Celebrating the heroine of NHK’s “Bakebake” morning drama in 2013!　Yuriko Yoshitaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi….

The heroine of a morning drama is decided by audition or offer.

Akari Takaishi, 21, has been chosen as the heroine of NHK’s “Bakebake,” a TV drama series scheduled to air in the fall of 2013.

The 113th work in the series is modeled on Koizumi Setsu, the wife of Koizumi Yakumo (Lafcadio Hearn), a Meiji-era foreign writer known for his “Kwaidan” (ghost stories), which includes the story “Miminashi Yoshiichi no Hanashi” (The Story of Miminashi Yoshiichi). Takaishi plays the role of the main character, Toki Matsuno, and at a press conference held at NHK’s Osaka Broadcasting Station on October 29, she expressed her excitement, saying, “I have been a heroine of morning dramas since I was a child.

I have dreamed of being a heroine in a morning drama since I was a little girl, and now I am finally starting to feel it, and the warm expressions on everyone’s faces have filled my heart.

The heroine of a morning drama is chosen either by audition or by direct offer to the actress. This time, an audition was held and 2,892 people were selected, the third largest number in the history of morning dramas.

The position of “morning drama heroine” as a “gateway to success” for young actresses has not changed. Anne (38) in “Gochisousan” (the second half of 2001) and Sairi Ito (30) in “Tora ni Tsubasa” (the first half of 2012) were offered the role, while Reina NONEN (31) in “Amachan” (the first half of 2001) and Tsuchino (31) in “Mare” (the first half of 2003) were not. Tao Tsuchiya (29) in “Mare” (first half of 2003) were selected through auditions. Most of the heroines have gone on to star in dramas and movies after appearing in morning dramas, so it is no exaggeration to say that their future is assured.

(TV magazine writer). A total of 113 actresses have appeared in morning dramas. Friday also paid attention to these actresses, including Yasuko Sawaguchi (59) in “Mio Tsukushi” (first half of 1985), who commuted to NHK by train every day, Satomi Ishihara (37), who played the heroine in “Teruteru Kazoku” (second half of 2003) at the age of 16, who appeared in a two-shot photo shoot with Tom Hanks, and Tom Hanks, who played the heroine in “Ume-chan” (first half of 2003), who appeared in a drama with Tom Hanks in 1983. We have reported the first glimpses of many heroines, such as the nervousness of the heroine, and the scene of Maki Horikita in “Umechan Sensei” (first half of ’12) at an event.

One of the most memorable is Yuriko Yoshitaka (36), who played the heroine in “Hanako to Anne” (first half of ’14).’ Let’s look back at the article in the September 19, ’14 issue.