“It’s kind of weird that my name is written first (laughs).” She can’t help but smile with the script of her first starring role in his hands.Mio Imada (25) was full of energy even though she has been filming from early morning to night every day since the film was released in March. Her bob with its sweeping curves looks surprisingly good. She said, “I was offered the lead role in … when was it? (Checking with her manager) It was around last summer. I didn’t tell my family I’m going to play the lead role! I told them naturally over dinner.” “My mother was interested, saying things like, ‘Are you filming now’  My father, on the other hand, never says it out loud, but he is always the first to buy and read the original story of the drama I’m in. I really feel that he is looking forward to it.”   The original story of this drama is “Waru”. It is a popular manga from the early Heisei era. “I was more anxious about playing the lead role for the first time, but I was looking forward to playing the role of Maririn Tanaka in Waru. I have never played a character this bright and cheerful, so I had high expectations for how I would turn out.” Marisuzu is a pure and clumsy new employee who makes mistake after mistake, but is not discouraged and works hard to get closer to the senior whom she admires.