Manami Igashira

Years after graduating from high school, music journalist Shō Kitamura is assigned to write about his former teacher, Kiriko Harada, a legendary choir instructor known for inspiring troubled students with her remarkable conducting and unwavering belief in them. But Kiriko has retired and mysteriously disappeared. As Shō reunites with former choir classmates and retraces their memories of their beloved teacher, he begins to uncover the story behind her disappearance and the profound impact she had on their lives. Inspired by Ikimonogakari’s hit song “YELL,” Echoes of Kiriko is a heartfelt drama about music, friendship, hope, and the enduring bond between a teacher and her students.

Imagine the already oppressed life of Japanese teenagers with the added stress of the pandemic. Buzz-killing teachers militantly enforce masks and social distancing yet neglect the repercussions of their students’ pent-up aggression. The icing on the cake? The highly anticipated end of the school year cultural festival is cancelled. In this milieu a small gaggle of previously unassociated high school girls, centered around the humbly charismatic Mizuho, form a tight-knit clique when their typically adolescent hormonal changes are suddenly manifested by… supernatural powers!

A young girl named Oshin is sent to work for another family, because of her own family's financial condition. Nevertheless, the young girl lives strongly.

Three stories from Shiratsuna Island: "Mikan no hana" Shiratsuna Island is the only remaining island city in Japan, but it is being merged with a city on the opposite shore. Housewife Misato Tomita lives on the island. "Umi no hoshi" Yōhei Hamasaki, who was born on Shiratsuna Island, lives in an apartment in the outskirts of Tokyo with his wife, Tomomi, and their son, Taichi. "Kumo no ito" Popular artist Hirotaka Kurosaki, who is a native of Shiratsuna Island, goes back to his hometown after seven years.

Mio Meguro (Fuka Koshiba) continues her dream of becoming a writer, while living with yokai (folklore monsters) in a share house. She struggles in her job in the editorial department of a publishing company. She proposes plans at her company, but her plans are rejected. A popular AI dating app has become popular, but Mio Meguro isn't interested because of her work. One day, Mio Meguro meets genius mathematician AITO (Ayumu Mochizuki), who was raised in England. She falls in love with him, but her love causes problems for the share house and yokai.

Momoka Onigawara wants to have a fulfilling high school life without anyone finding out her embarrassing secret – her family are oni, with their horns popping out when they get flustered. She reunites with her former childhood friend Ren, who wants to make a movie to one-up his famous director father. After they find out that the script he seeks was originally written by Ren's father, Momoka's father, and Momoka's dead mother when they were high schoolers, they decide to live out their youth by making the movie.

Tsukasa Kiriki, the only son of a wealthy family, runs away from home because he admires the legendary delinquent Murakoshi, who has helped him since he was a child. He runs away from home and volunteers to join the "BEAST", the strongest team in the warring tribes era, but is turned away and meets Yoji Kawanaka on his way out. Yoji, together with Hisao Nakamura and Eiji Iwami teach Tsukasa how to be a delinquent, and the four become friends. Toshi, the seventh generation of the weak “Gokurakucho” team, asks them to join him in his fight against the “Hiroshima Night's”. Trying to avoid a fight, former Knights executive Hisao goes to see the head of the Knights, Hiro, and is wounded. Angry Tsukasa and the others are ready for the fight, and the battle between the Knights and the Gokurakucho begins.

"Koizumi," a mysterious and beautiful female high school student who loves ramen most played by Sakurada, is an unprecedented ramen TV series "Koizumi the second generation who loves ramen!" In the New Year of 2022, she eats ramen all the time. Come back full! The unique world view where reality and fiction coexist has gained popularity. "The second generation of Koizumi-san who loves ramen!" While enthusiastically describing his boredom at a popular ramen shop, he ate ramen with a dazed expression.

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