A new character relationship chart for the NHK Asadora drama series "Kaze,Kaoru " (NHK General, Monday-Saturday 8:00 AM, etc.), starring Ai Mikami and Juri Kosaka , has been released on the drama's official website. The chart covers the fifth week, "Tsudoishi Monotachi," which begins on April 27, and includes new characters from the "Umeoka Girls' School Attached Nursing Training Center," where Rin Ichinose (Mikami) and Naomi Oya (Uesaka) will enroll.
The new characters include seven people: Toshiko Kajiwara (Ise Shima), who serves as both the principal of Umeoka Girls' School and the head of the training institute; Ei Matsui (Hyunri), the dormitory supervisor and interpreter at the training institute; Tae Tamada (Erika Ikuta), Kiyo Izumi (Akiko Kikuchi), Yuki Shinonome (Tomomi Nakai), Shinobu Yanagida (Akira Kigoshi), and Tome Kudo (Rin Harashima), all of whom are classmates of Rin and Naomi.
On the other hand, the names of Okuda Kameji (Takahiro Miura), who divorced Rin, and Kameji's mother, Sada (Kie Negishi), as well as Mary (Anya Floris), a missionary who left Japan, are absent. Nakamura Yoshimasa ( Takashi Kobayashi), a former retainer of the Ichinose family, Katsu Kaishu (Tsurutaro Kataoka), the landlord of the tenement where Naomi lives, Oya Kahei (Shio Harumi), and Naomi's neighbors, the landlords Toyo (Yoneko Matsukane) and Kiku (Yuriko Hirooka), have also disappeared from the relationship chart.
Furthermore, Rin's daughter, Tamaki, has grown up, and the actress playing her has changed from Ruka Miyajima to Ema. The title and name of Lieutenant Kohinata Eisuke (Kisetsu Fujiwara), whose true identity has been revealed, have been changed to that of a con artist, Kanta.
"Kaze,Kaoru" is a buddy drama set in the Meiji era, featuring two trained nurses, Chika Ozeki and Masa Suzuki. The two graduates of the same nursing school struggle with how to interact with patients and doctors, clash with each other, grow as individuals, and eventually become the "ultimate buddy duo."
