Taiyo no Uta

Details

• Title: タイヨウのうた
• Title (romaji): Taiyo no Uta
• Also known as: Song of the Sun
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Romance, Human drama
• Episodes: 10
• Theme songs:
  • Opening: Invitation by Shibasaki Kou
  • Insert: Taiyou no Uta by Kaoru Amane
  • Insert: Stay With Me by Kaoru Amane

Synopsis

While working at a seaside inn with his high school buddies, Fujishiro Koji meets Kaoru Amane, a street musician. Kaoru is suffering from an incurable disease called XP (xeroderma pigmentosum), and can’t be exposed to the sun. Under the sun, the two would never have met. Still, destiny brings the two together. Since the day he suddenly lost his job, Koji has lost sight of his dreams. But when he meets Kaoru, who is making positive efforts to become a singer, Koji regains his long-forgotten passion for music. --TBS

Cast

• Yamada Takayuki as Fujishiro Koji
• Sawajiri Erika as Amane Kaoru
• Matsushita Nao as Tachibana Asami
• Tanaka Kei as Onishi Yuta
• Sato Megumi as Matsumae Misaki
• Hamada Gaku as Kato Haruo
• Kawamura Yosuke as Tatsunami Ryusuke
• Hara Fumina as Reisa
• Kobayashi Mao as Miura Yuko
• Becky as Emily
• Kaname Jun as Kudo Yohei
• Kuroda Chieko a Amane Yuki

• Yamamoto Kei as Enokido Shinichi
• Katsumura Masanobu as Amane Ken
• Takenaka Naoto as Miura Osamu
• Sato Jiro as the security guard
• Sakai Toshiya as Koji's former employer (ep1)
• Nakamura Tsuyoshi as Asami's assistant (ep1)
• Megumi Toshiaki as the hosts on CDTV SP 2006 (ep1)
• Kaiho Chisato as the hosts on CDTV SP 2006 (ep1)
• Miyata Daizo (ep6)
• Hankai Kazuaki as paparazzi (ep7-9)
• Fuse Eri
• Yamamoto Mirai