# Soar High!

Soar High! (舞いあがれ!, Maiagare!) is a Japanese television drama series and the 107th Asadora series, following Chimudondon. It premiered on October 3, 2022, and concluded on March 31, 2023. Haruka Fukuhara was cast in the lead role of Mai Iwakura after an audition of 2545 women.

## Cast
### Iwakura's family

* Haruka Fukuhara as Mai Iwakura
** Haro Asano as young Mai
* Katsunori Takahashi as Kōta Iwakura, Mai's father
* Hiromi Nagasaku as Megumi iwakura, Mai's mother
* You Yokoyama as Haruto Iwakura, Mai's brother
** Saion Ebizuka as young Haruto
* Atsuko Takahata as Shōko Saitsu, Mai's grandmother and Megumi's mother

### Mai's childhood friends

* Eiji Akaso as Takashi Umezu, Okonomiyaki restaurant "Umezu" owner's son
** Kento Saitō as young Takashi
* Mizuki Yamashita as Kurumi Mochizuki, Mai's classmate
** Saki Ōno as young Kurumi

### Higashiosaka people

* Tomomitsu Yamaguchi as Masaru Umezu, Okonomiyaki restaurant "Umezu" owner, Takashi's father
* Rie Kawabata as Yukino Umezu, Okonomiyaki restaurant "Umezu" landlady, Takashi's mother
* Kanji Furutachi as Hisayuki Kasamaki, a worker at the factory run by Kōta
* Naoki Matayoshi as Iwao Yagi, the owner of second-hand bookstore "Derashine"
* Satoru Matsuo as Yoshiharu Mochizuki, Kurumi's father and former rugby player
* Seiko Takuma as Michiko Tsuda, a hostess of the café where Mai and Kurumi are working part-time

### Goto Peninsula people

* Show Aikawa as Gō Kido, a shipwright
* Kosuke Suzuki as Shingo Ura, an office staff
* Neru Nagahama as Sakura Yamanaka, a woman selling jam made by Sachiko at the shop

### Naniwa Birdman seniors

* Mahiro Takasugi as Hirofumi Kariya, 3rd year university student who is in charge of designing the human-powered aircraft "Swan"
* Ayako Yoshitani as Fūko Yura, 2nd year university student who is a pilot of the human-powered aircraft "Swan"
* Suguru Adachi as Aoi Tsuruta, 3rd year university student who is a circle representative

### Aviation school people

* Ren Meguro as Hiroaki Kashiwagi, an elite who grew up in an aviation family
* Hirona Yamazaki as Rinko Yano, a returnee who worked at a trading company
* Shogo Hama as Shinichi Nakazawa, a man who quit his job because he could not give up on his dream of becoming a pilot
* Kotaro Daigo as Taisei Yoshida, a man who goes to school on a scholarship
* Hiroki Sano as Yūki Mizushima, Mizushima Store president's son
* Kōji Kikkawa as Mamoru Ōkōchi, an aviation instructor

## TV schedule

| Week | Episodes | Title | Directed by | Original airdate | Rating |
| 1 | 1–5 | "Okāchan to Watashi" (お母ちゃんとわたし) | Tadashi Tanaka | October 3–7, 2022 | 15.9% |
| 2 | 6–10 | "Baramon-dako, Agare!" (ばらもん凧、あがれ！) | Yūsuke Noda | October 10–14, 2022 | 16.4% |
| 3 | 11–15 | "Ganbare! Otōchan" (がんばれ！お父ちゃん) | Tadashi Tanaka | October 17–21, 2022 | 16.1% |
| 4 | 16–20 | "Tsubasa ni Kakeru Seishun" (翼にかける青春) | Tadashi Tanaka | October 24–28, 2022 | 16.0% |
| 5 | 21–25 | "Sora o Tobitai!" (空を飛びたい！) | Tadashi Tanaka | October 30–November 4, 2022 | 15.2% |
| 6 | 26–30 | "Swan-gō no Kiseki" (スワン号の奇跡) | Takayoshi Kotani | November 7–11, 2022 | 15.6% |
| 7 | 31–35 | "Pilot ni Naritai!" (パイロットになりたい！) | Tadashi Tanaka | November 14–18, 2022 | 15.5% |
| 8 | 36–40 | "Iza, Kōkū-gakkō e!" (いざ、航空学校へ！) | Yūsuke Noda | November 21–25, 2022 | 15.6% |
| 9 | 41–45 | "Watashira wa Team ya" (私らはチームや) | Kensuke Matsuki | November 28–December 2, 2022 | 15.5% |
| 10 | 46–50 | "Wakare to Hatsukoi" (別れと初恋) | Yūsuke Noda | December 5–9, 2022 | 15.6% |
| 11 | 51–55 | "Egao no Flight" (笑顔のフライト) | Kensuke Matsuki | December 12–16, 2022 | 15.9% |
| 12 | 56–60 | "Tsubasa wo Yasumeru Tori" (翼を休める鳥) | Takayoshi Kotani | December 19–23, 2022 | 15.6% |
| 13 | 61–63 | "Mukai-kaze no Naka de" (向かい風の中で) | Tadashi Tanaka | December 26–28, 2022 | ? |
| 14 | 64–66 | "Chichi no Senaka" (父の背中) | Tadashi Tanaka | January 4–6, 2023 | ? |
| 15 | 67–71 | "Ketsudan no Toki" (決断の時) | Tadashi Tanaka | January 9–13, 2023 | 15.7% |
| 16 | 72–76 | "Haha to Watashi no Chōsen" (母と私の挑戦) | Hyōji Harada | January 16–20, 2023 | 16.0% |
| 17 | 77–81 | "Ōkina Yume ni Mukatte" (大きな夢に向かって) | Yūsuke Noda | January 23–27, 2023 | 16.2% |
| 18 | 82–86 | "Oyako no Kokoro" (親子の心) | Yūsuke Noda | January 30–February 3, 2023 | 16.2% |
| 19 | 87–91 | "Kokuhaku" (告白) | Takayoshi Kotani | February 6–10, 2023 | 16.1% |
| 20 | 92–96 | "Tsutaetai Omoi" (伝えたい思い) | Takafumi Kudō | February 13–17, 2023 | 15.9% |
| 21 | 97–101 | "Aratana Shuppatsu" (新たな出発) | Tadashi Tanaka | February 20–24, 2023 | 16.0% |
| 22 | 102–106 | "Bōken no Hajimari" (冒険のはじまり) | Takayoshi Kotani | February 27–March 3, 2023 | 16.0% |
| 23 | 107–111 | "Hiyaku no Chance" (飛躍のチャンス) | Hisashi Ogawa | March 6–10, 2023 | 15.7% |
| 24 | 112–116 | "Banba no Ayumi" (ばんばの歩み) | Yūsuke Noda | March 13–17, 2023 | 15.6% |
| 25 | 117–121 | "Mirai wo Shinjite" (未来を信じて) | Yōhei Ōno | March 20–24, 2023 | 12.7% |
| 26 | 122–126 | "Watashi-tachi no Tsubasa" (私たちの翼) | Tadashi Tanaka | March 27–31, 2023 | 15.4% |
| Average rating 15.6% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region). ||||||