Soratobu Kouhoushitsu: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Inaba Rika is a director at Teito TV Network. Ever since her childhood it was been her dream to be a reporter. Yet she frequently causes troubles due to her aggressive interviewing style and eventually gets transferred against her will to be the co-director of an evening information programme. She is put in charge of a special feature on uniformed personnel and ordered to interview the Self Defence Forces. First Lieutenant Sorai Daisuke became a fighter pilot but injured his foot in an accident and got assigned to a department which he was unprepared for, the Air Staff Office's Public Relations Department. Ever since the accident, he has never once shown his feelings. However, Daisuke's superior Sagisaka saw through his "benign, mild" facade and placed Rika in his care even though the people around him said he was still not ready for it. It chafes at Rika to have her dream destroyed and she psyches herself for a comeback as a reporter by getting a scoop. With that in mind, she is constantly provocative in her speech and conduct towards the members of the Public Relations Department, especially Daisuke. And she says something to Daisuke that she never should...

Series details

• Title: Soratobu Kouhoushitsu
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2013-04-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-06-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 35725
• TVDB ID: 268807

Cast and credited roles

• Yui Aragaki — Rika Inaba
• Gou Ayano — Daisuke Sorai
• Kyohei Shibata — Shoji Sagizaka

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-04-14; final listed air date 2013-06-23; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Soratobu Kouhoushitsu 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.