Tokunoshima Airport: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Tokunoshima Airport follows an air traffic controller at a small airport in Tokunoshima, an island near Kagoshima Prefecture where there are only 4 flights per day. As such, the drama focuses on how the air traffic controllers there battle with boredom rather than the busy lives led by their Tokyo counterparts.

Series details

• Title: Tokunoshima Airport
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 2012-10-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-11-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 15 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 47212
• IMDb ID: tt2440366

Cast and credited roles

• Eiko Koike — Kobayashi Junko
• Masanobu Sakata — Shimonayagi Tetsuji
• Takuma Otoo — Hara Koji
• Erika Okuda — Shimonayagi Narumi

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-10-14; final listed air date 2012-11-04; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Tokunoshima Airport 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.