Apoyan

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Drama: Apoyan (English title) / Apoyan - Running International Airport (literal title)
Romaji: Apoyan - Hashiru Kokusai Kuukou
Japanese: あぽやん～走る国際空港
Director: Kei Horie, Kosuke Suzuki, Koji Shintoku, Arata Kato, Takashi Ninomiya
Writer: Takeshi Shinno (novel), Erika Seki, Yoko Izumisawa
Network: TBS
Episodes: 10
Release Date: January 17 - March 21, 2013
Runtime: Thurs 21:00
TV Ratings: 8.7% (weekly average)
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Keita Endo (Atsushi Ito), who previously worked for the planning team at a travel agency, begins working at the Narita International Airport. At first, Keita is embarrassed by his work environment, but he tries to solve problems. Morio (Mirei Kiritani) is a member of his staff team. She doesn't like Keita.

Notes

An "apoyan" is an expert in a travel agency who solves various problems that occur at an airport counter like ticketing errors, double bookings, etc.
Drama is based on the novels "Apoyan" and its sequel "Koisuru Kuukou Apoyan 2" by Takeshi Shinno (published April, 2008 and June, 2010 by Bungeishunjū Ltd.).

Cast



Atsushi Ito	Shihori Kanjiya	Toshiro Yanagiba	Mirei Kiritani	Yusuke Yamamoto
Keita Endo	Hanae Baba	Toshio Imaizumi	Haruko Morio	Hisao Edamoto



Hidekazu Mashima	Masahiro Toda	Yuri Nakamura	Hana Hizuki	Sho Aoyagi
Koichi Tanami	Takashi Horinouchi	Megumi Koga	Sakurako Fujisaki	Toshikazu Sunaga



Chizuru Lee	Seiko Noguchi	Narumi Konno	Hiroshi Okochi	Masaomi Hiraga
Minami Okahama	Mariko Yanagisawa	Ai Shinoda	Kozo Morio	Fukutaro Katsura



Mio Miyatake	Kouichi Nihei
Chiaki Morio	Kenji Isayama

Additional Cast Members:

Yoshiko Nakada - Mitsuyo Oomae (ep.1)
Shiro Namiki - Takeo Oomae (ep.1)
Jyuri Watanabe - Yuka Oomae (ep.1)
Reina Ikehata - (ep.1)
Makoto Ashikawa - (ep.1)
Minoru Sawatari - (ep.1)
Sayoko - (ep.1)
Chieko Matsubara - Suzuko Nosaka (ep.2)
Sayaka Aoki - Ogata (ep.2)
Moga Mogami - Lovely Pafu Pafu (ep.2)
Kota Yokoyama - Mugen Kimura (ep.3)
Mau Konishi - Marin Kimura (ep.3)
Koen Kondo - Kazuo Sato (ep.4)
Kazuyuki Matsuzawa - Toyoda (ep.4)
Yoshiyuki Morishita - Mikami (ep.4)
Takeshi Onishi - investigator (ep.4)
Ayana Hoshino - customer's daughter (ep.4)
Jyo Hyuga - ep.4
Kazuko Kato - Misae Enjoji (ep.5)
Taishi Masaoka - Keita Takahashi (ep.5)
Ayaka Komatsu - Ishii (ep.5)
Mickey Curtis - Tatsukao (ep.5)
Yoji Tanaka - Mizoguchi (ep.6)
Taikou Katoono - Sota Kobayashi (ep.6)
Satomi Nagano - Ritsuko Kobayashi (ep.6)
Rena Haruyama - (ep.6)
Yukijiro Hotaru - Murano (ep.7)
Hazuki Inoue - Yui Hirata (ep.7)
Reika Kirishima - Sakiko Aoyama (ep.7)
Rie Minemura - Harumi Kashiwa (ep.7)
Yoshinori Okada - Kiichiro Sibukawa (ep.7)
Masayuki Ito - Kogure (ep.8)
Yumiko Shaku - Miyuki Takemoto (ep.8)
Toru Nomaguchi - Tomonori Takemoto (ep.8)
Mayumi Sato - Yukiho Chida (ep.9)
Misaki Kinoshita - Hiroko Ohno (ep.10)
Akari Kinoshita - Yukari Nakayama (ep.10)
Etsuyo Mitani - (ep.10)

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Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	01/17/2013	9.7%
02	01/24/2013	8.4%
03	01/31/2013	8.0%
04	02/07/2013	7.4%
05	02/14/2013	7.6%
06	02/21/2013	8.1%
07	02/28/2013	9.4%
08	03/07/2013	8.0%
09	03/14/2013	10.1%
10	03/21/2013	10.7%
Average		8.7%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Comments

Kira Kira Apr 06 2013 5:49 pm I love this drama. It shows more than just workers helping people get on a plane. It has a deeper meaning and depicts what it's like working in an airport. This is really funny and has its moments of philosophy. I recommend it to everyone! Plus Yusuke Yamamoto is a huge comic relief along with some other actors!

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