Crush Of The Day: Nanoka Hara

You know, actress Nanoka Hara was practically a Crush of the Day for her take on the wide-eyed and innocent Mizuho in the awesome “Namiyo Kiite Kuru” anyway, when you consider how much I GUSHED about her and her sweet and adorable interaction with co-star Fuka Koshiba- as you may recall, I just couldn’t stop taking screencaps of the two! Shoulda made her a "Crush" right there!!

Maybe it was the direct contrast between her and the loud and abrasive Fuka Koshiba character, but she just came off so achingly sweet and naive, putting me on high alert and I found I ould not get her out of my mind!

And now we have Nanoka in this cute mini-drama “Komugi no Manpuku Ki”, a 2023 foodie drama featuring the wonders of wheat-based goodies (everything from pastries to pasta and ramen)-

....and with how doggone ADORABLE she is here as the wheat-based addict Komugi Tachibana, it’s time to make it official: Hara Nanoka is my latest “Crush of The Day” princess!!!

Komugi no Manpuku Ki is a perfect drama for Nanoka to show her cuteness- with a very basic plot of  a foodie girl traveling to parts of Japan seeking out the latest popular wheat-based dishes, it's ALL about Nanoka and her facial reactions, running the gamut from curious, excited, amazed, and ecstatic, you get to see them all!

Oh boy, popsicles never had a better spokesperson than this!

...and then time for a MASSIVE pasta meal LOADED with tomato sauce and ground beef which just melts on the tongue!

One Cheese Croquette, please!

...and then more Pastries and MORE! We go from venue to venue, following Komugi on her wheat-themed gourmet journey until at last she has her "stomach filled"!

Yeppppp, this was truly a Nanoka Hara lovers dream, will ya look at all the wonderful screen-caps I got from just TWO episodes of the show...ALL of them fit for framing! LOLOL

Wonderfully photogenic, it's hard to take a bad picture of her, and I love how one of Nanoka's key moods is her "amazed" face which she seems to do fairly regularly and always disarms instantly!! Such a charming girl~

I had seen Nanoka before as the sassy sister of Shotaro Mamiya in “Nanba MG5”, and even earlier as the daughter of Hidetoshi Nishijima in "Shinhannin Flag", but to me it seems she's only now starting to make regular appearances in dramas and CMs...

Nanba MG5

Shinhannin Flag

Dou Suru Ieyasu

Night Doctor

Recently Nanoka is lending her talents to the idol-based drama "Oshi No Ko", a show I have not yet watched (but of course should really make time to go out and find!), but I'm really hoping for a leading actress role for her. Time to see just how GREAT she can become!!!

Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com