Hoshi no Kinka

Heaven's Coin[1] (星の金貨 ―Die Sterntaler―, Hoshi no Kinka, lit. "Stars' Coins") is a 1995 Japanese television drama series. The series revolves around Aya Kuramoto (倉本彩, Kuramoto Aya), a deaf and mute girl from Hokkaido who is in love with a doctor named Shūichi Nagai (永井秀一, Nagai Shūichi). After Shūichi leaves for Tokyo, he has an accident and loses his memory. Aya travels to Tokyo and encounters Takumi Nagai (永井拓巳, Nagai Takumi), Shūichi's brother.

The sequel series, Heaven's Coin: Part 2[1] (続・星の金貨, Zoku Hoshi no Kinka), aired in 1996,[2] continues where the previous series left off.

The third series, Heaven's Coin: Part 3[3] (新・星の金貨, Shin Hoshi no Kinka), which ran for 11 episodes in 2001, uses a new set of characters, starring Mari Hoshino as the deaf heroine.[2]

The opening theme for the original season is "Aoi Usagi" by Noriko Sakai. The opening theme for Heaven's Coin: Part 2 is "Kagami no Dress", also by Sakai.

Characters

Heaven's Coin

Aya Kuramoto – Noriko Sakai[2]
Shūichi Nagai – Takao Osawa[2]
Takumi Nagai – Yutaka Takenouchi[2]
Miwa Koizumi (小泉美和, Koizumi Miwa) – Minako Tanaka[2]
Shōko Yūki (結城祥子, Yūki Shōko) – Naomi Hosokawa[2]
Seiichirō Nagai (永井誠一郎, Nagai Seiichirō) – Raita Ryū
Sonoko Endō (遠藤園子, Endō Sonoko) – Tomomi Nishimura[2]

Heaven's Coin: Part 2

Aya Kuramoto – Noriko Sakai
Shūichi Nagai – Takao Osawa
Takumi Nagai – Yutaka Takenouchi
Keiko Kawamura (川村景子, Kawamura Keiko) – Naho Toda
Toshiaki Yagami (矢上俊明, Yagami Toshiaki) – Ikki Sawamura
Miwa Koizumi – Minako Tanaka
Shōko Yūki – Naomi Hosokawa
Rika Sawai (沢井梨花, Sawai Rika) – Mai Hōshō

References

"Heaven's Coin'". Nippon TV. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
Jonathan Clements; Motoko Tamamuro (1 November 2003). The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. Stone Bridge Press. pp. 113–114. ISBN 978-1-880656-81-5.
"Heaven's Coin Part 3". Nippon TV. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

External links

Heaven's Coin Part 1 and Part 2 at NTV (in English)
Heaven's Coin Part 3 at NTV (in English)
Heaven's Coin Part 3 at NTV (in Japanese)

Heaven's Coin at IMDb

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[NTV1&2-1] "Heaven's Coin'". Nippon TV. Retrieved 8 September 2022.

[doramaen-2] Jonathan Clements; Motoko Tamamuro (1 November 2003). The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. Stone Bridge Press. pp. 113–114. ISBN 978-1-880656-81-5.

[3] "Heaven's Coin Part 3". Nippon TV. Retrieved 6 June 2022.