Kounodori

Details

 * Title: コウノドリ
 * Title (romaji): Kounodori
 * Format: Renzoku
 * Genre: Medical
 * Broadcast network: TBS
 * Air time: Friday 22:00

Season 1

 * Episodes: 10
 * Viewership ratings: 11.41%
 * Broadcast period: 2015-Oct-16 to 2015-Dec-18
 * Theme song: Anata ga Koko ni Ite Dakishimeru Koto ga Dekiru Nara by miwa

Synopsis
The drama revolves around Kounotori Sakura, an Ob-Gyn doctor working at the Persona General Medical Centre who is also a gifted jazz pianist. His mother had died at childbirth and he was brought up in an orphanage, which is what fueled his ambition to be an ob-gyn. He hopes to be able to deliver every baby to this world, congratulating them on the gift of life given to their little bodies. -TBS

Cast

 * Ayano Go as Kounotori Sakura
 * Takamura Kaito as young Sakura
 * Matsuoka Mayu as Shimoya Kae
 * Yoshida Yo as Komatsu Rumiko
 * Tsunematsu Yuri as young Rumiko
 * Sakaguchi Kentaro as Shirakawa Ryo
 * Seino Nana as Sumida Mayumi
 * Hirayama Yusuke as Kase Hiroshi
 * Toyomoto Akinaga (豊本明長) as Funakoshi Takuya
 * Asano Kazuyuki as Ozawa Masanobu
 * Ayado Chie as Onoda Keiko
 * Eguchi Noriko as Mukai Shoko
 * Yamaguchi Sayaka as Arai Megumi
 * Hoshino Gen as Shinomiya Haruki
 * Omori Nao as Imahashi Takayuki

Guests

 * Kaname Jun as Kobayakawa Toshiya (ep1)
 * Usuda Asami as Kobayakawa Yoriko (ep1)
 * Shimizu Fumika as Yano Natsuki (ep1)
 * Oguri Shun as Nagai Hiroyuki (ep2)
 * Kawamura Yukie as Nagai Harumi (ep2,6)
 * Yamada Maho as Kimura Noriko (ep2,3)
 * Abukawa Mihoko as Murakawa Ikue (ep2)
 * Maeda Goki as Kihara Yuya (ep2,6)
 * Watanabe Kenkichi as Hiroyuki's father (ep2)
 * Sato Naoko (佐藤直子) as Hiroyuki's mother (ep2)
 * Ishida Hikari as Seto Kanako (ep3)
 * Otoo Takuma as Seto Keisuke (ep3)
 * Yamada Mochika as Seto Haruka (ep3)
 * Sato Shiori (佐藤栞里) as Negishi Wakana (ep3)
 * Watanabe Yuuta (渡辺裕太) as Negishi Daiki (ep3)
 * Wada Masato as Tanaka Jun (ep4)
 * Kawai Aoba as Tanaka Yoko (ep4)
 * Tsumura Kazuyuki (津村和幸) as Yoko's father (ep4)
 * Mitani Etsuyo as Yoko's mother (ep4)
 * Yamaguchi Mayu as Yoshizawa Rena (ep5)
 * Mochizuki Ayumu as Motokura Ryo (ep5)
 * Nakajima Hiroko as Yoshizawa Masami (ep5)
 * Hotaru Yukijiro as Motokura Kazuo (ep5)
 * Karasuma Setsuko (烏丸せつこ) as Kasahara Setsuko (ep5)
 * Tsuchiya Ryota (土屋良太) as Hayami Kenichi (ep5)
 * Takizawa Ryoko as Hayami Mitsue (ep5)
 * Asaji Yoko as Kagami Michiko (ep5)
 * Kitaura Ayu (北浦愛) as young Michiko (ep5)
 * Nishida Naomi as Aizawa Miyuki (ep6,8-10)
 * Moriguchi Yoko as Takeshita Atsuko (ep6)
 * Onishi Ayaka as patient (ep6)
 * Minamisawa Nao as Mori Asako (ep7)
 * Nakamura Yuri as Kawamura Misaki (ep8)
 * Tanimura Mitsuki as Tsuchiya Maki (ep8)
 * Morioka Ryu as Tsuchiya Masakazu (ep8)
 * Sakai Miki as Koizumi Akiko (ep9)
 * Kinami Haruka as Iizuka Ritsuko (ep10)
 * Sano Yasuomi as Iizuka Toshio (ep10)

Production Credits

 * Original writing: Manga by Suzunoki Yu (鈴ノ木ユウ)
 * Screenwriter: Yamamoto Mutsumi, Tsubota Fumi (坪田文)
 * Producer: Tawada Yutaka (峠田浩)
 * Director: Doi Nobuhiro, Kaneko Fuminori, Kato Naoki (加藤尚樹)
 * Music: Kimura Hideakira

Season 2

 * Episodes: 11.87%
 * Viewership ratings: 11.41%
 * Broadcast period: 2017-Oct-13 to 2017-Dec-22
 * Theme song: Kiseki by Uru

Synopsis
Set two years later. Story follows the growth and conflicts of Kounotori Sakura. He works as a doctor delivering babies and also performs as a concert pianist under the nickname of "Baby." -- TV Japan

Cast

 * Ayano Go as Kounotori Sakura
 * Matsuoka Mayu as Shimoya Kae
 * Yoshida Yo as Komatsu Rumiko
 * Sakaguchi Kentaro as Shirakawa Ryo
 * Asano Kazuyuki as Ozawa Masanobu
 * Eguchi Noriko as Mukai Shoko
 * Miyazawa Hio as Akanishi Goro
 * Hoshino Gen as Shinomiya Haruki
 * Omori Nao as Imahashi Takayuki
 * Furuhata Seika as Aso Risako
 * Matsumoto Wakana as Kurasaki Emi

Guests

 * Sasaki Kuranosuke as Ogishima Katsuhide (ep1)
 * Shida Mirai as Hayami Mana (ep1)
 * Izumisawa Yuuki (ep1)
 * Takahashi Maryjun (ep1)
 * Naoto Inti Raymi (ナオトインティライミ) (ep1)
 * Tsuchimura Kaho (土村芳) (ep2)
 * Fukushi Seiji (ep2)

Production Credits

 * Original writing: Manga by Suzunoki Yu (鈴ノ木ユウ)
 * Screenwriter: Tsubota Fumi (坪田文), Yajima Koichi (矢島弘一), Yoshida Yasuhiro (吉田康弘)
 * Producer: Nasuda Jun, Tawada Yutaka (峠田浩)
 * Director: Doi Nobuhiro, Kaneko Fuminori, Kato Naoki (加藤尚樹)
 * Music: Kimura Hideakira