Heaven's Coin

Heaven's Coin (星の金貨 ―Die Sterntaler―) is a 1995 Japanese television drama series. The series revolves around Aya Kuramoto (倉本 彩), a deaf and mute girl from Hokkaido who is in love with a doctor named Shūichi Nagai (永井 秀一). After Shūichi leaves for Tokyo, he has an accident and loses his memory. Aya travels to Tokyo and encounters Takumi Nagai (永井 拓巳), Shūichi's brother.

The sequel series, Heaven's Coin: Part 2 (続・星の金貨), aired in 1996, continues where the previous series left off.

The third series, Heaven's Coin: Part 3 (新・星の金貨), which ran for 11 episodes in 2001, uses a new set of characters, starring Mari Hoshino as the deaf heroine.

The opening theme for the original season is "Aoi Usagi" by Noriko Sakai. The opening theme for Heaven's Coin: Part 2 is "Kagami no Dress", also by Sakai.

Heaven's Coin

 * Aya Kuramoto – Noriko Sakai
 * Shūichi Nagai – Takao Osawa
 * Takumi Nagai – Yutaka Takenouchi
 * Miwa Koizumi (小泉 美和) – Minako Tanaka
 * Shōko Yūki (結城 祥子) – Naomi Hosokawa
 * Seiichirō Nagai (永井 誠一郎) – Raita Ryū
 * Sonoko Endō (遠藤 園子) – Tomomi Nishimura

Heaven's Coin: Part 2

 * Aya Kuramoto – Noriko Sakai
 * Shūichi Nagai – Takao Osawa
 * Takumi Nagai – Yutaka Takenouchi
 * Keiko Kawamura (川村 景子) – Naho Toda
 * Toshiaki Yagami (矢上 俊明) – Ikki Sawamura
 * Miwa Koizumi – Minako Tanaka
 * Shōko Yūki – Naomi Hosokawa
 * Rika Sawai (沢井 梨花) – Mai Hōshō