[img]https://s5.postimg.org/y8rom2t13/Hiyokko.jpg[/img] Title: ひよっこ Title (romaji): Hiyokko Format: Renzoku Genre: Drama Episodes: 156 Broadcast network: NHK Broadcast period: 2017-Apr-03 to 2017-Sep-30 Air time: Mon-Sat 8:00 Theme song: Wakai Hiroba by Kuwata Keisuke Synopsis The 96th NHK Asadora is about Mineko, a girl born in Ibaraki Prefecture, who comes up to Tokyo for the mass employment during the high economic growth period. The story begins in 1964, the year of the Tokyo Olympics, and portrays her eventful life and growth as a person. -- NHK Cast Ookuibaraki Village Yatabe family Arimura Kasumi as Yatabe Mineko (heroine) Sawamura Ikki as Yatabe Minoru (father) Kimura Yoshino as Yatabe Miyoko (mother) Furuya Ikko as Yatabe Shigeru (grandfather) Miyahara Kanau (宮原和) as Yatabe Chiyoko (younger sister) Takahashi Rai as Yatabe Susumu (younger brother) Mineta Kazunobu (峯田和伸) as Koiwai Muneo (uncle) Yamasaki Shizuyo as Koiwai Shigeko (aunt) Sukegawa family Sakuma Yui as Sukegawa Tokiko (Mineko's childhood friend and classmate) Hada Michiko as Sukegawa Kimiko (Tokiko's mother) Toyama Toshiya as Sukegawa Shoji (Tokiko's father) Shibuya Kento (渋谷謙人) as Sukegawa Toyosaku (Tokiko's elder brother) Sumitani family Izumisawa Yuuki as Sumitani Mitsuo (Mineko's friend and classmate) Shibata Rie as Sumitani Kiyo (Mitsuo's mother) Asakura Shinji (朝倉伸二) as Sumitani Masao (Mitsuo's father) Onoue Hiroyuki as Sumitani Taro (Mitsuo's elder brother) Other villagers Matsuo Satoru as Mashiko Jiro (bus conductor) Tsuda Kanji as Tagami Manabu (Mineko's school teacher) Hara Fukiko (原扶貴子) as Fujii (chemistry teacher) Kubo Akira as village mayor Kido Mitsuharu (城戸光晴) as Kotaro (bus driver) Tokyo People Suzufuritei Miyamoto Nobuko as Makino Suzuko (shopkeeper) Sasaki Kuranosuke as Makino Shogo (master chef and Suzuko's son) Sato Hitomi as Asakura Takako (clerk) Yatsui Ichiro (やついいちろう) as Igawa Genji (chef) Isomura Hayato (磯村勇斗) as Maeda Hidetoshi (apprentice chef) Other Tokyo residents Wakui Emi as Nagai Aiko Matsumoto Honoka as Nabatame Sumiko Ryusei Ryo as Watahiki Masayoshi