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Details
- Title: ホタルノヒカリ
- Title (romaji): Hotaru no Hikari
- Title (English): Glow of Fireflies
- Genre: Romance, comedy
- Broadcast network: NTV
Season 1
Hotaru no Hikari
- Episodes: 10
- Viewership rating: 13.6 (Kanto)
- Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-11 to 2007-Sep-12
- Air time: Wednesday 22:00
- Theme song: Yokogao by aiko
Synopsis
Hotaru works for a famous interior design company. It's a glamorous job but Hotaru's private life is totally the opposite of glamorous. She lives alone, and when she isn't working she's mostly lazing about her rented house in training wear. She's not interested in men. In fact, she isn't interested in anything. "I'd rather lay around than fool around," is her motto.
Her landlord is a bar owner, and one day his son, who has just separated from his wife, comes to inspect the rental property, not knowing that someone is living there. He is shocked at the mess, but not as shocked as Hotaru. He turns out to be her boss, Takano. -- Japan Times Online
User/Viewer Ratings
4.00
(10 votes)
Cast
Relationship chart
- Ayase Haruka as Amemiya Hotaru
- Yoshida Riko as young Hotaru (ep1)
- Fujiki Naohito as Takano Seiichi
- Kuninaka Ryoko as Saegusa Yuuka
- Kato Kazuki as Teshima Makoto
- Takeda Shinji as Jinguuji Kaname
- Itaya Yuka as Yamada Sachiko
- Yasuda Ken as Futatsugi Shouji
- Asami Reina as Sono Minako
- Watabe Gota as Sawaki Shun
- Shibue Joji as Tadokoro Junpei
- Matsumoto Marika as Murota Suzuko
- Matsushita Sara as Kasumi Hatsuko
- Maruyama Tomomi as Goutokuji Ken
- Matsunaga Hiroshi as Yamaguchi Takatoshi
- Kurotani Tomoka as Miyuki
Production Credits
- Original writing: Hiura Satoru
- Screenwriter: Mizuhashi Fumie
- Producer: Hazeyama Yuko, Mikami Eriko, Uchiyama Masahiro
- Director: Yoshino Hiroshi (ep1), Nagumo Seiichi, Shigeyama Yoshinori
- Music: Kanno Yugo
Episode Information
| Episode | Subtitle | Ratings (Kanto) | Ratings (Kansai) | Ratings (Nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | I prefer laying down at home to love... Has dried up woman been in love!? | 17.3 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 02 | Putting your life on the line for love. Love mail with the dried woman | 15.2 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 03 | Is love impossible for a dried up woman!? | 10.6 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 04 | For a dried up woman, is love and work at the same time impossible!? | 13.4 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 05 | At last a confession! The god of love has descended | 12.5 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 06 | A kiss of a dried up woman... First trouble of a cherished love | 11.3 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 07 | Scared of stomach fat!! Dried woman's sleepover date | 13.5 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 08 | The dried woman's comes out for the first time... At that time, he... | 12.1 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 09 | What about tomorrow!? Never a love triangle | 14.7 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 10 | Is laying down at home while loving possible!? The conclusion of the strongest dried up woman's love... | 15.3 | ??.? | ??.? |
| Average | -- | 13.6 | ??.? | ??.? |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
Awards
- 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jul-Sep 2007): Best Drama
- 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jul-Sep 2007): Best Actress (Ayase Haruka)
- 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jul-Sep 2007): Best Supporting Actor (Fujiki Naohito)
- 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jul-Sep 2007): Best Supporting Actress (Kuninaka Ryoko)
Season 2
Hotaru no Hikari 2
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership rating: 15.4
- Broadcast period: 2010-Jul-07 to 2010-Sep-15
- Air time: Wednesday 22:00
- Theme song: Kimi ga iru by Ikimono-gakari
Synopsis
Three years ago, the heart of Amemiya Hotaru, the 'dried up female', had settled on Takano 'Buchou', and the 'dried up female' was supposed to have grown up … However, right after that, Hotaru was posted as a project team member to far-away Hong Kong. She was cut off from 'Buchou' and devoted herself to work. Then, three years later, Hotaru returns to Japan after finishing the project. She is assigned to the First Planning Department, where 'Buchou' belongs, and immediately begins work as one of the team members. However, both the staff as well as the mood in the company have changed a great deal.
Cast
Relationship chart
- Ayase Haruka as Amemiya Hotaru
- Fujiki Naohito as Takano Seiichi
- Itaya Yuka as Yamada Sachiko
- Yasuda Ken as Futatsugi Shouji
- Mukai Osamu as Seno Kazuma
- Usuda Asami as Sakuragi Mika
- Kimura Tae as Asada Konatsu
- Ishii Momoka as Asada Chinatsu
- Takahashi Tsutomu as Izaki Hosaku
- Nakabeppu Aoi as Sugishita Mana
- Ichikawa Tomohiro as Matsushoji Goya
- Kimisawa Yuki as Takebayashi Atsushi
- Ide Takuya (井出卓也) as Umeda Shota
- Sato Chiaki as Tsubaki Haruno
- Yanagisawa Takahiko as Mukunoki Shin
- Mashita Rena as Shiina Ayumi
Guests
- Kamiji Yusuke as the video rental clerk (ep1)
- Yazawa Shin as woman A (ep1)
- Emi Kurara as woman B (ep1)
- Taguchi Kazumasa as the lantern maker (ep1)
- Yoshida Keiko (ep1)
- Kaneda Akio as the shopping district chairman (ep2)
- Fukui Yuko as the chairman's wife (ep2)
- Yamamoto Katsu (山本勝) as the bookstore clerk (ep2)
- Hayashi Yakikuo (林家木久扇) as Kikuya Menzo (ep3)
- Kozasama Satsugu (小笹将継) as the Okinawa restaurant manager (ep3)
- Arifuku Masashi (有福正志) as a dermatologist (ep3)
- Nozoe Yoshihiro as the truck driver (ep4)
- Rokkaku Seiji as Chief Ekoda (ep5)
- Osonoe Eri (小薗江愛理) as Samantha (ep6,7)
- Kawano Shinya (河野真也) as a customer (ep7)
- Yahata Tomoaki as a salesclerk (ep7)
- Aoki Genta (青木源太) as a reporter (ep7)
- Horiuchi Keiko as Amemiya Ageha (ep8)
- Yamazaki Yuta as Kimura (ep8)
- Tanigawa Shoichiro as Rikka (ep8)
- Maruyama Tomomi as Gotokoji Ken (ep9-11)
- Ishizaka Koji as Takano Bontaro (ep10)
- Konishi Miho as Gotokoji Ken's wife (ep11)
Production Credits
- Original writing: Hotaru no Hikari by Hiura Satoru
- Screenwriter: Mizuhashi Fumie
- Chief Producer: Hazeyama Yuko
- Producer: Mikami Eriko, Uchiyama Masahiro
- Director: Yoshino Hiroshi, Nagumo Seiichi, Ishio Jun
- Music: Kanno Yugo
Episode Ratings
| Episode | Ratings (Kanto) | Ratings (Kansai) | Ratings (Nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16.2 | ? | ? |
| 2 | 17.4 | ? | ? |
| 3 | 15.1 | ? | ? |
| 4 | 14.9 | ? | ? |
| 5 | 15.3 | ? | ? |
| 6 | 15.0 | ? | ? |
| 7 | 15.3 | ? | ? |
| 8 | 15.0 | ? | ? |
| 9 | 14.2 | ? | ? |
| 10 | 14.0 | ? | ? |
| 11 | 17.0 | ? | ? |
| Average | 15.4 | ? | ? |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
Recognition
- 66th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress - Ayase Haruka
- 14th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Summer 2010): Best Actress - Ayase Haruka
- 14th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Summer 2010): Best Supporting Actor - Fujiki Naohito
