Sanada Maru (真田丸) is a Japanese television series starring Masato Sakai. It is the 55th NHK taiga drama. It is named after the Sanada Maru, a fortification defended by Sanada Nobushige during the Siege of Osaka in 1615.
The first episode aired on 10 January 2016.
The drama focuses on the history of the Sanada clan during the Sengoku era in Japan, and in particular on Sanada Nobushige, who would go on to become one of the legendary commanders of the period.
Masato Sakai as Sanada Nobushige, also known as Sanada Yukimura
Yo Oizumi as Sanada Nobuyuki, Nobushige's older brother
Masao Kusakari as Sanada Masayuki, Nobushige's father
Masami Nagasawa as Kiri, Nobushige's childhood friend
Yoshino Kimura as Matsu, Nobushige's sister
Atsuko Takahata as Kaoru, Nobushige's mother
Mitsuko Kusabue as Tori, Nobushige's grandmother
Susumu Terajima as Ideura Masasuke
Takashi Fujii as Sasuke, a ninja in the service of Nobushige
Takeo Nakahara as Takanashi Naiki, Kiri's father
Takahiro Fujimoto as Hotta Sakubei
Haru Kuroki as Ume, Nobushige's first wife
Mayu Matsuoka as Haru, also known as Chikurin-in, Nobushige's legal wife
Yuri Tsunematsu as Sue (teen), Nobushige and Ume's daughter
Seishuu Uragami as Sanada Daisuke, Nobushige and Haru's son
Nanako Ōde as Ume, Nobushige and Haru's daughter
Yukino Kishii as Taka, Nobushige's third wife
Takaya Sakoda as Yazawa "Sanjūrō" Yoriyuki
Wataru Takagi as Oyamada Shigemasa, Matsu's husband
Satomi Nagano as Kō, Nobuyuki's first wife
Hideo Kurihara as Sanada Nobutada, younger brother of Masayuki
Toshiki Ayata as Yazawa Yoritsuna
Hiroki Konno as Yohachi
Yasuhiro Ōno as Kawara Tsunaie
Masashi Ōyama as Sanada Nobumasa
Ryōhei Hirota as Sanada Nobuyoshi
Akiko Yagi as Ono no Otsū
Ryō Katō as Ishiai Jūzō, Sue's husband
Hanamaru Hakata as Saizō
Kunihiro Matsumura as Seikai Nyūdō
Tomohiro Waki as Isa Nyūdō
Yoshiaki Umegaki as Kamanosuke
Taku Suzuki as Jūzō
Hideto Iwai as Jinpachi
Yūma Yamoto as Rokurō
Seiyō Uchino as Tokugawa Ieyasu, Nobushige's most powerful enemy
Masaomi Kondō as Honda Masanobu, a strategist for Ieyasu
Gen Hoshino as Tokugawa Hidetada
Seiko Niizuma as Ogō, Hidetada's wife
Yuki Saito as Lady Acha
Hiroshi Fujioka as Honda Tadakatsu
Yō Yoshida as Komatsuhime, Tadakatsu's daughter, Nobuyuki's wife
Masayuki Itō as Ishikawa Kazumasa
Kenji Hamatani as Hattori Hanzō
Kōichi Ōhori as Torii Mototada
Takaaki Itō as Honda Masazumi
pro-Tokugawa daimyo
Takuya Ōga as Kuroda Nagamasa
Macchu Saitō as Asano Yoshinaga
Isao Sano as Hachisuka Iemasa
Seiji Hino as Tōdō Takatora
Fumiyo Kohinata as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Kyōka Suzuki as Nei, Hideyoshi's wife
Yūko Takeuchi as Yodo-dono, Hideyoshi's concubine
Taishi Nakagawa as Toyotomi Hideyori, Hideyoshi's son
Sera Ishida as young Hideyori
Mei Nagano as Senhime, Hideyori's wife
Koji Yamamoto as Ishida Mitsunari, the commander of the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara
Kataoka Ainosuke VI as Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Mitsunari's ally, Nobushige's father in law
Takamasa Tamaki as Shima Sakon
Katsura Bunshi VI as Sen no Rikyū
Takashi Kobayashi as Katagiri Katsumoto, negotiator with the Tokugawa shogunate
Shinya Niiro as Toyotomi Hidetsugu
Hirofumi Arai as Katō Kiyomasa, loyal vassal to the Toyotomi clan
Motoki Fukami as Fukushima Masanori
Yōsuke Asari as Kobayakawa Hideaki
Kento Saitō as young Hideaki
Rie Minemura as Lady Ōkura-kyō
Yoshimasa Kondo as Hirano Nagayasu
Tomohiko Imai as Ōno Harunaga
Masa Yamada as Naka, Hideyoshi's mother
Tetsuya Chiba as Toyotomi Hidenaga
Michiko Shimizu as Asahi-hime
Nahoko Yoshimoto as Uta, Mitsunari's wife
Arisa Nakajima as Yoshino Tayū
Kazuya Takahashi as Ukita Hideie
Mitsuki Horikoshi as Toyotomi Hidekatsu
Ryō Mitsuya as Toyotomi Hideyasu
Hirara Hayasaka as Toyotomi Tsurumatsu
Masayuki Kizu as Natsuka Masaie
Shinya Kote as Ban Naoyuki, aka Ban Dan'emon
Jun Inoue as Oda Urakusai
Voice Yoshida as Tachibana Gonza
Shoko Haida as Ohatsu, Yodo's sister
Ben Hiura as Ōsumi Yozaemon
"The Seven Generals of Hideyori"
Kenji Anan as Chōsokabe Morichika
Kenichi Okamoto as Mōri Katsunaga
Show Aikawa as Gotō Matabei
Kensaku Kobayashi as Akashi Teruzumi
Shunya Shiraishi as Kimura Shigenari
Kozo Takeda as Ōno Harufusa
and Sanada Yukimura
Kenichi Endō as Uesugi Kagekatsu
Shingo Murakami as Naoe Kanetsugu, Kagekatsu’s right‐hand man
Yasuyuki Maekawa as Kasuga Nobutatsu
Masanobu Takashima as Hōjō Ujimasa
Yoshihiko Hosoda as Hōjō Ujinao
Atsushi Yamanishi as Itabeoka Kōsetsusai
Masahiko Nishimura as Muroga Masatake
Kenichi Ishii as Kiso Yoshimasa
Takehiro Hira as Takeda Katsuyori
Takaaki Enoki as Anayama Baisetsu
Kunishirō Hayashi as Takeda Shingen (Ghost)
Yōichi Nukumizu as Oyamada Nobushige
Takuo Inari as Atobe Katsusuke
Kōji Hatta as Oyamada Hachizaemon
Kōtarō Yoshida as Oda Nobunaga
Yasunori Danta as Takigawa Kazumasu
Reo Tamaoki as Oda Nobutada
Hisafumi Iwashita as Akechi Mitsuhide
Kenji Matsuda as Nagasaki Motoie
Tanida Ayumi as Mori Nagayoshi
Tomoharu Hasegawa as Date Masamune
Asahi Yoshida as Katakura Kagetsuna
Katsuya Kobayashi as Maeda Toshiie, a member of the council of Five Elders
Masayuki Yorozu as Maeda Toshinaga
Naoki Asaji as Mōri Terumoto, a member of the council of Five Elders
Toshihiro Yashiba as Hosokawa Tadaoki
Manami Hashimoto as Hosokawa Gracia
Matsumoto Kōshirō IX as Luzon Sukezaemon
Sylvia Grab as Izumo no Okuni
Kenji Mizuhashi as Kichizō
Jun Uemoto as Seikan
Ryō Kinomoto as Chōbei
Makoto Miyashita as Takemoto Gidayū
Makoto Tsuchiya
Kazuya Kojima as Muroga Kyūdayū, the son of Muroga Masatake
Music : Takayuki Hattori
Titling : Shūhei Hasado
Historical research : Motoki Kuroda, Masaru Hirayama, Kazuhiro Marushima
Architectural research : Kiyoshi Hirai
Clothing research : Hiroaki Koizumi
