Hoshi no Kinka: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A woman named Aya is working in Hokkaido for a doctor, Shuichi, that left Tokyo for personal reasons. Aya is both deaf and mute and she's secretly in love with Shuichi. After awhile Aya tells him, but Shuichi has decided to return to Tokyo to work but promise Aya that he will return soon and then they will get married. Shortly after he has an accident resulting in a memory loss. Time passes and Aya decides to go to Tokyo to find out what happened.

Series details

• Title: Hoshi no Kinka
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance, Medical
• Premiere date: 1995-04-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 1996-12-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 57 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37421
• TVDB ID: 84815

Cast and credited roles

• Takao Osawa — Shuichi Nagai
• Noriko Sakai — Aya Kuramoto
• Yutaka Takenouchi — Takumi Nagai

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1995-04-12; final listed air date 1995-06-28; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 1996-10-09; final listed air date 1996-12-25; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hoshi no Kinka 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.