Manten

Manten (まんてん) is a Japanese television drama series, the 67th Asadora series broadcast on NHK. It was aired on September 30, 2002 and ended on March 29, 2003. The drama tells about a young woman who studies to become a meteorologist.

Main characters

 * Mao Miyaji as Manten Hidaka
 * Chiaki Saito as young Manten Hidaka
 * Takashi Fujii as Yōhei Hanayama
 * Riku Nishimoto as Sora Hanayama
 * Nobuko Miyamoto as Yuriko Hanayama
 * Katsuhisa Namase as Keisuke Hanayama
 * Serina Suzuki as Nishiki Hanayama (her maiden name was Shinohara)
 * Atsuko Asano as Mihoko Hozumi (her maiden name was Hidaka)
 * Tatsuya Mihashi as Genji Hidaka
 * Hidekazu Akai as Genkichi Hidaka
 * Kiyoshi Hikawa as Hideo Hidaka
 * Fumiyo Kohinata as Jinroku Hozumi
 * Mitsuki Tanimura as Mikai Hozumi
 * Yuriko Hirooka as Fumiko Tanaka

Kuroda family

 * Nobuaki Kakuda as Masami Kuroda
 * Midoriko Kimura as Kazue Kuroda
 * Hanako Yamada as Tsubame Kuroda
 * Yoshinori Yasuda as Iwao Kuroda
 * Kazuyuki Maeda as Kojiro Kuroda