Series synopsis
Omusubi, also known as おむすび is a Japanese drama family comedy television series that premiered on NHK G on September 30, 2024. It was created by Nonji Nemoto. It stars Kanna Hashimoto, Riisa Naka, Yukiya Kitamura and Kumiko Aso.
A Heisei youth graffiti drama, in which the heroine Yoneda Yui (Hashimoto Kanna), born in the first year of the Heisei era, connects people's hearts to the future as a nutritionist. Always cherishing her individuality, she sometimes struggles, but powerfully and joyfully pushes through the turbulent Heisei and Reiwa eras.
Premise
A Heisei youth graffiti drama, in which the heroine Yoneda Yui (Hashimoto Kanna), born in the first year of the Heisei era, connects people's hearts to the future as a nutritionist. Always cherishing her individuality, she sometimes struggles, but powerfully and joyfully pushes through the turbulent Heisei and Reiwa eras.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Kanna Hashimoto as Yoneda Yui
- Riisa Naka as Yoneda Ayumi
- Yukiya Kitamura as Yoneda Masato
- Kumiko Aso as Yoneda Aiko
- Yoshiko Miyazaki as Yoneda Kayo
- Ken Matsudaira as Yoneda Eikichi
- Hayato Sano as Yostugi Shoya
- Araki Sugou as Koga Yota
Supporting cast
- Leo Matsumoto as Kazami Ryosuke
- Shuri Nakamura as Miyazaki Emi
- Oki Miria as Mashima Ruri
- Tanifuji Misaki as Sato Tamako
- Natsumi Okamoto as Tanaka Suzune
- Meimi Tamura as Yuzuki Risa
- Naoto Ogata as Watanabe Takao
- Midoriko Kimura as Sakuma Misae
- Shinya Niiro as Wakabayashi Takeo
- Katsunori Uchiba as Takahashi Yozo
- Takashi Utsumi as Osaki Akira
- Okajima Hideaki as Fukuda Yasuhiko
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 125 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 125 | September 30, 2024 | March 28, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 In 2004, Yui Yoneda (Kanna Hashimoto), who lives with her father Masato (Yukiya Kitamura), a farmer in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, her mother Aiko (Kumiko Aso), her grandfather Eikichi (Ken Matsudaira), and her grandmother Kayo (Yoshiko Miyazaki), enters high school. She talks about club activities with her childhood friend Yota (Araki Sugou) and her classmate Emi (Shuri Nakamura). Yota decides to join the baseball club, and Emi the calligraphy club, but Yui can’t think of any particular club she wants to join. One day after school, Yui encounters an unexpected situation at the fishing port she often visits to see the sea. |
September 30, 2024 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 After school, the heroine Yui (Kanna Hashimoto) is suddenly surrounded by a group of gyaru girls, and just when it seems like she might get beaten up, they invite her to join a gyaru group called the Hakata Gyaru Alliance (Hagyalen). It turns out that Yui's older sister Ayumi (Riisa Naka) was the first leader of Hagyalen and was a charismatic figure among the gyaru. When Yui returns home and talks about the gyaru group during dinner with her family, an argument unexpectedly breaks out between her father Masato (Yukiya Kitamura) and her grandfather Eikichi (Ken Matsudaira). |
October 1, 2024 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Yui (Kanna Hashimoto), who joined the calligraphy club, starts to feel drawn to her senior Kazami (Matsumoto Leo) and feels like she's enjoying her youth. However, even when her classmate and fellow calligraphy club member Emi (Shuri Nakamura) hands her the official club application form, Yui hesitates to join. Yet, when she hears that her senior will be attending a calligraphy exhibition held in Tenjin, Fukuoka, she immediately decides to go. At the Yoneda household, Yui’s mother Aiko (Kumiko Aso) listens to her story and worries about Yui's hesitation to join the calligraphy club. |
October 2, 2024 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | NHK G |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 30, 2024 |
| Last aired | March 28, 2025 |
| Runtime | 15 minutes |
| Status | continue |