On March Getsuku , actress Ai Mikami attended a preview screening of the NHK Asadora drama "Kaze, Kaoru" (General TV, Monday to Saturday, 8am, etc.), which she co-stars with Juri Kosaka and will be airing in the first half of 2026, starting March 30th, held at the NHK Broadcasting Center in Shibuya, Tokyo. She spoke about the changes she has experienced since filming began and her thoughts on completing the first week.
"Kaze,Kaoru" is a buddy drama set in the Meiji era, featuring two trained nurses, Ozeki Chika and Suzuki Masa. The two graduated from the same nursing school, but struggle with how to interact with patients and doctors, and grow through clashes before eventually becoming the "strongest buddy." Migami plays the main character, Ichinose Rin, and Uesaka plays Oya Naomi.
Looking back on the filming so far, Mikami says, "It's been six months since filming began. We've been filming every day, and it feels like we spend more time speaking our lines as characters than we do as ourselves, so it's difficult to look at it objectively..."
"As Rin, I move forward while frequently remembering the events of the first week, so when I watched the footage again, I realized that it was because of these events that Rin decided to become a nurse, and it made me feel once again motivated. The first and second weeks will be very important for Rin and Naomi as they will decide how they will live their lives and whether they will become nurses, so I hope you will not miss it," she said.
Mikami says that since she began playing Rin, she has become "even more grateful to medical workers." She spoke of her own changes, saying, "I've come to realize that it's an incredible thing to work in such a tense environment, where not even a single mistake is allowed, and to think about what nursing is and what is right as a human being. My respect for them has grown even more, and I feel that I need to be able to act with that resolve in mind."
The press conference was also attended by Uesaka, who co-stars with Mikami, screenwriter Yoshizawa Tomoko, and production manager Matsuzono Takehiro.
