Papa wa Newscaster

Papa wa Newscaster... (パパはニュースキャスター…) is a Japanese comedy drama series that first aired on TBS in 1987.^[1] Masakazu Tamura gained new popularity through the drama.^[2] Also, three special editions of the drama were produced later.

Papa wa Newscaster
Genre	Drama Comedy
Written by	Kazuhiko Ban
Starring	Masakazu Tamura Atsuko Asano Mari Nishio George Tokoro Rumi Matsumoto
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	12
Production
Production company	TBS
Original release
Network	TBS
Release	January 9 (1987-01-09) – March 27, 1987 (1987-03-27)

Kagami Ryutarō is a News presenter. He is a playboy, but suddenly he becomes the father of three daughters.^[3][4][5]

Cast

• Masakazu Tamura as Kagami Ryutarō^[6]
• Atsuko Asano as Yonezaki Miyuki
• Mieko Suzuki as Suzuki Megumi
• Chikako Otsuka as Otsuka Megumi
• Mari Nishio as Nishio Megumi
• Jūkei Fujioka as director of The Press
• George Tokoro as Matsumoto Tamotsu
• Rumi Matsumoto as Matsumoto Fumiko
• Shigeru Kobayashi as a Caster

TV specials

• Papa wa Newscaster special (October 2, 1987) Guest starring Honami Suzuki, Jun Fubuki, Miho Nakayama
• Papa wa Newscaster Oshōgatsu special (January 2, 1989) Guest starring Naoko Ken, Yumi Shirakawa, Hibari Misora
• Papa wa Newscaster Kaetekita Kagami Ryutarō (September 30, 1994) Guest starring Isao Hashizume, Takako Tokiwa, Masatoshi Hamada