Preview of "Tatakau Onna" - Autumn 2014

Title: Tatakau Onna 戦う女 (The Fighting Woman)
Official website: here
O.A. Start Date: 17 October 2014
Timeslot: Fridays 11pm
Broadcast by: FujiTV CS
Original essay by: Koizumi Kyoko
Theme song: Tatakau Onna by Charan Porantan
Regular Cast: Kadowaki Mugi, YOU, Tomochika, Eri

Episode 1 - Mama no inai aida ni: Kadowaki Mugi, Yamanaka Takashi, Kosuge Shiori, Shinohara Yukiko

Episode 2 - Onaka no Maguma: Hara Maika, Komatsu Moka

Episode 3 - Arifureta Koi no Hanashi: Kishii Yukino, Owada Kensuke, Fukikoshi Mitsuru

Episode 4 - Oshiawase ni: Ito Ayumi, Takeko Aya

Episode 5 - T-back Blues: Takaoka Saki, Nekoze Tsubaki, Nishida Naomi

Koizumi Kyoko's essay to be adapted into a drama series "Tatakau Onna"

Koizumi Kyoko's essay "Tatakau Onna Pants-hen" (The Fighting Woman - the underwear part) will be made into a 5-episode drama by FujiTV and shown via CS FujiTV NEXT from 17 October at 11pm on Fridays. The essay written by Koizumi was published on culture magazine "Mayonaka" in January 2009 and talks about how Koizumi's life has changed over the years through the description of the underwear choices she has made since she was a child up to being in her 40s. The 5 episodes will feature her life when she was a primary school student, junior high student, in her 20s, 30s and reaching 42 years old. Kadowaki Mugi will play the role of an lingerie shop owner while different actresses will play the leads in each episode. Half of the airtime will be taken up by the drama while the other 30 mins will be a girls-talk section featuring Kadowaki, YOU, Tomochika and Eri about underwear.

Koizumi commented that it was surprising to know that the producers were interested in her essay which she considered too short to be worthy material to be made into a drama. As such, she will be looking forward to see how her essay will be presented on screen.

The theme song "Tatakau Onna" will be sung by singing unit Charan Porantan made up of two sisters who just made their major debut in July this year.

Source: Sanspo