Odagiri Jo who plays Niijima Jo, the 2nd husband of Yae (Ayase) and founder of Doshisha University, revealed that he had met Ayase before when she paid a visit to their house about six months ago at the invitation of Odagiri's wife Kashii Yu who is a close friend of Ayase and belong to the same agency. In addition, since their hometowns (Odagiri comes from Okayama and Ayase comes from Hiroshima) are close, he said that this additional level of familiarity with each other will serve to help them work well together in the year ahead.
As for the other cast members, Mizuhara Kiko will play Japan's first female student who went overseas to study Ooyama Sutematsu which also marks her first appearance in a drama. Oguri Shun will play Yoshida Shouin while Oikawa will play Kido Takayoshi.
Source: Sanspo
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