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Usagi Drop
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Ayu Matsuura
Rin Kaga (voice)
11 eps
Hiroshi Tsuchida
Daikichi Kawachi (voice)
11 eps
Nanako Sudou
Reina Maeda (voice)
5 eps
Atsuko Mine
Sachiko Kawachi (voice)
8 eps
Toshiko Sawada
Haruko's Mother-in-Law (voice)
1 eps
Go Inoue
Kawamura (voice)
3 eps
Tomoyuki Shimura
Hidaka (voice)
3 eps
Yui Kano
Gotou (voice)
3 eps
Masakazu Itou
Kenji Kawachi (voice)
3 eps
Hayato Nakata
Co-Worker with Goatee (voice)
3 eps
Taishi Murata
Co-Worker with Messy Hair (voice)
2 eps
Shun Takagi
Tall Co-Worker (voice)
2 eps
Hiroshi Arikawa
Souichi Kaga (voice)
1 eps
Maaya Sakamoto
Masako Yoshii (voice)
4 eps
Mami Fujita
Waitress (voice)
1 eps
Takahiro Mizushima
Masako's Boyfriend (voice)
2 eps
Kouichi Sakaguchi
Hideyuki Maeda (voice)
2 eps
Shinji Kawada
Tatsumi-sensei (voice)
1 eps
Mayu Iino
Sayaka (voice)
3 eps
Sayaka Ohara
Yukari Nitani (voice)
7 eps
Daisuke Hirakawa
Sayaka's Father (voice)
2 eps
Kana Ueda
Haruko Maeda (voice)
5 eps
Tomohiro Waki
Nabe-chin (voice)
2 eps
Kaichi Kaburagi
Nobu (voice)
2 eps
Takkô Ishimori
Matsui (voice)
1 eps
Noa Sakai
Kouki Nitani (voice)
7 eps
Manami Numakura
Daycare Worker (voice)
1 eps
Bin Sasaki
Kenichi (voice)
1 eps
Sayuri Sadaoka
Kenichi's Wife (voice)
1 eps
Yumi Uchiyama
Kazumi Kawachi (voice)
5 eps
Masaru Ikeda
Yukio (voice)
1 eps
Eiko Kanazawa
Yukio's Wife (voice)
1 eps
Ken Shiroyama
Ryoji (voice)
1 eps
Yonehiko Kitagawa
Makio (voice)
1 eps
Michie Ikeda
Sayuri (voice)
1 eps
Tomomi Watanabe
Funeral Director (voice)
1 eps
Kouji Takeda
Funeral Director (voice)
1 eps
Toa Yukinari
Daycare Worker A (voice)
1 eps
Maaya Uchida
Daycare Worker B (voice)
1 eps
Hidetoshi Akutsu
Boy (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Usagi Drop actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Usagi Drop reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
By force of circumstances, a 30-year-old single man with a full-time job suddenly starts raising a 6-year-old girl. While running each other ragged, the two of them gradually grow into a "family".
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E03
Full Blossom in the Sky
- Directed by Kazuya Nomura
- Written by Taku Kishimoto
S01E11
The First Step
- Directed by Kanta Kamei
- Written by Taku Kishimoto
S01E10
Stomach Flu
- Directed by Yoshitaka Koyama
- Written by Taku Kishimoto
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
- Naoki KitagawaExecutive Producer
- Atsushi TeradaExecutive Producer
- Yatsuho TomikawaExecutive Producer
- Daisuke KonakaProducer
- Katsuji MorishitaExecutive Producer
- Tomoya ShikuraExecutive Producer
Writing
- Taku KishimotoWriter
Direction
- Yoshiaki KyougokuDirector
- Yoshikazu UiDirector
- Yoshitaka KoyamaDirector
- Ryutaro SakaguchiDirector
- Susumu MitsunakaDirector
- Rokou OgiwaraDirector
Cinematography
- Koji TanakaDirector of Photography
Music
- Suguru MatsutaniOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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- Rakuten VikiStreaming
- RetroCrush Amazon ChannelStreaming
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