Hiyokko

Details

 * Title: ひよっこ
 * Title (romaji): Hiyokko
 * Format: Renzoku
 * Genre: Drama
 * Broadcast network: NHK
 * Theme song: Wakai Hiroba by Kuwata Keisuke

Main Asadora

 * Episodes: 156 x 15 minutes
 * Viewership ratings: 20.4%
 * Broadcast period: 2017-Apr-03 to 2017-Sep-30
 * Air time: Mon-Sat 8:00

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

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 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)

People from Tokyo

 * 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)


 * Mukoujima Radio Factory
 * Wakui Emi as Nagai Aiko
 * Matsumoto Honoka as Nabatame Sumiko
 * Ryusei Ryo as Watahiki Masayoshi

Others

 * Fujino Ryoko (藤野涼子) as Kanehira Toyoko
 * Kojima Fujiko as Akiba Sachiko
 * Yagi Yuki as Natsui Yuko
 * Shiraishi Kayoko (白石加代子) as Tachibana Tomi
 * Takeuchi Ryoma as Shimatani Junichiro
 * Shishido Kavka (シシド・カフカ) as Kusaka Sanae
 * Asaka Kodai as Tsubouchi Yuji
 * Okayama Amane as Nitta Keisuke
 * Miyake Yuji as Kashiwagi Ichiro
 * Mitsuishi Ken as Fukuda Goro
 * Ikuta Tomoko as Fukuda Yasue
 * Shiraishi Miho as Takeuchi Kuniko
 * Furutachi Yutaro (古舘佑太郎) as Kashiwagi Yasuharu
 * Saito Satoru as Abe Zenzo
 * Ito Sairi as Abe Saori
 * Shimazaki Haruka as Makino Yuka
 * Masuda Akemi as narrator

Production Credits

 * Screenwriter: Okada Yoshikazu
 * Executive Producer: Kashi Hiroshi (菓子浩)
 * Producer: Yamamoto Akihisa (山本晃久)
 * Director: Kurosaki Hiroshi, Tanaka Tadashi (田中正), Fukuoka Toshitake, Itagaki Maiko
 * Music: Miyagawa Akira (宮川彬良)

Recognitions

 * 21st Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Apr-Jun 2017): Best Actress - Arimura Kasumi

Hiyokko 2

 * Episodes: 4 x 30 minutes
 * Broadcast period: 2019-Mar-25 to 2019-Mar-28

Cast

 * Arimura Kasumi as Maeda Mineko (heroine)
 * Sawamura Ikki as Yatabe Minoru
 * Kimura Yoshino as Yatabe Miyoko

Production Credits

 * Screenwriter: Okada Yoshikazu
 * Producer: Itagaki Maiko