# Dear Radiance

Dear Radiance (光る君へ, Hikaru Kimi e) is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Yuriko Yoshitaka as Murasaki Shikibu. The series is the 63rd NHK taiga drama.

## Cast
### Starring role

* Yuriko Yoshitaka as Murasaki Shikibu. In the series, she is called Mahiro.
** Miyuko Ochii as young Mahiro

### Her family

* Gorō Kishitani as Fujiwara no Tametoki, Mahiro's father
* Ryōko Kuninaka as Chiyaha, Mahiro's mother
* Mahiro Takasugi as Fujiwara no Nobunori, Mahiro's brother
** Kōki Yuda as Tarō (young Nobunori)
* Kuranosuke Sasaki as Fujiwara no Nobutaka, Mahiro's husband
* Sara Minami as Fujiwara no Katako (Daini no Sanmi), Mahiro's daughter
* Tarō Yabe as Otomaru
* Seijun Nobukawa as Ito

### Michinaga's family

* Tasuku Emoto as Fujiwara no Michinaga
** Kousei Kimura as young Michinaga
* Yasunori Danta as Fujiwara no Kaneie, Michinaga's father
* Kotono Mitsuishi as Tokihime, Michinaga's mother
* Arata Iura as Fujiwara no Michitaka, Michinaga's brother
* Yuka Itaya as Takashina no Takako, Michitaka's wife
* Yusuke Kamiji as Fujiwara no Michitsuna, Michinaga's half brother
* Naomi Zaizen as Fujiwara no Yasuko, Michitsuna's mother
* Reo Tamaoki as Fujiwara no Michikane, Michitsuna's brother
* Yō Yoshida as Fujiwara no Akiko (Senshi), Michinaga's sister.
* Mitsuki Takahata as Fujiwara no Sadako, Michitaka's daughter
** Tampopo Nakamura as young Sadako (around 12 years old)
** Himari Kimura as young Sadako (around 8 years old)
* Keisuke Watanabe as Fujiwara no Yorimichi, Michinaga's eldest son
* Shohei Miura as Fujiwara no Korechika, Michitaka's eldest son
* Ruka Matsuda as Minamoto no Ikuko, Korechika's wife
* Yume Takeuchi as Fujiwara no Mitsuko
* Ryo Ryusei as Fujiwara no Takaie, Michitaka's second son
* Kumi Takiuchi as Minamoto no Akiko, Michinaga's another wife
* Chikara Honda as Mozuhiko
* Mitsuomi Takahashi as Fujiwara no Yoshichika, Michinaga's cousin
* Ichirōta Miyagawa as Fujiwara no Akimitsu, Michinaga's cousin
* Takayuki Sakoi as Taira no Korenaka
* Anna Kurasawa as Fujiwara no Kiyoko
* Kaisei Kamimura as Fujiwara no Yorimune
* Masaki Himekomatsu as Fujiwara no Norimichi
* Saku Momose as Fujiwara no Akinobu
* Yūtarō Furutachi as Fujiwara no Michitō
* Ryutarou Akimoto as Fujiwara no Yoshinobu
* Nanami Taki as Fujiwara no Yoshiko
* Yūdai Toyoda as Fujiwara no Nagaie

### Uda Genji

* Haru Kuroki as Minamoto no Tomoko, Michinaga's legal wife
* Tōru Masuoka as Minamoto no Masanobu, Tomoko's father
* Mako Ishino as Fujiwara no Mutsuko, Tomoko's 's mother

### Michinaga's colleagues

* Ryūji Akiyama as Fujiwara no Sanesuke
* Keita Machida as Fujiwara no Kintō
* Satoshi Kanada as Fujiwara no Tadanobu
* Daichi Watanabe as Fujiwara no Yukinari
* Daisuke Honda as Minamoto no Toshikata
* Jun Hashizume as Fujiwara no Yoritada
* Masanobu Sakata as Fujiwara no Tamemitsu
* Ryujin Suzuki as Minamoto no Shigenobu
* Yoshihiro Kurita as Fujiwara no Fuminori

### Emperors and their families

* Bandō Minosuke II as Emperor En'yū, the 64th emperor
* Kanata Hongō as Emperor Kazan, the 65th emperor
** Shunta Itō as Prince Morosada (young Kazan)
* Akihisa Shiono as Emperor Ichijō, the 66th emperor
** Hinata Hiiragi as young Emperor Ichijō (around 12 years old)
** Haru Takagi as Prince Yasuhito (young Ichijō, around 10 years old)
* Kataoka Sennosuke as Prince Atsuyasu
** Kai Watanabe as young Atsuyasu
* Tatsunari Kimura as Emperor Sanjō, the 67th emperor
* Sakura Inoue as Fujiwara no Yoshiko
* Shizuka Nakamura as Fujiwara no Nobuko
* Seia Yasuda as Fujiwara no Motoko
* Aki Asakura as Fujiwara no Sukeko
* Tatsumi Asa as Prince Atsuakira
* Hinako Tanaka as Queen Takahime
* Yukino Kaizu as Princess Nagako
* Hinata Takano as Emperor Go-Ichijō, the 68th emperor
** Ise Hashimoto as Prince Atsuhira (young Go-Ichijō, around 12 years old)
** Ren Ishizuka as Prince Atsuhira (young Go-Ichijō, around 8 years old)
** Aoi Hamada as Prince Atsuhira (young Go-Ichijō, around 5 years old)

### Empress Akiko and the women who serve her

* Ai Mikami as Empress Akiko (Shōshi), Michinaga's daughter and Emperor Ichijō's wife
* Rika Izumi as Izumi Shikibu
* Kinako Kobayashi as Miya no Senji
* Rena Mashita as Dainagon no Kimi
* Kaori Seto as Saishō no Kimi
* Natsu Fukui as Koshōshō no Kimi
* Rio Kanno as Saemon no Naishi
* Ui as Uma-no-Chūjō no Kimi

### Song dynasty

* Haogo (Koji Yano) as Zhu Rencong
* Kouhei Matsushita as Zhou Ming

### Others

* First Summer Uika as Sei Shōnagon. In the series, she is called Kikyō.
* Hiroshi Ōmori as Kiyohara no Motosuke, Kikyō's father
* Kaname Ouki as Akazome Emon
* Yūsuke Santamaria as Abe no Haruakira, a.k.a. Abe no Seimei
* Daiki as Sumaru
* Katsuya Maiguma as Naohide
* Masumi Nomura as Sawa
* San'yūtei Koyūza as Eshi, a painter
* Kayo Noro as Nui
* Kanro Morita as Minamoto no Kunimori
* Atsumi Tanezaki as cockatoo voice
* Takamasa Tamaki as Minamoto no Mitsumasa
* Yu Tokui as Ōno Kunikatsu
* Junpei Yasui as Mikuni no Wakamaro
* Takenori Kaneko as Hayanari
* Kento Ogura as Tsunekata
* Kentarō Itō as Sōjumaru
* Miyu Yagyu as Toshiko, Kintō's wife
* Shoichiro Akaboshi as Jōchō
* Ryuhei Watabe as Kyōri
* Ozuno Nakamura as Taira no Muneyori
* Masashi Taniguchi as Ōe no Masahira
* Chinami Nishimura as a Myōbu
* Nao Kosaka as Saiin no Chūjō
* Yū Kamio as Taira no Tamekata
* Sakura Kiryu as Sugawara no Takasue's daughter
* Aina Yamada as Fujiwara no Nobuko
* Masayuki Deai as Fujiwara no Tomochika
* Kenji Matsuda as Fujiwara no Suketaka
* Shinji Asakura as Ōkura no Taneki
* Kenta Uchino as Taira no Muneyuki
* Kunihiro Suda as Takarabe no Hironobu
* Norihito Kaneko as Ōga no Morimiya
* Biyori Moriya as Fun'ya no Tadamitsu
* Tyson Ohya as Jōkaku
* Shohei Ueki as Minamoto no Michikata

## TV schedule

| Episode | Title | Directed by | Original airdate | Rating |
| 1 | "Yakusoku no Tsuki" (約束の月) | Yuki Nakajima | January 7, 2024 (2024-01-07) | 12.7% |
| 2 | "Meguriai" (めぐりあい) | Yuki Nakajima | January 14, 2024 (2024-01-14) | 12.0% |
| 3 | "Nazo no Otoko" (謎の男) | Yuki Nakajima | January 21, 2024 (2024-01-21) | 12.4% |
| 4 | "Gosechi no Maihime" (五節の舞姫) | Yoshiharu Sasaki | January 28, 2024 (2024-01-28) | 11.3% |
| 5 | "Kokuhaku" (告白) | Satoru Nakaizumi | February 4, 2024 (2024-02-04) | 11.7% |
| 6 | "Futari no Saijo" (二人の才女) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | February 11, 2024 (2024-02-11) | 11.0% |
| 7 | "Okashiki Kotokoso" (おかしきことこそ) | Yuki Nakajima | February 18, 2024 (2024-02-18) | 10.9% |
| 8 | "Manekarezaru Mono" (招かれざる者) | Yoshiharu Sasaki | February 25, 2024 (2024-02-25) | 10.8% |
| 9 | "Tōku no Kuni" (遠くの国) | Satoru Nakaizumi | March 3, 2024 (2024-03-03) | 11.2% |
| 10 | "Tsukiyo no Inbō" (月夜の陰謀) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | March 10, 2024 (2024-03-10) | 10.3% |
| 11 | "Madou Kokoro" (まどう心) | Yuki Nakajima | March 17, 2024 (2024-03-17) | 11.4% |
| 12 | "Omoi no Hate" (思いの果て) | Yoshiharu Sasaki | March 24, 2024 (2024-03-24) | 10.6% |
| 13 | "Susumubeki Michi" (進むべき道) | Satoru Nakaizumi | March 31, 2024 (2024-03-31) | 10.9% |
| 14 | "Hoshi Ochite Nao" (星落ちてなお) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | April 7, 2024 (2024-04-07) | 10.8% |
| 15 | "Ogoreru Mono-tachi" (おごれる者たち) | Yuki Nakajima | April 14, 2024 (2024-04-14) | 10.7% |
| 16 | "Hana no Kage" (華の影) | Eisuke Hara | April 21, 2024 (2024-04-21) | 10.5% |
| 17 | "Utsuroi" (うつろい) | Yoshiharu Sasaki | April 28, 2024 (2024-04-28) | 10.1% |
| 18 | "Kiro" (岐路) | Satoru Nakaizumi | May 5, 2024 (2024-05-05) | 9.4% |
| 19 | "Hanatareta Ya" (放たれた矢) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | May 12, 2024 (2024-05-12) | 10.8% |
| 20 | "Nozomi no Saki ni" (望みの先に) | Yuki Nakajima | May 19, 2024 (2024-05-19) | 11.2% |
| 21 | "Tabidachi" (旅立ち) | Eisuke Hara | May 26, 2024 (2024-05-26) | 10.7% |
| 22 | "Echizen no Deai" (越前の出会い) | Yoshiharu Sasaki | June 2, 2024 (2024-06-02) | 10.7% |
| 23 | "Yuki no Mau Koro" (雪の舞うころ) | Satoru Nakaizumi | June 9, 2024 (2024-06-09) | 11.4% |
| 24 | "Wasure'enu Hito" (忘れえぬ人) | Yūki Sahara | June 16, 2024 (2024-06-16) | 10.7% |
| 25 | "Ketsui" (決意) | Yuki Nakajima | June 23, 2024 (2024-06-23) | 10.1% |
| 26 | "Ikenie no Hime" (いけにえの姫) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | June 30, 2024 (2024-06-30) | 10.9% |
| 27 | "Shukuen no Inochi" (宿縁の命) | Yoshiharu Sasaki | July 14, 2024 (2024-07-14) | 11.0% |
| 28 | "Ittei-Nikō" (一帝二后) | Satoru Nakaizumi | July 21, 2024 (2024-07-21) | 11.1% |
| 29 | "Haha toshite" (母として) | Yūki Sahara | July 28, 2024 (2024-07-28) | 10.0% |
| 30 | "Tsunagaru Kotonoha" (つながる言の葉) | Yuki Nakajima | August 4, 2024 (2024-08-04) | 10.3% |
| 31 | "Tsuki no Shita de" (月の下で) | Yuki Nakajima | August 18, 2024 (2024-08-18) | 10.3% |
| 32 | "Tagatame ni Kaku" (誰がために書く) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | August 25, 2024 (2024-08-25) | 11.2% |
| 33 | "Shikibu Tanjō" (式部誕生) | Yoshiharu Sasaki | September 1, 2024 (2024-09-01) | 10.4% |
| 34 | "Mezame" (目覚め) | Hitoshi Matsumoto | September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08) | 11.2% |
| 35 | "Chūgū no Namida" (中宮の涙) | Satoru Nakaizumi | September 15, 2024 (2024-09-15) | 10.3% |
| 36 | "Machinozomareta Hi" (待ち望まれた日) | Yōji Tanaka | September 22, 2024 (2024-09-22) | 10.5% |
| 37 | "Hamon" (波紋) | Yuki Nakajima | September 29, 2024 (2024-09-29) | 10.7% |
| 38 | "Mabushiki Yami" (まぶしき闇) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | October 6, 2024 (2024-10-06) | 11.2% |
| 39 | "Todaenu Kizuna" (とだえぬ絆) | Yoshiharu Sasaki | October 13, 2024 (2024-10-13) | 10.2% |
| 40 | "Kimi o Okite" (君を置きて) | Hitoshi Matsumoto | October 20, 2024 (2024-10-20) | 9.8% |
| 41 | "Yuragi" (揺らぎ) | Yōji Tanaka | October 27, 2024 (2024-10-27) | 9.5% |
| 42 | "Kawabe no Chikai" (川辺の誓い) | Yuki Nakajima | November 3, 2024 (2024-11-03) | 9.1% |
| 43 | "Kagayaki no Nochi ni" (輝きののちに) | Akihiro Watanabe | November 10, 2024 (2024-11-10) | 10.3% |
| 44 | "Mochizuki no Yoru" (望月の夜) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | November 17, 2024 (2024-11-17) | 10.2% |
| 45 | "Habataki" (はばたき) | Yoshiharu Sasaki | November 24, 2024 (2024-11-24) | 10.1% |
| 46 | "Toi no Nyūkō" (刀伊の入寇) | Yuki Nakajima | December 1, 2024 (2024-12-01) | 9.7% |
| 47 | "Kanashiku tomo" (哀しくとも) | Yōji Tanaka | December 8, 2024 (2024-12-08) | 10.0% |
| 48 | "Monogatari no Saki ni" (物語の先に) | Yuki Nakajima | December 15, 2024 (2024-12-15) | 11.0% |
| Average rating 10.7% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region). |||||

### Omnibus

| Episode | Title | Original airdate | Original airtime |
| 1 | "Ichi no Maki" (一の巻, Part 1) | December 29, 2024 | 12:05 - 13:00 |
| 2 | "Ni no Maki" (二の巻, Part 2) | December 29, 2024 | 13:05 - 13:48 |
| 3 | "San no Maki" (三の巻, Part 3) | December 29, 2024 | 13:48 - 14:31 |
| 4 | "Yon no Maki" (四の巻, Part 4) | December 29, 2024 | 14:31 - 15:15 |
| 5 | "Go no Maki" (五の巻, Part 5) | December 29, 2024 | 15:20 - 16:03 |