Brothers in Arms (TV series)
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| Written by | Hiroyuki Yatsu |
| Directed by | Yoshio Watanabe and others |
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| Narrated by | Sakura Ando |
| Composer | Hideakira Kimura |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company | NHK |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK General TV |
| Release | January 4, 2026 |
Brothers in Arms (豊臣兄弟!, Toyotomi Kyōdai!)[1]is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Taiga Nakano as Toyotomi Hidenaga. The series is the 65th NHK taiga drama.[2][3]
Plot
Born into a poor farming family, Koichiro (later Toyotomi Hidenaga) spent peaceful days tilling the fields with his family. However, one day, his long-missing elder brother, Tokichiro (later Toyotomi Hideyoshi), returned. Tokichiro had become a samurai serving Oda Nobunaga and asked Koichiro to work as his assistant. Koichiro hesitated briefly, but ultimately accepted. This is where the grand success story of the two brothers, bound by a strong bond, truly begins.
Cast
Starring role
- Taiga Nakano as Toyotomi Hidenaga
- Seigou Hirayama as young Hidenaga
His family
- Sosuke Ikematsu as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Hidenaga's brother
- Yura Kimura as young Hideyoshi
- Riho Yoshioka as Chika, Hidenaga's wife
- Minami Hamabe as Nene, Hideyoshi's wife
- Maki Sakai as Naka, Hidenaga and Hideyoshi's mother
- Kensaku Kobayashi as Yaemon, Hidenaga and Hideyoshi's father[a]
- Emma Miyazawa as Tomo, Hidenaga and Hideyoshi's sister
- Shusaku Kamikawa as Yasuke (Miyoshi Yoshifusa), Tomo's husband
- Anna Kurasawa as Asahi, Hidenaga and Hideyoshi's sister
- Mizuki Maehara as Jinsuke (Soeda Yoshinari), Asahi's husband
- Ichirōta Miyagawa as Asano Nagakatsu, Nene's father
- Yoko Moriguchi as Fuku, Nene's mother
- Coco Masui as Yaya, Nene's sister
- Nobunaga Daichi as Asano Nagayoshi, a.k.a. Asano Nagamasa. Yaya's husband.
- Nagi Inoue as Chacha, Hideyoshi's concubine
Hideyoshi's vassals
- Masaki Suda as Takenaka Hanbei
- Yuki Kura as Kuroda Kanbei
- Tsutomu Takahashi as Hachisuka Masakatsu
- Hiroki Numaguchi as Inada Tanemoto
- Leo Matsumoto as Ishida Mitsunari
- Gen Ito as Katō Kiyomasa
- Yuki Matsuzaki as Fukushima Masanori
- So Kaku as Tōdō Takatora
The people of Nakamura village
- Sei Shiraishi[b] as Nao, Hidenaga's first love
- Koji Okura as Sakai Kizaemon, Nao's father
- Yōji Tanaka as Ryoun, a monk
- Jiei Wakabayashi as Shinkichi
- Yuki Takao as Genta
Oda clan
- Shun Oguri as Oda Nobunaga
- Aoi Miyazaki as Oichi
- Makiya Yamaguchi as Shibata Katsuie
- Shunsuke Daito as Maeda Toshiie
- Yūka Sugai as Maeda Matsu, Toshiie's wife
- Jun Kaname as Akechi Mitsuhide
- Yuta Koseki as Oda Nobutada
- Kousei Yuki as Oda Nobutaka
- Naoto Takenaka as Matsunaga Hisahide
- Daikichi Sugawara as Sakuma Nobumori
- Hiroto Kanai as Sakuma Morishige
- Taro Suwa as Hayashi Hidesada
- Kenji Mizuhashi as Mori Yoshinari
- Ichikawa Danko V as Mori Ranmaru
- Tetsuhiro Ikeda as Niwa Nagahide
- Jin Shirasu as Sassa Narimasa
- Kento Shibuya as Maeno Nagayasu
- Masanobu Katsumura as Yokokawa Jinnai
- Masaki Kaji as Kido Kozaemon
- Shingo Murakami as Takeda Sakichi
- Takenori Kaneko as Yanada Masatsuna
- Motoki Nakazawa as Oda Nobukatsu (Nobuyuki), Nobunaga's brother
- Atsushi Ogata as Tsuda Nobuzumi
- Kenta Izuka as Takigawa Kazumasu
- Arata Horii as Ikeda Tsuneoki
- Tortoise Matsumoto as Araki Murashige
- Takato Nagata as Mōri Shinsuke
- Nao Kakuya as Hattori Koheita
Tokugawa clan
- Kouhei Matsushita as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Takaya Sakoda as Ishikawa Kazumasa
Azai clan
- Ayumu Nakajima as Azai Nagamasa
- Takaaki Enoki as Azai Hisamasa, Nagamasa's father
- Donpei as Miyabe Keijun
Saito clan
- Tatsuomi Hamada as Saitō Tatsuoki
- Daigo as Saitō Yoshitatsu, Tatsuoki's father
- Akaji Maro as Saitō Dōsan, Tatsuoki's grandfather
- Tetsushi Tanaka as Andō Morinari
- Satoru Matsuo as Osawa Jirozaemon
- Kurara Emi as Shino, Jirozaemon's wife
- Rairu Sugita as Osawa Mondo
- Yasuhito Shimao as Inaba Yoshimichi (Ittetsu)
- Kochi Yamato as Ujiie Naomoto
Ashikaga shogunate
- Onoe Ukon II as Ashikaga Yoshiaki
- Yoshiaki Kameda as Hosokawa Fujitaka
Others
- Gitan Ohtsuru as Imagawa Yoshimoto
- Shosuke Kajiya as Rin'ami
- Masanobu Takashima as Takeda Shingen
- Shingo Tsurumi as Asakura Yoshikage
TV schedule
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Original airdate | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Nihiki no Saru" (二匹の猿) | Yoshio Watanabe | January 4, 2026 | 13.5% |
| 2 | "Negai no Kane" (願いの鐘) | January 11, 2026 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | "Kessen Zen'ya" (決戦前夜) | January 18, 2026 | 12.9% | |
| 4 | "Okehazama!" (桶狭間!) | Tetsuya Watanabe | January 25, 2026 | 13.1% |
| 5 | "Uso kara deta Makoto" (噓から出た実) | Tadashi Tanaka | February 1, 2026 | 12.5% |
| 6 | "Kyodai no Kizuna" (兄弟の絆) | February 15, 2026 | ||
| 7 | "Kesshi no Chikujo Sakusen" (決死の築城作戦) | February 22, 2026 | ||
| 8 | "Sunomata Ichiya-jo" (墨俣一夜城) | March 1, 2026 |
Notes
- ^ While Hideyoshi and Hidenaga were long thought to be half-brothers, recent research suggests they were both fathered by Yaemon. This drama adopts the latter theory.
- ^ The role was initially announced to be played by Mei Nagano, but she withdrew from the part just before the start of filming after reports about her in Shūkan Bunshun. NHK urgently sought a replacement actress, and Sei Shiraishi was chosen.[4]
References
- ^ "Brothers in Arms". NHK Enterprises. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ "来年大河『豊臣兄弟!』第3次キャスト7人発表 小栗旬、宮崎あおいら"主演級"ズラリ". Oricon (in Japanese). 3 February 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ "豊臣兄弟!". The Television (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ "大河ドラマ『豊臣兄弟!』出演辞退の永野芽郁の代役に白石聖 NHKが正式発表". Oricon (in Japanese). 22 May 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Brothers in Arms at IMDb