
Amachan
Directed by Tomohiro Kuwano
Starring Non, Ai Hashimoto, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kyoko Koizumi, Kasumi Arimura, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Tetta Sugimoto, Masahiro Higashide, Teppei Koike, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
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ExhaustedAmachan (あまちゃん) is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on April 1, 2013, and was broadcast until September 28, 2013. It was scripted by Kankurō Kudō and starred Rena Nōnen as Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo who moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after the Great East Japan earthquake. It is the 88th NHK Asadora. Amachan was not only a ratings success, but brought economic benefits to the Tohoku region and was considered a social phenomenon. It also won the Galaxy Award for best television program of 2013.
- Original title
- あまちゃん
- Original language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Created by
- Kankuro Kudo, Teruyuki Yoshida, Toki Kajiwara
- Screenplay
- Kankuro Kudo
- Music
- Yoshihide Otomo
- Cast
- Kyoko Koizumi, Kasumi Arimura, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Tetta Sugimoto, Masahiro Higashide, Teppei Koike, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Updated October 26, 2026
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