# Ghost Writer (Japanese TV series)

Ghost Writer (ゴーストライター, Gōsutoraitā) is a 2015 Japanese television drama, starring Miki Nakatani, Asami Mizukawa, Shohei Miura, Nanao, Midoriko Kimura, Kyoko Enami, Ryo Ishibashi and Tetsushi Tanaka. The series was aired on Fuji TV from January 13 to March 17, 2015 on Tuesdays at 21:00 (JST) for 10 episodes.

## Synopsis

Yuki Kawahara came to Tokyo to give herself a year to become a published novelist. On the brink of failure, she has a chance encounter with Futo Oda, a junior executive at a major publisher to whom she tries to give her novel. Oda, however, is preoccupied with finding an assistant for an irascible, but highly successful novelist, Risa Tono, whose works his company publishes. He persuades Yuki to take the job, which she agrees to do on a temporary basis, for she will soon return to her home town to marry her fiancé.
At first, she is given menial jobs but soon, Risa discovers that her new assistant is a talented writer and she gives her small writing jobs. It turns out that Risa is burned out and can no longer write. Gradually, Yuki becomes her indispensable ghost writer. Thinking she will get an opportunity to develop her career through her association with Risa, Yuki does not return home as planned. But tensions arise between the two women and eventually they fall out. How their relationship proceeds is the heart of the story of the series.

## Cast

* Miki Nakatani as Risa Tono
* Asami Mizukawa as Yuki Kawahar
* Shohei Miura as Futo Oda
* Nanao as Manami Tsukada
* Yuichi Haba as Shinya Okano
* Kenji Mizuhashi as Tomiyuki Tsubota
* Yu Koyanagi as Hirosayu Ozaki
* Mahiro Takasugi as Daiki Tono
* Midoriko Kimura as Misuzu Taura
* Kyoko Enami as Motoko Tono
* Ryo Ishibashi as Masayoshi Torikai
* Tetsushi Tanaka as Yuji Kanzaki

## Episodes

| No. | Original air date | Episode title | Romanized title | Director | Ratings (%) |
| 1 | January 13, 2015 | 罪への秒読み〜偽りの日々の始まり | Tsumi e no byōyomi 〜 itsuwari no hibi no hajimari | Masato Hijikata | 10.5% |
| 2 | January 20, 2015 | 夢か結婚か、それとも嘘か...泥沼の決断 | Yume ka kekkon ka, soretomo uso ka… doronuma no ketsudan | Masato Hijikata | 09.2% |
| 3 | January 27, 2015 | 罠か、チャンスか、デビューの甘い誘惑 | Wana ka, chansu ka, debyū no amai yūwaku | Genta Sato | 08.7% |
| 4 | February 3, 2015 | 原稿をください...消えた天才作家の誇り | Genkō o kudasai… kieta tensai sakka no hokori | Daiden Yamauchi | 07.6% |
| 5 | February 10, 2015 | 舞台に上がったゴースト。逆襲の始まり | Butai ni agatta gōsuto. Gyakushū no hajimari | Genta Sato | 07.0% |
| 6 | February 17, 2015 | 私は真実を述べます...嘘つきにくだされる法の裁き | Watashi wa shinjitsu o nobemasu… usotsuki ni kudasa reru hō no sabaki | Masato Hijikata | 07.9% |
| 7 | February 24, 2015 | 私は消えたい...勝利のシナリオの結末 | Watashi wa kieta... Shōri no shinario no ketsumatsu | Daiden Yamauchi | 08.9% |
| 8 | March 3, 2015 | 作家・遠野リサの死。よみがえる若き才能 | Sakka Tōno Risa no shi. Yomigaeru wakaki sainō | Masato Hijikata | 08.6% |
| 9 | March 10, 2015 | 天才は帰ってくるのか？退屈で平和な日々の果てに | Tensai wa kaette kuru no ka? Taikutsu de heiwana hibi no hate ni | Genta Sato | 08.7% |
| 10 | March 17, 2015 | 最終回・女王の帰還。罪深き二人の女の逆襲 | Saishūkai joō no kikan. Tsumibukaki futarinoon'na no gyakushū | Masato Hijikata | 09.2% |
| Average: 8.6%（Viewing rates are examined by Video Research in Kantō region） ||||||