The first episode of the Fuji TV Monday Getsuku drama "Saba-can, Going to Space," starring actor Takumi Kitamura , aired on April 13th. Towa Natsume, who played the role of Kuma, the maid of the Matsuno family, in the NHK Asadora drama "Bakebake" which aired until March, made an appearance and attracted attention from viewers.
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Natsume was born on June 14, 2004. In addition to playing the role of Sara, one of the "Toyoko Kids," in the 2024 drama "Shinjuku Field Hospital" (Fuji TV), she also gained attention last year for her role as Aoko, the girlfriend of Shirasaki Rui (Maehara Mizuki), a junior colleague of Katsuo (Takeuchi Ryoma), in the popular drama "Jaa, Anta ga Tsukutte Miro yo It" (TBS).
In "Canned Mackerel Goes to Space," she plays Nagisa Fukuhara, a student at Wakasa Fisheries High School. Her character is more interested in beauty than academics, and she appears with her bangs pinned back. In the first episode, she tries making tofu using jellyfish together with her classmates Nami (Natsuki Deguchi) and Yuzuki (Yumepote).
Social media was buzzing with comments like, "We found the ' Bakebake no Okuma-chan' (Shadow-Shaped Bear) - Natsume Touha," "I thought I'd seen that face somewhere before but couldn't remember where...it was Okuma-chan!", "Was the plainest of those three high school girls Okuma-chan!? She's really transformed lol," and "The modern-style Okuma-chan was so cute!"
The drama is an original coming-of-age story based on the true story of students at a fisheries high school in Fukui Prefecture who challenged themselves to achieve their big dream of "developing space food."
