Manten (まんてん, Manten) is a Japanese television drama series, the 67th Asadora series broadcast on NHK. It was aired on September 30, 2002 and ended on March 29, 2003. The drama tells about a young woman who studies to become a meteorologist.
Cast
Main characters
- Mao Miyaji as Manten Hidaka
- Chiaki Saito as young Manten Hidaka
- Takashi Fujii as Yōhei Hanayama
- Riku Nishimoto as Sora Hanayama
- Nobuko Miyamoto as Yuriko Hanayama
- Katsuhisa Namase as Keisuke Hanayama
- Sarina Suzuki as Nishiki Hanayama (her maiden name was Shinohara)
- Atsuko Asano as Mihoko Hozumi (her maiden name was Hidaka)
- Tatsuya Mihashi as Genji Hidaka
- Hidekazu Akai as Genkichi Hidaka
- Kiyoshi Hikawa as Hideo Hidaka
- Fumiyo Kohinata as Jinroku Hozumi
- Mitsuki Tanimura as Mikai Hozumi
- Yuriko Hirooka as Fumiko Tanaka
Kuroda family
- Nobuaki Kakuda as Masami Kuroda
- Midoriko Kimura as Kazue Kuroda
- Hanako Yamada as Tsubame Kuroda
- Yoshinori Yasuda as Iwao Kuroda
- Kazuyuki Maeda as Kojiro Kuroda
