Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Souta Tawara is a web designer working in Tokyo. When he visits his family's Udon place in his hometown Kagawa Prefecture, he discovers a young boy. Upon confronting the boy, Souta soon learns his secret and decides to quit his job in order to take care of the boy, Poko. The daily adventures of the two slowly enfold as Poco energetically navigates his way through Kagawa, the "Udon Kingdom," along with Souta

Series details

• Title: Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Anime
• Premiere date: 2016-10-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-12-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 20 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 20113
• TVDB ID: 315094

Cast and credited roles

• Shiho Kokido — Poko
• Yuichi Nakamura — Sōta Tawara
• Akiko Kimura — Nakajima's mother
• Hiroshi Naka — Sōta's father
• Jun Fukuyama — Shunsuke Fujiyama
• Kaede Hondo — Nozomi Tanaka
• Kana Hanazawa — Sae Fujiyama
• Kikuko Inoue — Sōta's mother
• Kousuke Toriumi — Manabu Saeki
• Kujira — Fumi Yoshioka
• Mai Nakahara — Rinko Ōishi
• Shiho Kokido — Momo

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-10-08; final listed air date 2016-12-24; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

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