Yamada Taro Monogatari

* Title: 山田太郎ものがたり
* Title (romaji): Yamada Taro Monogatari
* Also known as: The Story of Yamada Taro
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Comedy
* Episodes: 10
* Viewership ratings: 15.2(Kanto)
* Broadcast network: TBS
* Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-6 to 2007-Sept-14 (ep9 Sept 7)
* Air time: Friday 22:00
* Theme song: "Happiness" by Arashi
* Related drama: Poor Prince Taro

Synopsis

Yamada Taro, a freshman on a scholarship at Ichinomiya Private Senior High School, is high-achieving, strikingly handsome, and truly athletic and seems perfect. But he is actually extremely poor. The story humorously portrays Taro, who tackles problems that occur because of his poverty, and his six younger brothers and sisters. --TBS

Cast

* Ninomiya Kazunari as Yamada Taro
* Sakurai Sho as Mimura Takuya
* Kikuchi Momoko as Yamada Ayako
* Matsuoka Mitsuru as Yamada Kazuo
* Oshinari Shugo as Sugiura Keichi
* Fukiishi Kazue as Torii Kyoko
* Otsuka Chihiro as Nakai Masami
* Shibata Rie as Ikegami Maria
* Musaka Naomasa as Ikegami Ryunosuke
* Tabe Mikako as Ikegami Takako
* Utsui Ken as Ichinomiya
* Yoshizawa Hisashi as Ehara Makoto
* Fukui Hiroaki as Osaki Shinosuke
* Yamada Shintaro as Ando Masaki
* Kojima Haruna as Usui Kotone
* Takahashi Ryosuke as Okubo Shin
* Ogata Sayaka as Kashiwagi Honoka
* Yarita Akihiro (鎗田晟裕) as Yamada Jiro
* Shimizu Naoya (清水尚弥) as Yamada Saburo
* Muranaka Haruna (村中暖奈) as Yamada Yoshiko
* Yoshida Riko as Yamada Itsuko
* Shibuya Takeru as Yamada Mutsumi
* Ayata Toshiki (綾田俊樹) as Isogai Shitsuji
* Maro Akaji as Mimura Hijirichi
* Nishida Naomi as Mimura Tsuyuko
* Mizukawa Asami as Kotani
* Yoshiyuki Kazuko as Ume
* Ohno Satoshi (ep10)
* Nekoze Tsubaki as House maid
* Hankai Kazuaki (ep10)