Abarenbo Mama (2007)
22-year old Kawano Ayu was brought up way out in the country. She's a rough-mannered tomboy. When she meets Tetsu, a divorced beautician, the two fall in love and get married. Immediately after their happy new life begins, they are visited by a 5-year old boy, Yuki, who claims to be Tetsu's son. Ayu reluctantly becomes the boy's mother, but has no idea how to raise a child. What's more, at kindergarten, she must confront the elegant mothers of the neighborhood. Ayu's humorous life as a rookie mother begins.
Abarenbo Mama: Season 1 - 10 Episode s
1x1 - Why the hell do I have to be his mother!?
October 16, 2007
Kawano Ayu (Ueto Aya) had just married stylist Kawano Tetsu (Oizumi Yo), twelve years her senior. With Tetsu's new shop just opening, they were ready begin a new, happy life, when one day, Tetsu's son from his previous marriage shows up.
1x2 - Charge!! Debut battle of the kindergarten mothers!
October 23, 2007
Kawano Ayu (Ueto Aya) takes Kawano Tetsu's (Oizumi Yo) son, Yuki (Shibuya Takeru) to preschool by bike. There, she meets Hojo Midori (Tomosaka Rie), Hanawa Noriko (Katase Nana), Kominami Yae (Yamaguchi Sayaka) and various other peculiar school moms -- but they turn a cold shoulder.
1x3 - The father strikes!! On the verge of expulsion from kindergarten
October 30, 2007
Kawano Ayu (Ueto Aya), her husband Tetsu (Oizumi Yo), and his son Yuki (Shibuya Takeru) are approached by Ayu's father, Yoshida Goro (Owada Shinya), who makes himself at home at their place.
1x4 - I saw it!! The lie within the circle of kindergarten mothers
November 6, 2007
Kawano Ayu (Ueto Aya) and her husband, Tetsu (Oizumi Yo), were upset about the lack of business at their hair studio. Meanwhile, one of the preschool moms, Kominami Yae (Yamaguchi Sayaka) lands a photo shoot for a fashion magazine, and the other moms become jealous.
1x5 - Shock! The real mother's secret
November 13, 2007
Kawano Ayu (Ueto Aya) overhears her husband, Tetsu (Oizumi Yo) talking to his ex-wife, Keiko (Konno Mahiru). Tetsu seems upset, especially because she came unannounced, but Keiko shows no sign of shame in having abandoned her their child, Yuki (Shibuya Takeru).
1x6 - First love!! Top-secret
November 20, 2007
Ayu (Ueto Aya) and Tetsu (Oizumi Yo) decide not to drop his son, Yuki (Shibuya TakerU), out of Sakurambo Preschool, enraging Hojo Midoriko (Tomosaka Rie) and Hanawa Noriko (Katase Nana).
1x7 - My son's a genius!? Joining the entrance exam battle
November 27, 2007
Kawano Ayu (Ueto Aya) and her husband, Tetsu (Oizumi Yo), are shocked when his son, Yuki (Shibuya Takeru) suddenly speaks of wanting to take entrance exams for elementary school. Tetsu insists that he goes to a local public school, but Yuki wants to go to school with his crush, Uematsu Riko (Koide Chisaka).
1x8 - Pain in the ass! The man who just can't get the picture
December 4, 2007
Kawano Ayu (Ueto Aya) and her husband, Tetsu (Oizumi Yo) were working on the morning Yuki (Shibuya Takeru) suddenly tells them that he doesn't want to take exams. Hojo Hajime (Azuma Mikihisa) shows up, demanding that Tetsu explain why he wasn't at the exams.
1x9 - The tables are turned!! A stormy Christmas party
December 11, 2007
As Christmas draws near, Ayu (Ueto Aya) and Tetsu (Oizumi Yo) try to make Yuki (Shibuya Takeru) say what it is that he wants from Santa, but he won't fess up. Tetsu injures himself, and Ayu is placed in a position to work in his stead.
1x10 - A teary-eyed graduation ceremony... We love you, Yuki
December 18, 2007
Kawano Ayu (Ueto Aya), Tetsu (Oizumi Yo), and Yuki (Shibuya Takeru) are shocked when they find out that the name Iwasaki Keiko appears on the list of passengers aboard a downed plane from Dubai.
Abarenbo Mama: 1 Season
Actors in Abarenbo Mama
Aya Ueto
Ayu Kawano
Yo Oizumi
Tetsu Kawano
Takeru Shibuya
Yuki Kawano
Rie Tomosaka
Midoriko Hojo
Nana Katase
Noriko Hanawa
Sayaka Yamaguchi
Yae Kominami
Yuki Himura
Tamao Kanai
Megumi Nakayama
Rika Uematsu
Osamu Mukai
Yohei Yamaguchi
Yuriko Hirooka
Sachiko Kanai
Koji Seto
Naoya Abe
Mikihisa Azuma
Hajime Hojo
Shin'ya Ohwada
Goro Yoshida
Kumiko Okae
Rieko Takasawa
Takuma Otoo
Manabu Kominami
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