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==User Rating==
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==Profile==
* '''Drama:''' The First Penguin
* '''Romaji:''' First Penguin
* '''Japanese:''' ファーストペンギン!
* '''Director:''' [[Hidemi Uchida]], Michihito Ogawa
* '''Writer:''' [[Yoshiko Morishita]]
* '''Network:''' [[NTV]]
* '''Episodes:''' 10
* '''Release Date:''' October 5 - December 7, 2022
* '''Runtime:''' Wednesday 22:00-23:00
* '''Language:''' Japanese
* '''Country:''' Japan

==Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©==
Nodoka Iwasaki ([[Nao]]) is a single mother, with a son. She has recently moved to a port city and experiences a hard time adjusting to the area. She begins to work at a hotel as staff member. One day, Nodoka Iwasaki meets fisherman Hiroshi Kataoka ([[Shinichi Tsutsumi]]) at the hotel. He is attending a banquet there. Circumstances leads Hiroshi Kataoka to praise Nodoka Iwasaki’s resourcefulness and he asks her to work for the fisherman. Nodoka Iwasaki doesn't know anything about the fishing industry, but she decides to work for the fisherman. Due to her unfamiliarity with the industry, she proposes a new idea of selling fish directly to businesses. A sensation in the fishing industry is created.

==Notes==
# "The First Penguin" takes over [[NTV]]'s Wednesday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "[[Home Tutor]]" and followed by "[[Reversal Orchestra]]" on January 11, 2023.
# Screenplay is based on the life of Chika Tsubouch. She founded Hagi Oshima Sendanmaru in 2011, which sold fish from fishermen to businesses directly.

==Cast==
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|1picture=File:The First Penguin-Nao.jpg
|1name=Nao
|1charactername=Nodoka Iwasaki
|2picture=File:The First Penguin-Shinichi Tsutsumi.jpg
|2name=Shinichi Tsutsumi
|2charactername=Hiroshi Kataoka
|3picture=File:The First Penguin-Rikuto Ishizuka.jpg
|3name=Rikuto Ishizuka
|3charactername=Susumu Iwasaki
|4picture=File:The First Penguin-Nobuyuki Suzuki.jpg
|4name=Nobuyuki Suzuki
|4charactername=Kazuki Nagasawa
|5picture=File:The First Penguin-Mitsuru Fukikoshi.jpg
|5name=Mitsuru Fukikoshi
|5charactername=Takashi Isoda
|6picture=File:The First Penguin-Zen Kajihara.jpg
|6name=Zen Kajihara
|6charactername=Atsushi Yamanaka
|7picture=File:The First Penguin-Yu Uemura.jpg
|7name=Yu Uemura
|7charactername=Takumi Yamanaka
|8picture=File:The First Penguin-Daichi Watanabe.jpg
|8name=Daichi Watanabe
|8charactername=Yusuke Kotohira
|9picture=File:The First Penguin-Mirai Shida.jpg
|9name=Mirai Shida
|9charactername=Soyo Yamafuji
|10picture=File:The First Penguin-Wakana Matsumoto.jpg
|10name=Wakana Matsumoto
|10charactername=Shizuka Mizoguchi
|11picture=File:The First Penguin-First Summer Uika.jpg
|11name=First Summer Uika
|11charactername=Rinka Shigemori
|12picture=File:The First Penguin-Noriko Nakagoshi.jpg
|12name=Noriko Nakagoshi
|12charactername=Miyako Kataoka
|13picture=File:The First Penguin-Tomio Umezawa.jpg
|13name=Tomio Umezawa
|13charactername=Hisamitsu Sugiura
|14picture=File:The First Penguin-Mio Tanaka.jpg
|14name=Mio Tanaka
|14charactername=Taizo Oshima
|15picture=File:The First Penguin-Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi.jpg
|15name=Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
|15charactername=Chuji Nakagawa
|16picture=File:The First Penguin-Minoru Matsumoto.jpg
|16name=Minoru Matsumoto
|16charactername=Shoichi Kotoge
|17picture=File:The First Penguin-Toshiya Toyama.jpg
|17name=Toshiya Toyama
|17charactername=Shigeru Yasuno
}}
'''Additional Cast Members:'''
* [[Kairi Jyo]] - Susumu Iwasaki (adult)
* [[Hiroshi Yazaki]] - Takanori Osaka
* [[Koh Takasugi]] - Kohei Hamashiri
* [[Gakudai (1971)|Gakudai]] - Toshie Kaizuka
* [[Tatsunori Tsujimoto]] - Mitsuhisa Negishi
* [[Ryosei Konishi]] - Narushi Hazama
* [[Shigeru Izumiya]] - Ichirota Tatsumi
* [[Yusuke Onuki]] - Raku Hayashida
* [[Masanobu Yata (1965)|Masanobu Yata]] - Yoshiharu Shigemori
* [[Machiko Washio]] - Yasuko Isoda
* [[Naomasa Musaka]] - restaurant owner
* [[Masanori Ishii]] - Toshiya Hiranuma
* [[Rika Adachi]] - Aina Shiramine
* [[Akio Kaneda]] - chairman
* [[Ken Teraizumi]] - Ichi Nonomiya
* [[Kouki Nishida (Lalande)|Kouki Nishida]] - Taichi (ep.1)
* [[Kazue Ito]] - hotel owner (ep.1-2)
* [[Rika Kazami]] - hotel staff (ep.1)
* [[Seina Kasugai]] - bar mama (ep.1)
* [[Megu Aoyama]] - Yuria (ep.1-2)
* [[Hiroshi Izawa]] - Kousuke Nakagawa (ep.1-2)
* [[Tomonori Mizuno]] - public officer (ep.1-2)
* [[Hiroshi Okochi]] - Takashi Ando (ep.2)
* [[Seiha Naitou]] - prefectural government official (ep.2)
* [[Mokomichi Hayami]] - Nagareyama (ep.3-4)
* [[Takeshi Ogura]] - restaurant owner (ep.3-4)
* [[Yasuhiko Hashikura]] - restaurant owner (ep.3)
* [[Osamu Narimatsu]] - restaurant owner (ep.3)
* [[Kengo Yoshida]] - Yuichi Fujiwara (ep.6-7)
* [[Megumi Ujiie]] - department head (ep.6,10)
* Sakana-kun - Sakana-kun (ep.7)
* [[Tity Hasegawa]] - Sou Okamuro (ep.7)
* [[Suzunosuke]] - Hiroki Shimada (ep.9)
* [[Masanobu Sakata]] - person in charge (ep.10)

==Episode Ratings==
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #F9F9F9; border: 1px #AAA solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
! align=left width=20% bgcolor="F52887" | Episode
! align=left width=45% bgcolor="F52887" | Date
! align=left width=35% bgcolor="F52887"| Ratings<br>(Kanto Region)
|-
| 01 || 10/05/2022 || 8.9%
|-
| 02 || 10/12/2022 || 7.5%
|-
| 03 || 10/19/2022 || 7.1%
|-
| 04 || 10/26/2022 || 7.7%
|-
| 05 || 11/02/2022 || 7.3%
|-
| 06 || 11/09/2022 || 7.5%
|-
| 07 || 11/16/2022 || 7.0%
|-
| 08 || 11/23/2022 || 4.9%
|-
| 09 || 11/30/2022 || 7.0%
|-
| 10 || 12/07/2022 || 7.5%
|-
! colspan=2 | Average || 7.2%
|}
Source: [http://www.videor.co.jp/ Video Research, Ltd.]

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==External Links==
* [https://www.ntv.co.jp/first-penguin/ Official Website]

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