Drama: Kounodori Romaji: Kounodori Japanese: コウノドリ Director: Nobuhiro Doi, Fuminori Kaneko Writer: You Suzunoko (manga), Mutsumi Yamamoto Network: TBS Episodes: Release Date: October 16, 2015 -- Runtime: Fridays 22:00 Language: Japanese Country: Japan **Plot** Sakura Konotori (Gou Ayano) is a gynecologist and also a pianist known as "Baby." He is the leader of a ob-gyn team and respected by his peers. One day, he begins to play the piano at a club in Tokyo. 10 minutes later, he stops playing and takes a call from the hospital on whether to accept a pregnant woman. He rushes to the hospital. The pregnant woman has never had an examination and the hospital isn't even sure how many months she has been pregnant. Sakura decides to accept the pregnant woman even though there is high risk. He asks the Neonatology team for help. Takayuki Imahashi (Nao Omori) is the leader of the Neonatology team and he prepares for the woman to give birth. **Notes** Based on the manga series "Kounodori" by You Suzunoko (first published June 21, 2013 by Kodansha). First lead acting role by Gou Ayano in a drama series. **Cast** Gou Ayano as Sakura Konotori Mayu Matsuoka as Kae Shimoya Yo Yoshida as Rumiko Komatsu Kentaro Sakaguchi as Ryo Shirakawa Yusuke Hirayama as Hiroshi Kase Nana Seino as Mayumi Kadota Akinaga Toyomoto as Takuya Funakoshi Kazuyuki Asano as Director Osawa Noriko Eguchi as Sachiko Mukai Sayaka Yamaguchi as Megumi Arai Gen Hoshino as Haruki Shinomiya Nao Omori as Takayuki Imahashi Shun Oguri as Hiroyuki Nagai Fumika Shimizu as Natsuki Yano (ep.1)