Top Caster: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Haruka Tsubaki hops on a plane from New York to Tokyo. She will be filling in the newscaster position on a news program that will begin airing on CNB Television. Haruka used to work as an anchor and was called "the legendary anchor" until she was involved in an incident that forced her to lose her position there. She flew to America alone to pursue her career as a journalist. It is Katsutoshi Shibata, the Senior Executive Director of the News Department that brushed aside strong oppositions and invited Haruna back. He tells her, "Do whatever you like. I'll take the responsibility." At the headquarters of CNB, producer Shokichi Ichiba, director Kensuke Kanihara, announcer Mei Nohara, and the other crew are standing by for a meeting with Haruka. With great fear, they await the arrival of the legendary anchor. But when the door opens, only Katsutoshi is standing. He says Haruka headed to check out the news studio as soon as she arrived at CNB. The crew try to extend their greetings to her, but she pays no attention. Instead, she dismisses the programming strategy she was given, and insists, "Go for scoops." What's more surprising is that Haruka appoints Nozomi Asuka — who was scheduled to deliver weather forecasts — as her assistant. She tells Asuka that it's the assistant's job to work alongside her for 24 hours and wake her up every morning. "Why do I have to spend my private time with her...?" Full of doubts, Nozomi heads to Haruka's apartment with her luggage. What awaits her?

Series details

• Title: Top Caster
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Family
• Premiere date: 2006-04-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 2006-06-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37269
• TVDB ID: 200061

Cast and credited roles

• Yuki Amami — Haruka Tsubaki
• Akiko Yada — Nozomi Asuka
• Hiroshi Tamaki — Kensuke Kanihara
• Shosuke Tanihara — Masato Yuki
• Nao Matsushita — Mei Nohara
• Shota Matsuda — Shunpei Iga
• Katsuhisa Namase — Shokichi Ishiba
• Maki Tamaru — Tamako Kanihara

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-04-17; final listed air date 2006-06-26; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Top Caster 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.