Nagareboshi (TV series)

Series synopsis

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Yutaka Takenouchi as Kengo Okada, an employee of the Shin-Enoshima aquarium who enters a contract marriage with Risa.
• Aya Ueto as Risa Makihara, a young woman working at the image club Sei Marin Gakuen under the alias Milk.
• Kie Kitano as Maria Okada, Kengo's younger sister and high school student who suffers from a liver illness.
• Shota Matsuda as Dr. Ryō Kamiya, Maria's attending physician.
• Goro Inagaki as Shuichi Makihara, Risa's older brother who has ruined her life for the sake of money.
• Haruna Kawaguchi as Mizuki Yasuda, Maria's best friend and schoolmate.
• Akito Kiriyama as Ryōta Sawamura, an in-patient at the same hospital as Maria who suffers from the same liver illness.
• Tetta Sugimoto as Junji Kawamoto, Kengo's friend and employee of the Shin-Enoshima aquarium.
• Chisun as Chizuru Kawamoto, an employee of the Shin-Enoshima aquarium. She is married to Junji Kawamoto.
• Shingo Nakagawa as Yūya Kashiwabara, an employee of the Shin-Enoshima aquarium.
• Hiromi Kitagawa as Rumi Nakashima, the nurse in charge of Maria and Ryōta.
• Yuka Itaya as Minako Aizawa, Kengo's fiancée. She works at a hotel.
• Mieko Harada as Kazuko Okada, Kengo and Maria's mother.

  Recurring cast

• Ken Mitsuishi as Shirai, the manager of the image club Sei Marin Gakuen.
• Kazumasa Taguchi as Dr. Taninaka.
• Takeru Shibuya as a child at the aquarium.
• Saori as Kotomi Sawamura, Ryōta's sister.
• Hijiri Sakurai as a ward office clerk.
• Natsuhi Ueno as Saeko Iwai, a tabloid reporter.

  Guest cast

• Shunsuke Daito as Makoto Fujishiro, Risa's boyfriend.
• Shihō Harumi as a customer at Sei Marin Gakuen.
• Yuzuki Amano as a child at the aquarium.
• Raishin Kodama as Kōhei, Kengo and Maria's uncle.
• Hisako Matsuyama as Reiko, Kengo and Maria's aunt.
• Kinpei Hayashiya as himself, a rakugo performer.
• Eihei Hayashiya as himself, a rakugo performer.
• Petako Hayashiya as herself, a rakugo performer.
• Michiko Yamamoto as the lady at the watch shop.
• Kaoru Sawayama as a hospital nurse.
• Yūki Mihara as a TV presenter.
• Shōgo Asari as Iwai's cameraman.
• Midoriko as the Aquapet Joy shopkeeper.
• Fuku Suzuki as a customer at Aquapet Joy.
• Arisa Isano as a customer at Aquapet Joy.

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Awards