Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kano Haruko is a charismatic shop assistant who has such excellent fashion sense that she has been featured in fashion magazines. However, she is unable to give up her dream of being a high school teacher. Haruko is asked by her former teacher to teach Japanese to foreigners for three months on the understanding that he would propose her for the high school's Japanese language teaching position. And so, she becomes a trainee teacher at a Japanese language school where she coaches nine foreign students with strong personalities, including an Italian anime enthusiast and a Swede who is in love with ninjas, according to her own convictions, while setting her sights on becoming a high school teacher.

Series details

• Title: Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 2010-07-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2010-09-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37483
• TVDB ID: 176671

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2010-07-15; final listed air date 2010-09-30; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo 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.