Japanese singer and actress Ami Suzuki will star in a TV Asahi drama special titled "Oishii Depachika," it was announced on Wednesday. This is only her second lead role in a drama, with the first being NHK's "Fukaku Mogure" in 2000.


The drama is based on the manga "Oishii Ginza" by Ikuko Sakagawa, which has been serialized in Office YOU since August 2001. The story is set in a Ginza "depachika" - a term referring to the food section of a department store, located in the basement - where Suzuki plays a seller struggling to keep her place in the store.