https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Taiyo_no_Uta   - **Title:** タイヨウのうた - **Title (romaji):** Taiyo no Uta - **Also known as:** Song of the Sun - **Format:** Renzoku - **Genre:** Romance, Human drama - **Episodes:** 10 - **Viewership ratings:** 10.26% - **Broadcast network:** TBS - **Broadcast period:** 2006-Jul-14 to 2006-Sep-15 - **Air time:** Friday 22:00 - **Theme songs:** **Opening:** *Invitation* by Shibasaki Kou **Insert:** *Taiyou no Uta* by Amane Kaoru **Insert:** *Stay With Me* by Amane Kaoru   #### Synopsis While working at a seaside inn with his high school buddies, Fujishiro Koji meets Amane Kaoru, a street musician. Kaoru is suffering from an incurable disease called XP (xeroderma pigmentosum), and can't be exposed to the sun. Under the sun, the two would never have met. Still, destiny brings the two together. Since the day he suddenly lost his job, Koji has lost sight of his dreams. But when he meets Kaoru, who is making positive efforts to become a singer, Koji regains his long-forgotten passion for music. --*TBS*   #### Cast - **Yamada Takayuki** ... *Fujishiro Koji* - **Sawajiri Erika** ... *Amane Kaoru* - Matsushita Nao ... *Tachibana Asami* - Tanaka Kei ... *Onishi Yuta* - Sato Megumi ... *Matsumae Misaki* - Hamada Gaku ... *Kato Haruo* - Kawamura Yosuke ... *Tatsunami Ryusuke* - Hara Fumina ... *Reisa* - Kobayashi Mao ... *Miura Yuko* - Becky ... *Emily* - Kaname Jun ... *Kudo Yohei* - Kuroda Chieko ... *Amane Yuki* - Yamamoto Kei ... *Enokido Shinichi* - Katsumura Masanobu ... *Amane Ken* - Takenaka Naoto ... *Miura Osamu* - Sato Jiro ... *the security guard*   #### Production Credits - **Screenwriter:** Watanabe Mutsuki - **Producer:** Tsuru Masaaki, Ueda Hiroki - **Director:** Yamamuro Daisuke, Imai Natsuki, Takei Atsushi - **Music Producer:** Shida Hirohide - **Composer:** Sawano Hiroyuki   #### Awards - **50th Television Drama Academy Awards:** Best Musical Arrangement