The 72nd NHK asadora Fight is a story about fifteen year old Yuu, whose family becomes separated after an incident involving her father's spring factory. With her undying spirit to "fight" off every obstacle arising in life, Yuu maintains her positive attitude and moves forward in hopes of the day when her family will reunite again.
Yuu's day beings with a secret ritual of visiting a racing horse stable. There, she kindles a unique and precious friendship with a throughbred horse named Jonko, who becomes Yuu's sole confidant in times of hardship.
In the midst of teenage years, Yuu undergoes a series of challenges in her daily life; from striving to make it into her school's prestigious softball team to forging friendships among her classmates. Yet, her life becomes further complicated when her father is forced to close down his spring factory after revealing a scandal involving Yuu's best friend Rika's father. To make ends meet for the family, her mother then makes the hard choice of moving away from home to work as a live-in maid at a Komanokan Inn in Shima Onsen. Despite the tremendous pressure and hardships Yuu faces throughout her life, she continues to battle and conquer every situation with the courage she draws from her kindred spirit, Jonko.
群馬・高崎で町工場を営む一家に生まれ育った木戸優は、ソフトボールと馬が大好きな女子高生。父が取引先の不正を見逃せなかったことで工場は閉鎖、家族はバラバラに。優は心を病むが、競走馬・サイゴウジョンコと出会ったことで、牧場経営をめざすようになる。逆境にめげずほほえみと勇気で突き進む「戦う15歳」の物語。作：橋部敦子。音楽：榊原大。語り：柴田祐規子。出演：本仮屋ユイカ、緒形直人、酒井法子、渡辺徹ほか。
