Asunaro Hakusho: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A coming of age story that follows five young university who form a circle of friends. Tamotsu and Osamu fall in love with Narumi, who prefers Tamotsu. In order not to hurt each other as friends, both young men try to avoid forming a relationship with Narumi which inadvertedly leads to tragedy among the friends. After the accidental death of Junichiro, the friends leave university for various reasons leaving Narumi to continue and finish her studies. A few years later they all meet again to be surprised by a few secrets that are recvealed.

Series details

• Title: Asunaro Hakusho
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 1993-10-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 1993-12-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 54 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 49436
• IMDb ID: tt0204152
• TVDB ID: 247021

Cast and credited roles

• Hikari Ishida — Narumi Sonoda
• Michitaka Tsutsui — Tamotsu Kakei
• Anju Suzuki — Seika Higashiyama
• Hidetoshi Nishijima — Junichiro Matsuoka
• Takuya Kimura — Osamu Toride

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1993-10-11; final listed air date 1993-12-20; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Asunaro Hakusho 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.