme = "Illumination" by B'z

| composer = Hiroaki Tsutsumi

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

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| producer = Hiroshi Sugahara

| runtime = 15 minutes

| company = NHK Osaka

| network = NHK

| first_aired = {{Start date|2024|09|30}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2025|03|28}}

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{{Nihongo||おむすび|Omusubi|lead=yes}}{{cite web |url= https://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/detail/177941654831|title= Omusubi|access-date= 9 October 2024|work= NHK Enterprises}} is a Japanese television drama series and the 111th Asadora series, following The Tiger and Her Wings.

Plot

Born in the first year of Heisei (1989), Yui Yoneda was influenced by the somewhat outdated {{transliteration|ja|Gyaru}} culture during her high school years. Despite her aspiration to become a nutritionist, she never forgets her Gyaru spirit and navigates through the Heisei era with determination.{{cite web |url= https://mantan-web.jp/article/20240916dog00m200034000c.html|title= おむすび:【登場人物紹介】橋本環奈主演の朝ドラ平成元年生まれの主人公・米田結やがて栄養士の道へ|access-date= 9 October 2024|work= Mantan-web|date= 16 September 2024}}

Cast

= Yoneda family =

Kanna Hashimoto as Yui Yoneda. She experienced the Great Hanshin earthquake during her childhood and later moved to Fukuoka. Her nickname is Omusubi.
Ameri Isomura as young Yui
Riisa Naka as Ayumi "Ayu" Yoneda, Yui's sister
Saki Takamatsu as young Ayumi
Yukiya Kitamura as Masato Yoneda, Yui's father
Kumiko Aso as Aiko Yoneda, Yui's mother
Yoshiko Miyazaki as Kayo Yoneda, Yui's grandmother
Ken Matsudaira as Eikichi Yoneda, Yui's grandfather. He is a big fan of the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks.
Chise Niitsu as Hana Yoneda, Yui and Shoya's daughter
Ririsa Miyazaki as young Hana

= Yotsugi family =

Hayato Sano as Shoya Yotsugi, Yui's husband
Wakana Sakai as Sachiko Yotsugi, Shoya's mother
Takaya Yamauchi as Takanori Yotsugi, Shoya's father

= Yui's high school friends =

Araki Sugō as Yota Koga
Leo Matsumoto as Ryosuke Kazami
Shuri Nakamura as Emi Miyazaki

= Hakata ''Gyaru'' union =

Mirichamu as Ruri "Lurie" Mashima
Misaki Tanifuji as Tamako "Tamatchi" Sato
Natsumi Okamoto as Suzune "Suzurin" Tanaka
Meimi Tamura as Risa "Risapon" Yuzuki

= People of Kobe =

Naoto Ogata as Takao Watanabe
Miyu Oshima as Maki Watanabe, Takao's daughter
Midoriko Kimura as Misae Sakuma
Shin'ya Niiro as Takeo Wakabayashi
Katsunori Uchiba as Yoshizo Takahashi
Takashi Utsumi (Milk Boy) as Akira Ōsaki
Hideaki Okajima as Yasuhiko Fukuda
Rena Matsui as Mika "Chanmika" Aihara
Shima Tabata as Natsumi Sakuma

= Kobe Nutrition College =

Maika Yamamoto as Sachi Yabuki
Yuna Taira as Kasumi Yugami
Shinya Kote as Manabu Morikawa
Saki Aibu as Machiko Sakuraba
Long Mizuma as Jōji Ishiwatarari

= People of Itoshima =

Shinnosuke Ikehata as Himiko
Wataru Ichinose as Yuma Sasaki
Shinobu Hasegawa (Sissonne) as Tamotsu Matsubara
Yumi Wakatsuki as Ikumi Igarashi
Haruka Kodama as Sayaka Kawai
Akimasa Haraguchi as Seiya Kusano
Goriken as Takeshi Koga
Yu Saito (Parachute Butai) as Shinsuke Ōmura
Kunihiro Suda as Kōhei Ide
Butch as Kyōsuke izukaI
Kenji Tanaka as a master of ceremonies
Rio Teramoto as Asuka Ōkōchi

= Hoshikawa Electric Baseball Club =

Mandy Sekiguchi as Ryuji Sawada
Yasuhito Shimao as Shigeharu Nakamura, the team manager
Hiroki Miyake as Shusaku Tatekawa, a nutritionist
Riku Hagiwara as Naoya Haraguchi, a nutritionist
Narumi as Ikuyo Okubo
Ema Maeno as Akane Tanaka

= Osaka Shin-Yodogawa Memorial Hospital =

Mari Hamada as Fumika Tsukamoto
Fu Hinami as Miwa Kuwahara
Atsuhiro Inukai as Satoshi Sugisawa
Munenori Nagano as Eito Matsuzaki
Nagiko Tsuji as Akari Shinomiya
Kana Shimazui as Riko Kakinuma
Takeaki Yoshida as Taku Ishida
Tōru Baba as Naohisa Morishita
Anne Nakamura as Reina Kamata
Takuya Inoue as Haruya Inoue

= Others =

Wataru Ichinose as Yuma Sasaki
Kenshiro Kawanishi as Matsumoto, a sportswriter
Norika Fujiwara as Sayuri Saijo
Naomi Watanabe as Akipi
Alice Hiyama as Marie Sone
Keisuke Yamauchi as himself
Ruy Ramos as himself
Yumi Asō as Shigeko Mukai
Gaku Hosokawa as Takahiro Maruo
Miyu Oshima{{Efn|dual role}} as Uta Tahara, a girl who closely resembles Maki

Production

NHK offered the role of Yui, the heroine, to Kanna Hashimoto. However, as her schedule was already full with the London performances of the stage play Spirited Away and filming for the sequel of the Kingdom movie series, her agency initially planned to decline the offer. Nevertheless, NHK promised to make every effort to accommodate her existing commitments, and they eventually reached an agreement.{{cite web |url= https://jisin.jp/entertainment/entertainment-news/2378947/|title= 橋本環奈朝ドラ中に異例の映画撮影へ…ヒロインなのに約50日不在でも"NHKが許すワケ"|access-date= 9 October 2024|work= Josei Jishin}}

The supporting cast includes many actors and comedians with connections to Fukuoka.{{cite web |url= https://www.nhk.jp/g/blog/z6c4dvxv9eq0/|title= 連続テレビ小説『おむすび』福岡・糸島編追加キャスト発表!|access-date= 9 October 2024|work= NHK}}

TV schedule

Week	Episodes	Title	Directed by	Original airdate	Rating
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1	1–5	{{nihongo\|"Omusubi to Gyaru"\|おむすびとギャル}}	Yūsuke Noda	September 30–October 4, 2024	16.1%
2	6–10	{{nihongo\|"Gyaru tte Nan nan?"\|ギャルって何なん?}}	Kensuke Matsuki	October 7–11, 2024	14.7%
3	11–15	{{nihongo\|"Yume tte Nan nan?"\|夢って何なん?}}	Yūsuke Noda	October 14–18, 2024	13.5%
4	16–20	{{nihongo\|"Uchi to Oneechan"\|うちとお姉ちゃん}}	Michi Ono	October 21–25, 2024	12.9%
5	21–25	{{nihongo\|"Ano Hi no Koto"\|あの日のこと}}	Kensuke Matsuki	October 28–November 1, 2024	14.2%
6	26–30	{{nihongo\|"Uchi, Gyaru, Yameruken"\|うち、ギャル、やめるけん}}	Michi Ono	November 4–8, 2024	13.6%
7	31–35	{{nihongo\|"Omusubi, Koi o Suru"\|おむすび、恋をする}}	Yūsuke Noda	November 11–15, 2024	13.9%
8	36–40	{{nihongo\|"Sayonara Itoshima Tadaima Kobe"\|さよなら糸島ただいま神戸}}	Makoto Bonkobara	November 18–22, 2024	14.1%
9	41–45	{{nihongo\|"Sasaeru tte Nan nan?"\|支えるって何なん?}}	Yōhei Ōno	November 25–29, 2024	13.3%
10	46–50	{{nihongo\|"Hito Sorezore de Yoka"\|人それぞれでよか}}	Michi Ono	December 2–6, 2024	13.2%
11	51–55	{{nihongo\|"Shūshoku tte Nan nan?"\|就職って何なん?}}	Yōhei Ōno	December 9–13, 2024	13.4%
12	56–60	{{nihongo\|"Hataraku tte Nan nan?"\|働くって何なん?}}	Makoto Bonkobara	December 16–20, 2024	13.1%
13	61–65	{{nihongo\|"Shiawase tte Nan nan?"\|幸せって何なん?}}	Yūsuke Noda	December 23–27, 2024	12.7%
14	66–70	{{nihongo\|"Kekkon tte Nan nan?"\|結婚って何なん?}}	Hyoji Harada	January 6–10, 2025	12.9%
15	71–75	{{nihongo\|"Kore ga Uchi no Ikiru Michi"\|これがうちの生きる道}}	Takafumi Kudō	January 13–17, 2025	12.5%
16	76–80	{{nihongo\|"Warae, Gyarus"\|笑え、ギャルズ}}	Kensuke Matsuki	January 20–24, 2025	12.8%
17	81–85	"Restart"	Makoto Bonkobara	January 27–31, 2025	12.6%
18	86–90	{{nihongo\|"Omusubi, Kanri-eiyōshi ni Naru"\|おむすび、管理栄養士になる}}	Yūsuke Noda	February 3–7, 2025	12.6%
19	91–95	{{nihongo\|"Haha-oya tte Nan nan?"\|母親って何なん?}}	Hyoji Harada	February 10–14, 2025	12.4%
20	96–100	{{nihongo\|"Ikiru tte Nan nan?"\|生きるって何なん?}}	Kensuke Matsuki	February 17–21, 2025	12.3%
21	101–105	{{nihongo\|"Yoneda-ke no Noroi"\|米田家の呪い}}	Yūsuke Noda	February 24–28, 2025	12.0%
22	106–110	{{nihongo\|"Risō to Genjitsu tte Nan nan?"\|理想と現実って何なん?}}	Yōhei Ōno	March 3–7, 2025	12.3%
23	111–115	{{nihongo\|"Hanaretottemo Tsunagattōken"\|離れとってもつながっとうけん}}	Hyoji Harada	March 10–14, 2025	12.1%
24	116–120	{{nihongo\|"Kazoku tte Nan nan?"\|家族って何なん?}}	Michi Ono	March 17–21, 2025	11.9%
25	121–125	{{nihongo\|"Omusubi, Minna o Musubu"\|おむすび、みんなを結ぶ}}	Yūsuke Noda and Michi Ono	March 24–28, 2025	12.5%
colspan="6"\|Average rating 13.1% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).{{cite web \|url= https://www.sankei.com/article/20250331-NZP2PWKVBRDDLGMDZY3CU6BFWI/\|title= 「おむすび」が朝ドラ史上最低の視聴率13・1％「ウェルかめ」を0・4ポイント下回る\|access-date= 31 March 2025\|date= 31 March 2025\|website= The Sankei Shimbun\|language=ja}}