Tamako Market: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Tamako knows just about everything there is to know about mochi, the traditional Japanese dessert treats. When she's not attending her first year of high school, she even invents new flavors and varieties for Tama-ya, her family's mochi shop. School and growing up, on the other hand, are some things that she's still trying to find the right recipe for. But with the help of her best friends Kanna and Midori, two girls whose parents run businesses in the same shopping district, Tamako's determined to make the best of things. It's complicated though, especially when it comes to emotions and her relationship with her best male friend Mochizou, whose family runs a rival mochi shop. And lately, Midori's been feeling a little odd about her feelings towards Tamako as well. And what's up with that strange bird fluttering around, the one that speaks fluent Japanese? It's all very mysterious and overwhelming, but at least Tamako always has one thing she can count on: No matter if your day's been good or bad, there's certain to be something sugary and delicious waiting at the end of every adventure whenever you take a walk through Tamako Market!

Series details

• Title: Tamako Market
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Romance
• Premiere date: 2013-01-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-03-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17087
• IMDb ID: tt2560604
• TVDB ID: 264534

Cast and credited roles

• Aya Suzaki — Kitashirakawa, Tamako
• Atsushi Tamaru — Ouji, Mochizou
• Yuki Kaneko — Tokiwa, Midori
• Kouji Tsujitani — Yaobi, Kunio
• Naoya Nosaka — Tadanao Shiraki
• Junko Iwao — Yumoto, Sayuri
• Takumi Yamazaki — Mochimazzi, Dera
• Juri Nagatsuma — Makino, Kanna
• Keiji Fujiwara — Kitashirakawa, Mamedai
• Rina Hidaka — Kitashirakawa, Anko
• Tomomichi Nishimura — Kitashirakawa, Fuku
• Yuri Yamaoka — Asagiri, Shiori

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-01-10; final listed air date 2013-03-28; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Tamako Market on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.