Dear Radiance (光る君へ, Hikaru Kimi e) is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Yuriko Yoshitaka as Murasaki Shikibu. The series is the 63rd NHK taiga drama.
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Cast
Starring role
Yuriko Yoshitaka as Murasaki Shikibu. In the series, she is called Mahiro.
Miyuko Ochii as young Mahiro
Her family
Gorō Kishitani as Fujiwara no Tametoki, Mahiro's father
Ryōko Kuninaka as Chiyaha, Mahiro's mother
Mahiro Takasugi as Fujiwara no Nobunori, Mahiro's brother
Kōki Yuda as Tarō (young Nobunori)
Kuranosuke Sasaki as Fujiwara no Nobutaka, Mahiro's husband
Sara Minami as Fujiwara no Katako (Daini no Sanmi), Mahiro's daughter
Tarō Yabe as Otomaru
Seijun Nobukawa as Ito
Michinaga's family
Tasuku Emoto as Fujiwara no Michinaga
Kousei Kimura as young Michinaga
Yasunori Danta as Fujiwara no Kaneie, Michinaga's father
Kotono Mitsuishi as Tokihime, Michinaga's mother
Arata Iura as Fujiwara no Michitaka, Michinaga's brother
Yuka Itaya as Takashina no Takako, Michitaka's wife
Yusuke Kamiji as Fujiwara no Michitsuna, Michinaga's half brother
Naomi Zaizen as Fujiwara no Yasuko, Michitsuna's mother
Reo Tamaoki as Fujiwara no Michikane, Michitsuna's brother
Yō Yoshida as Fujiwara no Akiko (Senshi), Michinaga's sister.
Mitsuki Takahata as Fujiwara no Sadako, Michitaka's daughter
Tampopo Nakamura as young Sadako (around 12 years old)
Himari Kimura as young Sadako (around 8 years old)
Keisuke Watanabe as Fujiwara no Yorimichi, Michinaga's eldest son
Shohei Miura as Fujiwara no Korechika, Michitaka's eldest son
Ruka Matsuda as Minamoto no Ikuko, Korechika's wife
Yume Takeuchi as Fujiwara no Mitsuko
Uda Genji
Haru Kuroki as Minamoto no Tomoko, Michinaga's legal wife
Tōru Masuoka as Minamoto no Masanobu, Tomoko's father
Mako Ishino as Fujiwara no Mutsuko, Tomoko's 's mother
Michinaga's colleagues
Ryūji Akiyama as Fujiwara no Sanesuke
Keita Machida as Fujiwara no Kintō
Satoshi Kanada as Fujiwara no Tadanobu
Daichi Watanabe as Fujiwara no Yukinari
Daisuke Honda as Minamoto no Toshikata
Jun Hashizume as Fujiwara no Yoritada
Masanobu Sakata as Fujiwara no Tamemitsu
Ryujin Suzuki as Minamoto no Shigenobu
Yoshihiro Kurita as Fujiwara no Fuminori
Emperors and their families
Bandō Minosuke II as Emperor En'yū, the 64th emperor
Kanata Hongō as Emperor Kazan, the 65th emperor
Shunta Itō as Prince Morosada (young Kazan)
Akihisa Shiono as Emperor Ichijō, the 66th emperor
Hinata Hiiragi as young Emperor Ichijō (around 12 years old)
Haru Takagi as Prince Yasuhito (young Ichijō, around 10 years old)
Kataoka Sennosuke as Prince Atsuyasu
Kai Watanabe as young Atsuyasu
Tatsunari Kimura as Emperor Sanjō, the 67th emperor
Sakura Inoue as Fujiwara no Yoshiko
Shizuka Nakamura as Fujiwara no Nobuko
Seia Yasuda as Fujiwara no Motoko
Aki Asakura as Fujiwara no Sukeko
Tatsumi Asa as Prince Atsuakira
Hinako Tanaka as Queen Takahime
Yukino Kaizu as Princess Nagako
Hinata Takano as Emperor Go-Ichijō, the 68th emperor
Ise Hashimoto as Prince Atsuhira (young Go-Ichijō, around 12 years old)
Ren Ishizuka as Prince Atsuhira (young Go-Ichijō, around 8 years old)
Empress Akiko and the women who serve her
Ai Mikami as Empress Akiko (Shōshi), Michinaga's daughter and Emperor Ichijō's wife
Rika Izumi as Izumi Shikibu
Kinako Kobayashi as Miya no Senji
Rena Mashita as Dainagon no Kimi
Kaori Seto as Saishō no Kimi
Natsu Fukui as Koshōshō no Kimi
Rio Kanno as Saemon no Naishi
Ui as Uma-no-Chūjō no Kimi
Song dynasty
Haogo (Koji Yano) as Zhu Rencong
Kouhei Matsushita as Zhou Ming
Others
First Summer Uika as Sei Shōnagon. In the series, she is called Kikyō.
Hiroshi Ōmori as Kiyohara no Motosuke, Kikyō's father
Kaname Ouki as Akazome Emon
Yūsuke Santamaria as Abe no Haruakira, a.k.a. Abe no Seimei
Daiki as Sumaru
Katsuya Maiguma as Naohide
Masumi Nomura as Sawa
San'yūtei Koyūza as Eshi, a painter
Kayo Noro as Nui
Kanro Morita as Minamoto no Kunimori
Atsumi Tanezaki as cockatoo voice
Takamasa Tamaki as Minamoto no Mitsumasa
Yu Tokui as Ōno Kunikatsu
Junpei Yasui as Mikuni no Wakamaro
Takenori Kaneko as Hayanari
Kento Ogura as Tsunekata
Kentarō Itō as Sōjumaru
Miyu Yagyu as Toshiko, Kintō's wife
Shoichiro Akaboshi as Jōchō
Ryuhei Watabe as Kyōri
Ozuno Nakamura as Taira no Muneyori
Masashi Taniguchi as Ōe no Masahira