Series synopsis
Dr.STOЯKS, also known as コウノドリ is a Japanese drama television series that premiered on TBS on October 16, 2015. It ended on December 22, 2017. It stars Go Ayano, Mayu Matsuoka, Kentaro Sakaguchi and Gen Hoshino.
The drama revolves around Kounotori Sakura, an Ob-Gyn doctor working at the Persona General Medical Centre who is also a gifted jazz pianist. His mother had died in childbirth and he was brought up in an orphanage, which is what fueled his ambition to be an ob-gyn. He hopes to be able to deliver every baby to this world, congratulating them on the gift of life given to their little bodies.
(Source: TBS)
Premise
The drama revolves around Kounotori Sakura, an Ob-Gyn doctor working at the Persona General Medical Centre who is also a gifted jazz pianist. His mother had died in childbirth and he was brought up in an orphanage, which is what fueled his ambition to be an ob-gyn. He hopes to be able to deliver every baby to this world, congratulating them on the gift of life given to their little bodies.
(Source: TBS)
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Go Ayano as Sakura Konotori / "Baby"
- Mayu Matsuoka as Kae Shimoya
- Kentaro Sakaguchi as Ryo Shirakawa
- Gen Hoshino as Haruki Shinomiya
- Akinaga Toyomoto as Takuya Funakoshi
- Nao Omori as Takayuki Imahashi
- Hio Miyazawa as Goro Akanishi
- Wakana Matsumoto as Emi Kurasaki
Supporting cast
- Kuranosuke Sasaki as Katsuhide Ogishima
- Yoh Yoshida as Rumiko Komatsu
- Ito Shiraishi as Saori Hirai
- Kinako Kobayashi as Tomoka Sanada
- Ichiro Hashimoto as Yoshito Fukuda
- Muck Akazawa as Noriko Maekawa
- Izumi Haruka as Aoi Sakagami
- Kanji Furutachi as Akihiro Sendo
- Seika Furuhata as Sako Asahi
- Goro Yoshida as Sosuke Takao
Guest cast
- Yusuke Hirayama as Hiroshi Kase
- Nana Seino as Mayumi Kadota
- Kazuyuki Asano as Masanobu Osawa
- Sayaka Yamaguchi as Megumi Arai
- Ayumu Mochizuki as Ryo Motokura
- Jun Kaname as Toshiya Kobayakawa
- Asami Usuda as Yoriko Kobayakawa
- Yoshiko Sengen as Natsuki Yano
- Yazaki Yusa as Natsuki Yano (child)
- Ariei Umefune
- Hirota Otsuka
- Kosaka Chika
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 21 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | October 16, 2015 | December 18, 2015 |
| Season 2 | 11 | October 13, 2017 | December 22, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Against his staff's wishes, obstetrician Sakura Konotori accepts a pregnant woman who has had no prenatal care, saying the baby isn't to blame. |
October 16, 2015 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 A woman in her final month of pregnancy gets hit by a car and is rushed to the hospital. Sakura wants to perform a C-section, but Kase disagrees. |
October 23, 2015 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Sakura reunites with a girl who was born blind due to her mother contracting rubella during pregnancy. A pregnant woman collapses in the street. |
October 30, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Now a veteran OB-GYN, Sakura helps out at a small hospital on Okunoshima Island. Later, he returns to Persona and treats a pregnant woman who is deaf. |
October 13, 2017 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 When a pregnant woman is diagnosed with cervical cancer, she and her husband must choose between prioritizing her treatment or delivering the baby. |
October 20, 2017 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Sakura recommends an epidural labor for a pregnant woman who has a heart disease. Meanwhile, the doctors worry that Sano has postpartum depression. |
October 27, 2017 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 16, 2015 |
| Last aired | December 22, 2017 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | Ended |