Amachan
| Amachan | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Home drama, Drama |
| Written by | Kankuro Kudo |
| Directed by | Tsuyoshi Inoue Teruyuki Yoshida Toki Kajiwara |
| Starring | Rena Nōnen Kyōko Koizumi Toshinori Omi Tetta Sugimoto Eri Watanabe Hiroko Yakushimaru Keizō Kanie Nobuko Miyamoto |
| Narrated by | Nobuko Miyamoto Rena Nōnen Kyōko Koizumi |
| Composer | Otomo Yoshihide |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 156 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Kei Kurube Hiroshi Kashi |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK |
| Release | April 1 – September 28, 2013 |
Amachan (あまちゃん) is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on April 1, 2013, and was broadcast until September 28, 2013. It was scripted by Kankurō Kudō and starred Rena Nōnen as Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo who moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after the Great East Japan earthquake. It is the 88th NHK Asadora. Amachan was not only a ratings success, but brought economic benefits to the Tohoku region and was considered a social phenomenon. It also won the Galaxy Award for best television program of 2013.