Hotaru no Hikari: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Hotaru works for a famous interior design company. It's a glamorous job but Hotaru's private life is totally the opposite of glamorous. She lives alone, and when she isn't working she's mostly lazing about her rented house in training wear. She's not interested in men. In fact, she isn't interested in anything. "I'd rather lay around than fool around," is her motto.

Her landlord is a bar owner, and one day his son, who has just separated from his wife, comes to inspect the rental property, not knowing that someone is living there. He is shocked at the mess, but not as shocked as Hotaru. He turns out to be her boss, Takano.

Series details

• Title: Hotaru no Hikari
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2007-07-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 2010-09-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37422
• TVDB ID: 105611

Cast and credited roles

• Haruka Ayase — Hotaru Amemiya
• Naohito Fujiki — Seiichi Takano

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2007-07-11; final listed air date 2007-09-12.
• Season 2: premiered 2010-07-07; final listed air date 2010-09-15.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hotaru no Hikari 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.