Character Relationship Map: Wasao

Characters

• Setsuko (played by Hiroko Yakushimaru) — protagonist

  Setsuko runs a grilled-squid shop in a fishing village at the foot of the Shirakami mountains. When a large, shaggy dog appears in town, she decides to take him in, names him Wasao, and showers him wi...

• Wasao (played by Wasao Kikuya) — supporting

  Wasao is an Akita dog and former stray whose long, unruly fur makes him look ugly yet cute. After he appears in a fishing village, Setsuko takes him in and gives him his name, but he does not initiall...

• Tatsuya (played by Masahiro Komoto) — supporting
• Naoko (played by Sawa Suzuki) — supporting
• Maki Tagawa (played by Junko Abe) — supporting
• Akira Tagawa (played by Masaki Izawa) — supporting
• Veterinarian Tanioka (played by Mikio Osawa) — supporting
• Ihara (played by Daisuke Shima) — supporting
• Tsuyoshi Tagawa (played by Toshinori Omi) — supporting
• Shigeo (played by Shiro Sano) — minor
• Hasegawa (played by Takashi Sasano) — minor
• Tomoya (played by Kai Inowaki) — minor
• Misako Tagawa (played by Makiko Kuno) — minor
• Sayo (played by Seira Maeda) — minor