Welcome to Station Hikari
Station Hikari is Bard & Biwa Studios’ independent audio-fiction network — serialized dramas, original stories, talk programming, music, and the worlds around them.
“Every frequency tells a different story. Find yours.”
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Way of the Jaded Fist
Genre: Wuxia-inspired audio drama
Way of the Jaded Fist is a wuxia-inspired audio drama about found family, buried histories, and dangerous power — a story of what happens when the past refuses to stay dead. Set in the alternate early-1900s world of the Himalaya Rift, shaped by martial arts, memory, and spirit, it follows Danny Rose, a man who set out to help a friend and found himself pulled into something far greater.
Recommended starting point: The hub’s “New to the Rift? Start Here.” guide, then Season 1, Episode 1.
The Bard and the Biwa
Genre: Folk-tale storytelling with biwa music
The Bard and the Biwa brings classic Japanese folk tales to the airwaves — “The Tongue Cut Sparrow,” “Ogre of Rashomon,” “The Crane’s Gratitude,” and more — each told with the music of the biwa. Eleven bite-size episodes of timeless stories, retold for listening.
Recommended starting point: “The Tongue Cut Sparrow.”
King’s Java
Genre: Slice-of-life audio drama
King’s Java is Station Hikari’s warmest corner: a slice-of-life audio drama set around a neighborhood café, where rain on glass, lamplight, and a good cup of coffee hold the day together. Small stories, gently told.
Recommended starting point: Episode 1 — “This Cup of Coffee Changed My Life.”
Weirdos I Love
Genre: Slice-of-life audio drama
Weirdos I Love is an everyday-anime love letter to beautiful oddballs: warm, eccentric slice-of-life stories about the kids on the rooftops, the dreamers with backpacks full of weird little objects, and the enormous skies over ordinary neighborhoods.
Recommended starting point: Episode 1 (15:43).
Coming to the Airwaves
Coming soon: Red Letter Route — a serialized anime-inspired road adventure. Episode 1: Prologue arrives Saturday, October 17. Not yet on the airwaves — check back soon.
Browse the full Shows directory → (opens Sunday, October 18)