■”I decided not to run away…” A growth drama about a trainee doctor that will make you laugh and cry
Kyoko Yoshine, who played the heroine in the NHK TV drama series “Beppin-san,” will appear in the Tuesday drama “Madoka 26 Years Old, I’m a Trainee!” starting in January 2025. It was announced that he will be starring in a TBS drama for the first time in about 10 years.
Yoshine plays Madoka Wakatsuki, a carefree, modern-day trainee doctor who is in her first year as a doctor and has a habit of saying, “It’ll all work out!” Because of his ability to study, he was admired by those around him and entered medical school. Although you have taken the first step as a medical resident, you may be confused by the unexpected adverse situation in the medical field, which is changing due to the Reiwa work style reform, or be surprised to find that your classmates have a firm vision and idea for the future. too. The drama depicts how Madoka grows over the course of two years, during which she makes two major choices in her life as a doctor and as a woman.
Co-stars include Nobuyuki Suzuki, who will be appearing in a Tuesday drama for the first time in about six years since “You and Me on the G-String”, playing the role of Takashi Kanno, a cool and stoic surgeon who guides Madoka.
Hikaru Takahashi will be appearing in a TBS drama for the first time in about three years since she starred in the drama stream “Murai no Koi” for the first time in the drama stream “Murai no Koi”, playing the role of Chifuyu Ozaki, a trainee doctor who has been Madoka’s classmate and good friend since her medical school days. (The formal notation for “taka” is ladder.)
He also played the role of Sho Igarashi, a trainee doctor who grew up in a doctor’s family and has a strong desire to become a doctor, but is actually not good at looking at blood, and is also a colleague of the main character, Madoka, since her medical school days.This is his first appearance in a TBS drama series. Naru, Ryusei Onishi, the Naniwa boy, has been decided.
It will be interesting to see how the drama depicts the interns and doctors who “face life seriously” in the medical field, their human-like true feelings, and the behind-the-scenes aspects of their daily lives.
■ Comment from Kyoko Yoshine who plays Madoka Wakatsuki
The character I play, Madoka, has a soft-spoken motto, “It’ll all work out!”, but she’s a responsible and straightforward girl in training, so I hope I can play her in a hard-working and charming way. . I also think that the way the trainee doctors are shown visiting various departments is new, and I think that will be one of the features of this work. I’m a bit worried about the surgical scenes and lines, but I’m really looking forward to growing together with my fellow trainees and senior teachers who are full of individuality. I hope that everyone can have a warm winter through this work, so I hope you enjoy watching it.
■Comment from Nobuyuki Suzuki, role of Takashi Kanno
The character I play, Kanno, doesn’t show much emotion through his facial expressions or demeanor, but he’s a close generation senior who followed the same path as Madoka and the trainee doctors, so I want to do my best to create a role where he can support everyone behind the scenes. . This is my first time playing the role of a surgeon, so I did a lot of research and imagined in my head what kind of doctor he would be as I prepared for the role. I believe that doctors in the actual medical field save the lives of so many people and are the people you can rely on, so I want to do my best to play that part as well. It’s a work that gives you a tangible sense of how the medical field is changing with the times, so I hope you’ll find something interesting in it.
■Chifuyu Ozaki: Hikaru Takahashi Comments
I have never appeared in a medical drama before, but I will be playing the role of Chifuyu, who is studying medicine at university and undergoing a rigorous training period. I want to play my role to the best of my ability. Chifuyu, the character I play, has a side that I think is very realist, and a side that I think is a girl who has romance somewhere in her heart, so I feel it’s a role that’s worth exploring. Also, I would like you to pay attention to the way the trainee doctors improve each other. I think this is a perfect work for those who want to be greedy in both work and love, so please take a look.
■Sho Igarashi: Ryusei Onishi Comment
This was my first time playing a trainee doctor, and I had the impression that being a trainee doctor would be extremely difficult. However, the script also depicts the behind-the-scenes aspects of trainee doctors, such as how they support each other because they have friends, and sometimes they laugh and clash a little, so I was really looking forward to acting out those scenes, and co-starring. I’m really looking forward to acting with all the actors I’ve always wanted to work with. Igarashi, the character I play, is a character who is loved by everyone, even though he has conflicts because his parents run a hospital.However, at times he has a venomous side, and he has a very broad perspective that looks at everyone from a bird’s-eye view. I think it’s a child. I will do my best to create a heart-warming work that will help you enjoy the depiction of the real life of a trainee doctor, and encourage everyone who is working towards their dreams!
■Original work: Midori Mizutani comment
I’m very surprised and happy about the dramatization!! Thank you!
This manga was made possible thanks to the relationships with various people, including medical professionals who cooperated with me, editors, and Madoka-sensei and Pochi-sensei, who are also the models for the characters.
It’s going to be a drama that will cheer you up, conveying the fresh emotion of Madoka-sensei’s life-size human being, who doesn’t quite look like a doctor yet.
The medical workers around me are also very modern and charming. As a member of the audience, I also hope to have fun while watching the show and be energized. Please take a look!
I would be even happier if you could share your thoughts with me.
■Producer: Kaori Shiomura Comment
“Surgery is cool!”
This drama is about Madoka, a trainee doctor who decided to become a doctor out of such a small admiration, and in the medical field of Reiwa, where work styles are drastically changing, during the limited initial training period of two years, she decides about her future as a doctor and as a woman. It is a growth story about thinking and making choices.
The profession of being a doctor is a very precious job that we are always indebted to. In Mizutani-sensei’s original comic, such a doctor is vividly depicted as a very human person who worries, is in trouble, sometimes spits out poison, and enjoys his work even though he faces a demanding job. I felt a lot of empathy for him and realized that doctors are just like us.
In making this drama, we interviewed actual trainee doctors and doctors in each department on super rotation, gathering more realistic voices and incorporating them into the script and filming.
This is not a “medical drama” that you’ve seen before, but a growth drama about a trainee doctor that will make you laugh and cry, giving you a peek into the true feelings hidden behind the white coat, starring Kyoko Yoshine. The production is made with the combined efforts of the charming performers and staff. We hope to deliver a colorful story told by Madoka and the doctors so that viewers will have a heartwarming Tuesday night in the middle of winter, so please support us until spring!
Program information
TBS TV Tuesday drama “Madoka, 26 years old, is a trainee doctor! ”
Starting from January 2025, every Tuesday from 21:00
Cast: Kyoko Yoshine, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Hikaru Takahashi, Ryusei Onishi
Original work: Midori Mizutani “Madoka is 26 years old and is a trainee doctor! ” “I am working as a trainee doctor. “I came to a remote island as a medical trainee. ” (published by KADOKAWA)
“Madoka is 26 years old and is a trainee doctor! ”Program site
https://www.tbs.co.jp/madoka26_tbs/
