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Power Office Girls 1

Work starts April 11, 2002, every Thursday at 10.30pm...punctually!
(Except last Thursday of each month, 11pm)

Cast: Makiko Esumi, Kotomi Kyono, Atsuko Sakurai, Keiko Toda, Yumiko Takahashi, Mai Hosho, Leo Morimoto, Naho Toda, Ken Ishiguro

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Power Office Girls or Shomuni, which means general affairs in Japanese, brings into focus the ordeals of six women in a fictitious trading firm's Section No. 2 of General Affairs, deemed as the scourge of the pretty OL (office lady) pack.

They are despised by their co-workers and superiors, particularly the dorky personnel managers, who think they are a waste of money on the payroll as this quirky sextet do not take company goals as serious as the rest do.

The Quirky Characters

Sawako Tsukahara (Kotomi Kyono)
Sawako was transferred to the General Affairs Section No. 2 as a demotion for revealing an affair of one of her superiors. She finds her new duties demeaning, as she feels she is often looked down upon by her co-workers and nearly everyone else.

She secretly adores Tomohiro Ukyo and considers him to be the only man she ever really loved, yet she can't bring herself to tell him so for fear of rejection as well as a strong rival -- secretariat leader Misono Sugita.

Chinatsu Tsuboi (Makiko Esumi)
Chinatsu is a veteran OL who was probably downgraded to General Affairs Section No. 2 for being outspoken and rugged. Yet these qualities made her the forelady of the section. She has a knack for speaking her mind on how work should be enforced, and refuses to kowtow to anyone and inspires her peers to do the same.

Sawako is horrified to find out about Chinatsu's main hobby of street walking and unofficial policy of sitting the Section staff in order of bedded men (Chinatsu has 1000+, Sawako has 0). Chinatsu also despises Misono Sugita for not giving her credit in the work she does.

Kana Miyashita (Atsuko Sakurai)
Probably all Kana ever wanted out of her life was to be the Goddess of sexual temptation and many men outside the Section think that she is just that. In fact, the only reason she's employed in the first place is to satisfy the company top men in that aspect.

Kana hardly has anything bad to say about people, and she does her job without complaining. Men often find Kana's raw beauty intimidating, which is why she keeps her mouth shut when she's with her peers in action so as not to attract attention.

Azusa Tokunaga (Keiko Toda)
At 34, Azusa is the oldest General Affairs employee and as such, she knows very well when to speak and when to enforce the will of others. Like everyone in the Section, she enjoys being an enforcer, and rarely has anything bad to say about anything.

She and Chinatsu, the other senior member, despise Misono Sugita for similar reasons. Her hobby is monitoring the stock market, where she has some holdings.

Rie Himukai (Yumiko Takahashi)
When the lights go out she becomes Christine Himukai, world-renowned psychic who operates from a little street corner. But most of the time, Rie Himukai is usually serious but soft-spoken. She rarely laughs and most of the time, when her paranormal powers possess her, she can predict what will happen next, which are surprisingly accurate.

Ume Marubashi (Mai Hosho)
If Chinatsu excelled in amateur wrestling and the like, Ume excelled in calculus and the like. How did she end up in the cursed Section in the first place? It was said that she made the mistake of not considering the consequences of her supposedly brilliant ideas and bragging about it.

Koji Inoue (Leo Morimoto)
Mr. Inoue is the General Section No. 2 mousely boss, a taciturn and affable old man whose position is merely nominal. He spends most of the day at his desk, cuddling and feeding the cat that sleeps under it.

Misono Sugita (Naho Toda)
Misono is the leader of the secretarial section, which is under the direct control of the Directorate. She ardently despises the General Affairs girls. She despises Chinatsu for being their voice and Sawako for being in the way of her feelings for Tomohiro Ukyo.