Popular actress, Inoue Mao, has been chosen as a heroine for a new morning drama on NHK called "Ohisama", which will start on March 28th, 2011.� The� NHK's morning dramas are drama series which have been running since 1961.� Each episode is 15 minutes long, but is broadcasted for 6 months.

There are many actresses who played heroines for NHK's morning dramas and later became super stars.� Although Mao is already very popular, this drama may be able to make her even more popular!

According to Oricon style, Mao will play a girl over 14 years of her life, from 16-years-old to 30, and Mao said that this will be the last time she will wear a school uniform in dramas.

The shoot for the drama will start on October, mainly in Nagano prefecture.



Source: Oricon style