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GROW UP SHOW -Sunflower Circus-
We're bringing the circus to you!
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Tomoka Noda
Mizuka Tsurumaki (voice)
6 eps
Shiori Kurosaki
Ouka Kawasumi (voice)
6 eps
Reo Osanai
Imari Agano (voice)
6 eps
Nanako Ando
Isuzu Ikazuchi (voice)
6 eps
Tomori Kusunoki
Aoi Yura (voice)
6 eps
Yuko Natsuyoshi
Akane Yura (voice)
6 eps
Yuna Kamakura
Shizuku Sakawa (voice)
6 eps
Yuka Iwahashi
Svietlana (voice)
6 eps
Ai Kayano
Rin Mamiya (voice)
6 eps
Rie Kugimiya
Maria (voice)
6 eps
Akira Sekine
Nanami Sumeragi (voice)
3 eps
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
Black Lotus (voice)
1 eps
Tsumugi Misono
Kasumi Shirahama (voice)
2 eps
Mari Okamoto
Shino (voice)
1 eps
Aoto Abe
Boy from Kalmia Home (voice)
1 eps
Ryunosuke Oikawa
Boy from Kalmia Home (voice)
1 eps
Tsumugi Ando
Girl from Kalmia Home (voice)
1 eps
Koyomi Asakawa
Girl from Kalmia Home (voice)
1 eps
Nokaze Odajima
Girl from Kalmia Home (voice)
1 eps
Eri Suzuki
Mutsumi Kongoji (voice)
1 eps
Yuuki Urushiyama
Sumeragi Circus Member (voice)
1 eps
Shiori Sugiura
Sumeragi Circus Member (voice)
1 eps
Koya Noda
Carpenter (voice)
1 eps
Yujiro Kakuda
Lifeguard (voice)
2 eps
Masaaki Ihara
Beach House Shopkeeper (voice)
1 eps
Misato Murai
Boy (voice)
1 eps
Takuya Nakashima
Rafflesia Circus Deputy Ringmaster (voice)
3 eps
Yasuhiro Kikuchi
Lifeguard (voice)
1 eps
Hitomi Nabatame
Rafflesia Circus Ringmaster (voice)
1 eps
Marie Oi
Orphanage Director (voice)
1 eps
Tadaaki Doi
Rafflesia Knife Thrower (voice)
1 eps
Hironori Kondoh
Search Team Leader (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How GROW UP SHOW -Sunflower Circus- actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
GROW UP SHOW -Sunflower Circus- reads strongest on Humour, Spectacle and World Building.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Step right up to 1950s Japan! The postwar economy is booming, but the Sunflower Circus is not. Led by ringmaster Maria, the cash-strapped troupe tours the country in desperate competition for a spot in the Circus Collection–an elite global festival. When circus prodigy Mizuka Tsurumaki joins their ranks, the Sunflower Circus’s fortune shifts, finally giving them a shot at big top glory.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E06
Episode 6
S01E05
Episode 5
S01E04
I Just Can't Bring Myself to Be Honest
- Directed by Kazuki Kawagishi
- Written by Takeshi Kikuchi
S01E03
I Don't Want to Show My Scars
- Directed by Yuki Watanabe
- Written by Takeshi Kikuchi
S01E01
Welcome to the Sunflower Circus!
- Directed by Satsuki Takahashi
- Written by Takeshi Kikuchi
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Yutaka KusunoProducer
- Manabu JingujiProducer
- Keiki NishidaProducer
- Tomoyuki OhwadaProducer
- Koichiro TomitaProducer
Writing
- Takeshi KikuchiWriter
Direction
- Kiichiro MuraseDirector
- Yuki WatanabeDirector
- Satsuki TakahashiDirector
- Kazuki KawagishiDirector
- Yuu YamaguchiDirector
Cinematography
- Toshiaki AoshimaDirector of Photography
Music
- Yugo KannoOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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