Sumire 16 sai!!

Sumire 16 years old!!
Cover of Volume 1
スミレ16歳!! (Sumire 16 sai!!)
Manga
Written by	Takeru Nagayoshi
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Magazine Special
Original run	December 2006 – 2008
Volumes	5
Manga
Sumire 17-sai!!
Written by	Takeru Nagayoshi
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Magazine Special
Original run	2005 – 2006
Volumes	2
Television drama
Original network	BS Fuji
Original run	April 13, 2008 – June 30, 2008
Episodes	12

Sumire 16 sai!! (スミレ16歳!!^?) is a Japanese manga written by Takeru Nagayoshi. It was serialized in Magazine Special, published by Kodansha. A live action adaptation was also aired as a drama series starting April 13, 2008 starring Nako Mizusawa and Takuma Otoo.

The series chronicles the days of Sumire, a lively 16-year-old girl. However, Sumire is not a common girl: she is a life-sized ventriloquist's dummy, controlled by an old man in black clothes. Sumire's character acts unaware of her puppet nature, or of the old man controlling her movements, although the rest of the cast are very aware that she is a puppet, but they become more or less accustomed to her weird nature.

Sumire Yotsuya (四谷スミレ, Yotsuya Sumire^?)

Old Man (おやじ, Oyaji^?)