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Hiroshi Nohara serves as the father in the Nohara family. Hailing from a village near Omagari in Akita Prefecture, he works as a low-level manager (kakarichō) at the Kasumigaseki marketing firm Futaba Shoji. As the sole family earner facing a demanding schedule with regular overtime and a 32-year mortgage, Hiroshi nonetheless prioritizes time for family activities.
He met his wife, Misae Koyama, at 29 and married her soon after; they have a son, Shinnosuke, and a daughter, Himawari. Hiroshi hands over his entire take-home pay to Misae, who controls household spending, leaving him a small personal allowance. He tries to save this for interests like golf equipment, though Misae frequently redirects the funds. Hiroshi endures crowded commutes, participates in after-work drinking with colleagues or his boss, and often returns home intoxicated.
Minor arguments frequently occur between Hiroshi and Misae, often over finances or his leisure, yet mutual devotion shows in his distress over a month-long Osaka business trip and their consistent reconciliations. Generally quiet and reasonable, Hiroshi mediates when Misae disciplines the children. Both he and Shinnosuke openly admire and flirt with attractive women, invariably drawing Misae's reprimand. Hiroshi remains faithful, though his dreams sometimes feature office romances.
His parenting contrasts with Misae's strictness; he rarely employs physical discipline, preferring calm verbal corrections or defusing tension. To motivate Shinnosuke, he sometimes mentions attractive women at destinations, a tactic often backfiring with Misae. A recurring comedic element involves his notoriously smelly socks, used by family members for punishment or waking each other. He quit smoking when Misae was pregnant with Himawari.
In the film *Arashi o Yobu Utau Ketsu dake Bakudan!*, Hiroshi joins the family trip to Okinawa where their dog Shiro gets entangled in an intergalactic conflict after an alien bomb attaches to him. As rival musical factions clash over the bomb, Hiroshi aids the family's efforts to protect Shiro and prevent Earth's destruction, acting as the established family-oriented figure.
Beyond the core series, Hiroshi appeared in a 2020 real-world commercial for Craft Boss coffee. His background includes an older brother and a niece, with parents named Ginnosuke and Tsuru Nohara. He maintains relationships with Misae's Kumamoto family, including her sisters Masae and Musae Koyama.
He met his wife, Misae Koyama, at 29 and married her soon after; they have a son, Shinnosuke, and a daughter, Himawari. Hiroshi hands over his entire take-home pay to Misae, who controls household spending, leaving him a small personal allowance. He tries to save this for interests like golf equipment, though Misae frequently redirects the funds. Hiroshi endures crowded commutes, participates in after-work drinking with colleagues or his boss, and often returns home intoxicated.
Minor arguments frequently occur between Hiroshi and Misae, often over finances or his leisure, yet mutual devotion shows in his distress over a month-long Osaka business trip and their consistent reconciliations. Generally quiet and reasonable, Hiroshi mediates when Misae disciplines the children. Both he and Shinnosuke openly admire and flirt with attractive women, invariably drawing Misae's reprimand. Hiroshi remains faithful, though his dreams sometimes feature office romances.
His parenting contrasts with Misae's strictness; he rarely employs physical discipline, preferring calm verbal corrections or defusing tension. To motivate Shinnosuke, he sometimes mentions attractive women at destinations, a tactic often backfiring with Misae. A recurring comedic element involves his notoriously smelly socks, used by family members for punishment or waking each other. He quit smoking when Misae was pregnant with Himawari.
In the film *Arashi o Yobu Utau Ketsu dake Bakudan!*, Hiroshi joins the family trip to Okinawa where their dog Shiro gets entangled in an intergalactic conflict after an alien bomb attaches to him. As rival musical factions clash over the bomb, Hiroshi aids the family's efforts to protect Shiro and prevent Earth's destruction, acting as the established family-oriented figure.
Beyond the core series, Hiroshi appeared in a 2020 real-world commercial for Craft Boss coffee. His background includes an older brother and a niece, with parents named Ginnosuke and Tsuru Nohara. He maintains relationships with Misae's Kumamoto family, including her sisters Masae and Musae Koyama.