Komyo ga Tsuji

Yamauchi House

Kazutoyo's Family

• Nakama Yukie as Chiyo
  • Nagai Anzu as Chiyo (child role)
• Kamikawa Takaya as Yamauchi Kazutoyo
• Morisako Ei as Yone (young girl)
  • Minakawa Hinano as Yone (infant)
• Takuma Shin as Wakamiya Tomooki
• Kimura Tae as Tomo
• Takigawa Yumi as Kinu
• Tsugawa Masahiko as Fuwa Ichinojo
• Sakaguchi Shinya (坂口進也) as Yamauchi Moritoyo
• Sakuma Yoshiko as Hoshuni
• Tamaki Hiroshi as Yamauchi Yasutoyo

Yamauchi Vassal

• Takeda Tetsuya as Goto Kichibei
• Ogura Hisahiro
• Maeda Gin as Sofue Shinemon
• Kumagai Mami as Fune
• Hamada Manabu as Sofue Shinichiro
• Terashima Saki as Tsuru
• Serizawa Yuko as Tsuru
• Saito Nana as Ume
• Nomura Sayano as Kane
• Sasano Kenta (ささの堅太) as Tokujiro
• Yanagi Momoko (柳桃子) as Tome
• Sasano Takato (ささの貴斗) as Kosaburo
• Tanoue Koukichi (田上晃吉) as Heizo
• Yamamoto Azusa as Fuku
• Iwakura Saori (岩倉沙織) as Shino
• Kodama Yoko (児玉陽子) as Hatsuno
• Nagasawa Sotaro
• Tanoue Kokichi
• Tsuchihira Donpei
• Nakamura Koji
• Hamagami Tatsuya

Oda Family

• Tachi Hiroshi as Oda Nobunaga
• Wakui Emi as Noh
• Iinuma Seiji (飯沼誠司) as Oda Nobutaka
• Hashimoto Hiroki (橋本啓輝) as Oda Nobuyuki
• Daichi Mao as Ichi (Oichi in the NHK/TVJ subtitles)
• Kaze Yoshimasa and Naganuma Norio as Noh's chorus
• Imaichi Naoyuki as Oda Nobutada

Oda Vassal

• Katsuno Hiroshi as Shibata Katsuie
• Nadaka Tatsuo as Niwa Nagahide
• Kariya Shunsuke as Hayashi Hidesada
• Tawaragi Tota as Sakuma Nobumori
• Kondo Masaomi (近藤正臣) as Hosokawa Fujitaka
• Ino Manabu (猪野学) as Hosokawa Tadaoki
• Bengal as Araki Murashige
• Shinagawa Toru as Matsunaga Danjo Hisahide
• Watanabe Dai as Mori Ranmaru
• Okamoto Kazunori (岡本和範) as Yanada Masatsuna
• Yamagami Kenji (山上賢治) as Fukutomi Heitaro

Akechi House

• Bando Mitsugoro as Akechi Mitsuhide
• Karasuma Setsuko (烏丸せつこ) as Maki
• Horiuchi Megumi (堀内恵) as Rin
• Hashiguchi Erina as Kiku
• Hasegawa Kyoko as Tama (later Gracia)
  • Imaizumi Nonoka as Tama (child)

Toyotomi Family

• Emoto Akira as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Asano Yuko as Nene
• Nagasaku Hiromi as Chacha, and then later Yodo
• Matsumoto Akiko as Asahi (Hideyoshi's sister)
• Tanabe Yoshimi as Nanden
• Narimiya Hiroki as Chihyo
• Sugai Kin as Naka (Hideyoshi's mother)
• Kobayashi Masahiro Minamoto Suke
• Noguchi Goro as Soeda Jinbei
• Nihei Kouichi (二瓶鮫一) as Asano Nagakatsu
• Mayuko as Yaya

Correlation chart (click to enlarge)
created by groink

Toyotomi Vassal

• Nakamura Hashinosuke as Ishida Mitsunari
• Namase Katsuhisa as Horio Mosuke
• Mihara Junko as Ito
• Tamura Atsushi as Nakamura Kazuuji
• Otoha as Toshi
• Tsutsui Michitaka as Takenaka Hanbei
• Konishi Hiroki as Takenaka Kyuusaku
• Saito Yosuke as Kuroda Yoshitaka
• Ishikura Saburo as Maeno Shoemon

Warring States Generals

Tokugawa Family

• Nishida Toshiyuki as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Azai and the Asakura House

• Enoki Takaaki as Azai Nagamasa
• Yamamoto Kei as Azai Hisamasa

Imagawa Family

• Emori Toru as Imagawa Yoshimoto

Others

• Yamazaki Kaido as Miyabe Hizennokami
• Okada Masanori as Mitazaki Kaemon
• Kitamura Koichi as Endo Kiemon
• Ibuki Go as Isono Tanbanokami Kazumasa
• Takayama Yoshihiro as Hachisuka Koroku
• Arashi Hironari as Fukushima Masanori
• Tawaragi Tota as Sakuma Nobumori
• Namase Katsuhisa as Horio Yoshiharu
• Nagasawa Masami as Korin
• Kagawa Teruyuki as Rokuheita
• Uno Tasuku as Ando Morinari
• Mitani Koki as Ashikaga Yoshiaki
• Nakagawa Noriyuki
• Takishima Masako as narrator of Travels piece
• Furukawa Shinji as Takigawa Kazumasu
• Yamazaki Yusuke as attendant
• Komase Naoya as Protagonist (ep18)
• Banshin Taro and Nakasho Yoshio as companions (ep18)
• Ep18 musicians: Isso Takayuki, Kanze Shinkuro, Kakihara Hirokazu, Sukekawa Osamu
• Matsuno Kenichi as Kaisen Joki
• Yoshino Masahiro as Mizo Katsuhei
• Kinoshita Hiroyuki as Shimizu Muneharu
• Hosokawa Fumie as Toki
• Karasawa Toshiaki as Maeda Toshiie
• Ishikawa Sayuri (guest, ep31)
• Okayama Hajime as Yojiro (guest, ep45)
• Asari Yosuke

• Original writing: Shiba Ryotaro

from the writing "Komyo ga Tsuji" (1963-Oct to 1965-Jan)

• Screenwriter: Ooishi Shizuka
• Directors: Ozaki Mitsunobu
• Music: Koroku Reijiro (小六禮次郎)
• Narration: Miyake Tamio (三宅民夫)
• Theme music performance: NHK Symphony Orchestra
  • Conducter: Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • Music performer: FAIR WIND Music
• Incidental music
  • Flute: Emmanuel Pahud (EMI)
• Subtitler (Japanese): Dan Kyoko
• Background researcher: Owada Tetsuo
• Manners researcher: Futaki Ken'ichi
• Architecture researcher: Hirai Kiyoshi
• Costume researcher: Koizumi Kyoko
• Sword battle/Military arts coach: Hayashi Kunishiro

• Horsemanship coach: Tanaka Mitsunori
• Conduct coach: Tachibana Yoshie
• Owari speech coach: Moriya Kesato
• Noh Play coach: Kanze Yoshimasa
• Snare Drum coach: Goto Katsuyuki
• Japanese music coach: Kiyomoto Eikichi
• Work unifier: Ooka Akimasa
• Art: Kishi Toshimitsu
• Technology: Ichikawa Takao
• Sound effects: Kubo Mitsuo
• Recording: Noda Shigeko
• Editing: Mizushima Kiyoko
• Photography: Yokoyama Yoshiyuki
• Illumination: Kimura Nakaya
• Sound: Tomizawa Hitoshi
• Image art: Yokota Kanji
• Progress art: Matsudani Takafumi

• For the purpose of the drama and this DramaWiki article, references to Yamauchi Kazutoyo (山内一豊) should be made using the Romaji Yamauchi, as most Japanese historians, as well as Japanese Wikipedia, spell his surname using the hiragana やまうち. However, some historians may object to the use of this pronounciation of his surname, as most people with the surname 山内 pronounce it as Yamanouchi (やまのうち). As evidence of Yamauchi being the preferred spelling, letters mailed to Kazutoyo's home were written using やまうち. And, many of his accomplishments were being made as these letters were written. As for his first name, Kazutoyo (かつとよ), we are treating つ as "zu", which is the Romaji spelling used by historians.
• Throughout the series, you may hear the measurement koku (石) being used. During the warring era, koku was used as a measurement of rice, which was a commodity used to pay samurai for their services. In rough measurements, one koku could feed one adult for one year. Koku is important to a samurai when he searches for vassals. The idea is for a samurai to distinguish himself so that he can obtain a large volume of koku from his lord. He can then use the koku to build up his vassals, which pushes him up the ladder in the clan.

• Hideyoshi's wife is known as Nene. However, recent research reveals that he also referred to his wife as One (used in Toshiie to Matsu, the role played by Sakai Noriko.) Because this is recent research, all references to her in DramaWiki should still be made as Nene, to stay consistent with existing historical textbooks.
• According to NHK, it costs 61.1 million yen (US$536,000) to put together just one episode. In comparison, an average cooking show on NHK cost 1.7 million yen (US$15,000). More than half of the funds are spent on the sets. Yoshitsune had the most expensive set, followed by Komyo ga Tsuji and Shinsengumi!
• In episode 39, Karasawa Toshiaki makes a cameo appearance as Maeda Toshiie. His cameo appearance is a first for an NHK Taiga drama, where he is the first artist to appear in at least two Taiga dramas as the same character. His first drama playing Toshiie is Toshiie to Matsu.