Do you like the female student Miri in "The Wife of the Month", the deputy editor-in-chief 500 flaghead in "Republished Out", or the Japanese drama characters of Today's Son? Did you know that MIU404 is actually a story from The Queen of Forensics? They are all based on the magical screenwriting skills of "Akiko Nogi". Whether it is a comic adaptation or original, a good screenwriter can take you to heaven and see what her representative dramas are!
▋2013 "Flying PR Room" (PR Room Love)
Since 2012, Akiko Nogi has worked with other screenwriters on "Lucky 7 Queen Detective Agency" and "Mostly Crying", but what really made her name stand out was "Flying PUBLIC Room" in 2013, which was also her first cooperation with Yui Niigaki, which opened the golden equation of "Nogi x Yui".
Written by Akiko Nogi
"Flying PR Room" is Nogi's first collaboration with Yui Niigaki
"Flying Public Relations Room" is adapted from the novel by Japanese writer Hiroshi Arikawa, in which the heroine Rika (Yui Niigaki) and the male protagonist Oyo (Tsuyoshi Ayano) each have dreams, but they are hit on the road to pursue their goals, and the encounter between the two also opens up a new life opportunity for each other. On the basis of the original work, Nogi Akiko adds the delicate stacking of emotions between many male and female protagonists, so that people can easily feel the growing feelings from small actions and eyes, which makes people admire that Nogi screenwriter is basically a CP making machine!
《Empty Spacious Room》
- Premiere date: April 2013
・Cast: Yui Niigaki, Tsuyoshi Ayano, Kyobei Shibata, etc
▋ 2013 "Library Wars"
Following "Flying PR Room", Akiko Nogi once again collaborated with Hiroshi Arikawa on the novel adaptation of "Library War" and tv series. The storyline is set in the air of Japan, the government enacted media censorship regulations, on the grounds of banning "dangerous publications", but in order to hinder the freedom of book publishing, a group of "library team members" stepped forward to protect the freedom of books.
Junichi Okada plays the instructor in the library special unit, and Nana Eikura plays the only female soldier, Kasawara Yu, and the interaction between the two in the play is sometimes funny and sometimes warm, and is considered to be very close to the original casting! In 2013, the film version was well received, and in 2015, the Japanese drama SP version was launched, and the writers were all written by Nogi.
《War on the War》
- Film premiere: April 2013
・ Nichiba SP (Figure War Book of Memories) Shuei: October 2015
・Cast: Nana Eikura, Junichi Okada, Kei Tanaka, Fukushi Akiki, etc
▋2015 Memorandum on the Son of the Day
The original work of "Memorandum of Ikusaka Ikuiko" is Nishio's speculative light novel "Forgotten Detective Series", which was adapted into a manga and remade into a TV series. The protagonist, "Tomoko Tsukiko", is a "forgotten detective" who resets his memory whenever he is asleep, but he has superior reasoning skills and always assists the upside-down HermitAge Isuke (Shosei Okada) to solve mysteries.
Akiko Nogi can be said to have perfectly mastered the character of Tomoko, so that Yui Niigaki is not only a super cute girl detective in the play, but also like a warm light that leads Tosuke, but no matter how many memories the two build together, they can only go to the end of "forgetting". Slightly sweet with sourness, reasoning with emotion is the most wonderful thing about this adaptation!
《The Oblique of Today's Child in the Law》
- Premiere date: October 2015
・Cast: Yui Niigaki, Shosei Okada, and Mitsuhiro Kawa
◾2015 "Reprint! 》
"Reprinted! Adapted from a serial manga by Naoko Matsuda, it tells the story of the passionate protagonist "Kurosawa Shin (Kuroki Hua)" entering a manga magazine as a rookie, facing the encouragement of her boss and the mediation of the author, and every day is a record of the editor's struggle full of blood and tears and laughter.
Kentaro Sakaguchi, Ajigi
Manga author Nanako Matsuda Yo oda kirikiri
The most wonderful thing about this comic drama is that every character in the editorial department is a flesh-and-blood, intimate friend and colleague who actually exists in your and my life. For example, the world-weary business Koizumi (Kentaro Sakaguchi), the warm deputy editor-in-chief Five Hundred Flag Head (Oda Cherome), etc., the characters of Akiko Nogi can always spark each other at a certain moment, illuminate each other, and let the audience grow with them from the bottom of their hearts.
《Reprint!》
- Premiere date: April 2016
・Cast: Kuroki, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Odah, etc
▋2016 "Wife of the Month" (Evasion is shameful but useful)
2016's "Monthly Wife" can be called the classic of "Nogi x Knot". Adapted from a manga by Tsunya Uino, the series depicts mikuri, a female student, and hirata, a tech upstart, who begin a life of fake marriage in a "contract" fashion, and re-examine the relationship. In the witty and lovely plot laying out, the whole drama is lightly put into the issues of marriage, sexual peace, and same-sex marriage, which is profound but not heavy.
Akiko Nogi asks Yui Niigaki and Hoshino Gen to present a couple of men and women from patron relationship to marriage, from cohabitation to love and pity in a subtle pace in the play. A series of marriage relationships that break the traditional social tradition have condensed countless fragments of real life. Nogi always accurately grasps the essence of the original work and tells the story well to every audience.
《Running away is a hoard, but useful》
- Premiere date: October 2016
・Ryojo: Aragaki Yui, Hoshino Gen, Ishida Yuriko, Otani Ryo Equality
▋ 2018 "Queen of Forensics" (UNNATURAL)
Nogi Akiko, who is very good at adapting the drama, brought the biggest surprise to Japanese drama fans in 2018, which is this original criminal investigation drama "Forensic Queen", which allows us to see the other side of the goddess Ishihara Satomi, and also discovers more possibilities of criminal investigation dramas.
"Forensic Queen" played by Ishihara Mimikoto, is a general anatomist who has to face the deceased every day, she has to use a meticulous mind to interpret the message left behind death, while solving the case, the whole drama also revolves around the message of "in a limited life, what kind of value can we leave, can we be remembered", Nogi Akiko successfully let Ishihara use a resolute female image to lead the audience to think about the philosophy of life and death with a softer posture.
《Unnatural》
・ Premiere date: January 2018
・Cast: Toshimi Ishihara, Shin Iura, Masataka Wata, etc
▋ 2018 "We Can't Be Beasts" (Non-Bestial Men and Women)
In "We Can't Be Beasts", Akiko Nogi gave Yui Niigaki a completely different image. Deep Sea Crystal, who is trapped in the abyss of the workplace, does not want to be a lovely person, she is a bit embarrassed, even humble, and can only constantly suppress herself in the face of the pressure of reality. Akiko Nogi seems to be able to see the other side of Yui Niigaki's sweet smile, giving her the opportunity to interpret the beast that breaks away from the false surface and completely liberates her heart. This drama also made Nogi awarded the 37th "Xiangtian Kuniko Award", which is one of the highest honors of Japanese drama screenwriters!
《We Can't Be Beasts》
・ Premiere date: October 2018
・Cast: Yui Niigaki, Ryuhei Matsuda, Kei Tanaka, Rinko Kikuchi, etc
▋2020 "Furutaki Brothers Rental"
Akiko Nogi's first report card of drama in 2020 is the low-key late-night drama "Kotaki Brothers Rental" without the blessing of star aura. The director of the show sought out Atsuhiro Yamashita in "Late Night Canteen"; Hiroshi Furutan is the bar owner in "Escape from Shame", and Kenichi Takito played the role of "Naoki Hanzawa". The crew even hired the big screenwriter Miyato Kankuro to play a key role!
The plot depicts a pair of brothers who have achieved nothing, who become "rental uncles" in order to make a living, seeing all kinds of things in the world and the importance of life in various cases with an hourly salary of one thousand yen, the whole drama is not sour or bitter, and it seems very personal compared with a sweet love drama in the same period.
《Kotaki Brothers and The Hardships》
・ Premiere date: January 2020
- Cast: Koji Furudate, Kenichi Takito, Kyoko Yoshine, Kankuro Miyato, etc
▋2020《MIU404》
Akiko Nogi's most recent high-profile drama is "MIU404" starring Hoshino Gen and Ayano Tsuyoshi, who play the role of a search partner with a vastly different personality, and the first episode has an exciting drag racing chase scene, allowing the audience to immediately feel the fast pace of the play.
However, for Japanese drama fans, the most surprising thing is that the story of "MIU404" is set in the same time and space as "Forensic Queen"! In addition to the original team of "forensic doctors" behind the scenes, roles who have played in "forensics" such as the director of "UDI Lab", criminal police Maori, and Xiangdao all appear in "MIU404". In a certain episode, there was a general autopsy record of the former partner who played Hoshino Gen, and the anatomist was writing Mimimi! With all kinds of delicate arrangements and connections, people can't help but marvel that Nogi has quietly woven her own "Nogi Universe"!
Episode 8 appears as the director of the "UDI Lab" in the Forensic Queen!
Sakamoto, a clinical examination technician at UDI Lab, also made a cameo appearance!
《MIU404》
- Premiere date: April 2020
・Cast: Hoshino Gen, Tsuyoshi Ayano, Kenshi Okada, Kumiko Aso, etc
Akiko Nogi was awarded the 37th (2018) award to Kuniko Nogi for "We Can't Be Beasts", and the cast and crew took a group photo at the award ceremony.
After watching Akiko Nogi's historical masterpieces, I have to admire her not only as a "divine drama maker", but also as a "male god and goddess making machine"! Actors such as Yui Niigaki, Toshimi Ishihara, Hoshino Gen, and Tsuyoshi Ayano are originally very charismatic, but the screenwriters of Nogi can always dig deeper into their potential characteristics, creating a charming and cute character in the play, and every classic line is like a real life portrayal of the fans.