Noboru Iguchi
Honoka was in the J-dorama "Shimokita GLORY DAYS" (下北GLORY DAYS) along with fellow S1 actresses Sora Aoi and Yuma Asami and singer-actress Aya Sugimoto. The 12-week series aired on TV Tokyo beginning in April 2006. She played the character "Nishina Natsume" in the series which is based on the manga of the same name and revolves about a ronin student moving to Tokyo and sharing a house with several beautiful women. She was also in the TV romantic comedy "Cupid no Itazura" (クピドの悪戯) on TV Tokyo which ran for 11 weeks beginning October 13, 2006 and concerned a young man with the rare disease of "rainbow balls" which limits the number of times he can have sex in his life. In addition, Honoka played the character of Keiko in the third episode ("OL Manager") of the Fuji TV drama "Unusual Story Fall '06 Special Edition" (世にも奇妙な物語 '06秋の特別編) on October 2, 2006. In late 2009, she made a guest appearance in the first season of the television series "The Ancient Dogoo Girl", a comic tokusatsu show directed by Noboru Iguchi.