Namae o Nakushita Megami: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The story focuses on a group of mothers who all have children around the same age. These women form a bond through sharing their anxieties about raising their children, each coming from a different background. However, the friendship between the five women also turns to jealousy and betrayal, due to the fact that their children are all taking similar entrance exams for elementary school.

Anne plays the protagonist Yuko, whose set of values as a woman, wife, and mother have been overturned, and she struggles to climb back from her fallen state.

Meanwhile, her four fellow mothers are hiding serious problems at home, despite their appearances. Ono Machiko plays a woman receiving verbal abuse from her husband on a daily basis, Kurashina Kana plays a "yankee mama" who got pregnant as a teenager by a truck driver, Ryo plays a capable woman running her own online shop, and Kimura Yoshino plays a popular reader model for a women's magazine.

Series details

• Title: Namae o Nakushita Megami
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2011-04-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-06-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37480

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-04-12; final listed air date 2011-06-21.

Source and licence

Adapted from Namae o Nakushita Megami 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.