Hiyokko

Hiyokko (ひよっこ) is a Japanese television drama series and the 96th asadora series, following Beppinsan. It was premiered on April 3, 2017, and ended on September 30, 2017.

Hiyokko
Promotional poster
Original title	ひよっこ
Genre	Drama
Written by	Yoshikazu Okada
Directed by	Hiroshi Kurosaki Tadashi Tanaka Takeshi Fukuoka
Starring	Kasumi Arimura Ikki Sawamura Yoshino Kimura Kazunobu Mineta Michiko Hada Rie Shibata Hitomi Satō Yui Sakuma Yūki Izumisawa Satoru Matsuo Kanji Tsuda Ichirō Yatsui Hayato Isomura Emi Wakui Kuranosuke Sasaki Ikkō Furuya Nobuko Miyamoto
Narrated by	Akemi Masuda
Opening theme	"Wakai Hiroba" by Keisuke Kuwata
Composer	Akira Miyagawa
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	156
Production
Producer	Hiroshi Kashi
Running time	15 minutes
Production company	NHK
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	April 3 (2017-04-03) – September 30, 2017 (2017-09-30)
Related
Hiyyoko 2 (Special drama)

Plot

Mineko Yatabe is a teenager living in a very rural area of Ibaraki Prefecture in 1964, the year of the Tokyo Olympics. Her father, Minoru, is a farmer, and often goes to Tokyo to do extra work for the family. This time, however, he goes missing. Mineko travels to Tokyo to find him, and begins to work at a small electronics factory while continuing her search. She makes many friends there, but the factory goes bankrupt and she is left unemployed. Luckily, she is hired by Suzuko Makino as a waitress at her restaurant, the Suzufuri-tei, which happened to be her father's favorite eatery. She lives at the boarding house next door, in which live a variety of people, from manga artists to college students. Mineko falls in love with a college student, Junichirō Shimatani, but they part when his father forces him to marry to save the family business. Mineko becomes friends with the movie star, Setsuko Kawamoto, who after learning of Mineko's father, reveals that Minoru has been living in her apartment all along. He lost his memory in a fight and Setsuko took him in. Mineko returns Minoru to his family in Ibaraki. Mineko then falls in love with Hidetoshi Maeda, one of the junior chefs at the Suzufuri-tei. She also helps Setsuko, when Setsuko needs to flee from the press after her aunt and uncle misappropriated her money.

Cast

Main character

• Kasumi Arimura as Mineko Yatabe

Oku-Ibaraki village

Yatabe family

• Ikkō Furuya [ja] as Shigeru Yatabe, Mineko's grandfather
• Ikki Sawamura as Minoru Yatabe, Mineko's father
• Yoshino Kimura as Miyoko Yatabe, Mineko's mother
• Kanau Miyahara [ja] as Chiyoko Yatabe, Mineko's sister
• Rai Takahashi [ja] as Susumu Yatabe, Mineko's brother
• Kazunobu Mineta as Muneo Koiwai, Mineko's uncle
• Shizuyo Yamasaki [ja] as Shigeko Koiwai, Muneo's wife and Mineko's aunt

Sukegawa family

• Yui Sakuma as Tokiko Sukegawa, Mineko's childhood friend and classmate
• Michiko Hada as Kimiko Sukegawa, Tokiko's mother
• Toshiya Tōyama [ja] as Shōji Sukegawa, Tokiko's father
• Kento Shibuya [ja] as Toyosaku Sukegawa, Tokiko's brother

Sumitani family

• Yūki Izumisawa [ja] as Mitsuo Sumitani, Mineko's childhood friend and classmate
• Rie Shibata as Kiyo Sumitani, Mitsuo's mother
• Shinji Asakura [ja] as Masao Sumitani, Mitsuo's father
• Hiroyuki Onoue as Tarō Sumitani, Mitsuo's brother

Others

• Satoru Matsuo as Jirō Mashiko, a school bus conductor
• Kanji Tsuda as Manabu Tagami, a high school teacher

Tokyo people

Suzufuri-tei

• Nobuko Miyamoto as Suzuko Makino, the shop owner
• Kuranosuke Sasaki as Shōgo Makino, the chef
• Hitomi Satō as Takako Asakura, the hall clerk
• Ichiro Yatsui [ja] as Kenji Igawa
• Hayato Isomura as Hidetoshi Maeda

Mukoujima Radio Factory

• Emi Wakui as Aiko Nagai
• Fujiko Kojima as Sachiko Akiba
• Yūki Yagi [ja] as Yūko Natsui
• Honoka Matsumoto [ja] as Sumiko Nabatame
• Ryōko Fujino as Toyoko Kanehira

Others

• Ryo Ryusei as Masayoshi Watahiki
• Kayoko Shiraishi as Tomi Tachibana
• Ryoma Takeuchi as Junichirō Shimatani
• Kavka Shishido as Sanae Kusaka
• Koudai Asaka [ja; es] as Yūji Tsubouchi
• Amane Okayama as Keisuke Nitta
• Yūji Miyake [ja] as Ichirō Kashiwagi
• Ken Mitsuishi as Gorō Fukuda
• Tomoko Ikuta as Yasue Fukuda
• Miho Shiraishi as Kuniko Takeuchi
• Yūtaro Furutachi [ja] as Yasuharu Kashiwagi
• Satoru Saitou [ja] as Zenzou Abe
• Sairi Ito as Saori Abe
• Haruka Shimazaki as Yuka Makino
• Miho Kanno as Setsuko Kawamoto
• Kai Inowaki as Yudai Takashima

Reception

The series was a ratings success, averaging 20.4% over the length of the series, with ratings improving as the show progressed.^[1]

References

1. "ひよっこ：記録にも記憶にも残る作品に 視聴率を分析 - 毎日新聞". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2018.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Hiyokko at IMDb

Preceded by Beppin-san

Asadora April 3, 2017 – September 30, 2017

Succeeded by Warotenka